In pics: Rory McIlroy shares heartfelt moments with dad at St Andrews

Rory McIlroy shared heartfelt moments with his father Gerry McIlroy at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Mcllroy will compete at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship this week. The DP World Tour tournament is being held at various courses including Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland, Carnoustie and Kingsbarn Links.

Claire Rogers of Golf.com shared several pictures of Rory McIlroy with his father Gerry. In the pictures, Rory is seen wearing a grey sweater and dark pants while Gerry is seen in a navy blue jacket, gloves and holding a winter beanie.

In the pictures, Rory had his arm around his father as the two pised and smiled warmly at the camera with the iconic clubhouse of St. Andrews in Scotland in the background. They stood on the famous Swilcan Bridge at the golf course. In the sequence of pictures, they can be seen walking across the bridge sharing a beautiful father-son bonding moment.

A video showing Rory's practice was also shared by DP World Tour. It captioned the post:

"18th at the Old Course with Rory and Gerry. #dunhilllinks"

In the video, Rory is seen practicing golf before the tournament and sharing the heartfelt moment with his father later.

Rory McIlroy was born to Gerry and Rosaleen in 1989. He was introduced to golf by his father in Northern Ireland. Gerry worked as a bartender at the Holywood Golf Club and at a sportclub during Mcllroy's childhood, putting more than 100hrs of work in a week to support Rory's dreams. In a previous interview, Rory said (via Essentially Sports):

"I'll never be able to repay mum and dad for what they did. But at least they know they’ll never have to work another day. I’ll do whatever it takes to look after them."

Gerry has a handicap of 2 and the duo has played together earlier in various competitions including Pro-Am Team Championship. The tournament has a prize purse of $5 million.

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How has Rory McIlroy performed on DP World Tour?

Rory McIlroy has had a great 2024 season. In the nine starts he has had on DP World Tour including the Majors, he has one win and four runner up finishes. He is currently positioned No.1 in the Race to Dubai standings with 4,486 points.

McIlroy tied for ninth in the PGA Tour's FedExCup standings earlier this year.

Let's take a Rory McIlroy's performances in the 2024 season:

2023-24 DP World Tournaments

• Dubai Invitational: T2 (62-70-67-67, 266, -18)
• Hero Dubai Desert Classic: 1 (71-70-63-70, 274, -14)
• Amgen Irish Open: 2 (68-70-69-69, 276, -8)
• BMW PGA Championship: T2-y (67-68-66-67, 268, -20)

2024 OLY Golf (M) Tournaments

• Olympic Men's Golf Competition: T5 (68-69-66-66, 269, -15)

2024 PGA TOUR Tournaments

• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T66 (71-74-69, 214, -2) $35,313
• The Genesis Invitational: T24 (74-66-69-70, 279, -5) $164,857
• Cognizant Classic: T21 (67-67-72-68, 274, -10) $87,750
• Arnold Palmer Invitational: T21 (73-70-68-76, 287, -1) $224,750
• THE PLAYERS Championship: T19 (65-73-69-72, 279, -9) $285,536
• Valero Texas Open: 3 (69-70-72-66, 277, -11) $634,800
• Masters Tournament: T22 (71-77-71-73, 292, +4) $175,500
• RBC Heritage: T33 (67-68-68-74, 277, -7) $106,167
• Wells Fargo Championship: 1 (67-68-67-65, 267, -17) $3,600,000
• PGA Championship: T12 (66-71-68-67, 272, -12) $359,943
• RBC Canadian Open: T4 (66-72-65-64, 267, -13) $423,000
• the Memorial Tournament: T15 (70-71-73-76, 290, +2) $329,000
• U.S. Open: 2 (65-72-69-69, 275, -5) $2,322,000
• Genesis Scottish Open: T4 (65-66-67-68, 266, -14) $318,525
• The Open: Missed Cut (78-75, 153, +11)
• FedEx St. Jude Championship: T68 (68-73-74-74, 289, +9) $40,600
• BMW Championship: T11 (70-71-70-71, 282, -6) $500,000
• TOUR Championship: T9 (69-69-68-66, 272, -16)