Rory McIlroy fans note eerie parallel between Erica Stoll divorce and Caroline Wozniacki breakup in 2014

Rory McIlroy's fans have noted an eerie parallel between his divorce from Erica Stoll, which was filed on Monday, and his breakup with tennis legend Caroline Wozniacki in 2014. 

A decade ago, McIlroy infamously split from Wozniacki just months before they were due to wed. McIlroy's split from Wozniacki came days before the BMW PGA Championship in England, which he went on to win. At the same event, the year prior, McIlroy finished in a tie for 96th place. 

McIlroy also went on to win the 2014 PGA Championship, the Northern Irishman's last major victory to date, which was played at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky. 

This year's PGA Championship starts on Thursday, also from Valhalla, with McIlroy set to tee of at 9:15am Eastern time. 

Last weekend, McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship by five strokes, the final tournament before the PGA Championship. 

McIlroy and Stoll are divorcing after seven years of marriage and have one child together

Before his relationship with Stoll, McIlroy dated Wozniacki for three years before breaking up

The divorce filing in Florida, where McIlroy and Erica, 35, live, comes seven years after the couple, who share a three-year-old daughter Poppy who was born in 2020, tied the knot in 2017. No reason for their divorce was made immediately available. 

McIlroy first met Erica, who hails from New York State, during the 2012 Ryder Cup, which she was working for the PGA. The pair started dating in 2015, a year after his breakup with Wozniacki. 

The couple exchanged their vows at Ashford Castle in County Mayo, Ireland, in front of celebrity guests, including One Direction star Niall Horan and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, while music icons Ed Sheeran and Stevie Wonder performed at the event.

They live in the golfing capital, Jupiter, Florida, in a 12,800-square-foot, $9.6million mansion. 

Wozniacki initially retired from tennis after the 2020 Australian Open, but returned to the sport at last year's US Open.