{"id":667183,"date":"2026-01-01T16:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/667183\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:34:20","slug":"listen-rory-mcilroys-holywood-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/667183\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Rory McIlroy&#8217;s Holywood Ending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2025 was a remarkable year for golfer Rory McIlroy from Holywood, County Down.<\/p>\n<p>Already regarded as one of the greatest golfers of the modern era, he finally completed golf&#8217;s grand slam by winning the US Masters at Augusta National.<\/p>\n<p>It was an emotional victory for McIlroy as he claimed the one major tournament that had agonisingly eluded him for so many years.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old went on to win the Irish Open at the K Club and the Race to Dubai for a fourth consecutive year, while also playing a key role as Europe retained the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Just before Christmas, he was named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/golf\/2025\/1220\/1549996-mcilroy-crowned-rte-sport-sportsperson-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the RT\u00c9 Sport Sportsperson of the Year<\/a> for the third time.<\/p>\n<p>It truly was a year like no other for Rory McIlroy &#8211; one that had a Holywood ending<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy&#8217;s Holywood Ending, which was broadcast on RT\u00c9 Radio 1 on Tuesday, 30 December, includes contributions from Shane Lowry, Padraig Harrington, Paul McGinley and former European tour player and broadcaster, Maureen Madill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 was a remarkable year for golfer Rory McIlroy from Holywood, County Down. Already regarded as one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-667183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115820814081519823","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}