He did it!
Our boy Rory McIlroy has won the Open. Meaning that he is now 3/4 of the way towards the grand slam!
As if that wasn’t good enough, Rory’s dad and his friends placed a £200 bet at 500/1 in 2004 (when our young champion was only 15) that he would win the Open Championship before he turned 26. As Charlie Sheen would say #winning.
Jessica Bridge, of Ladbrokes, said: “As the family celebrations get under way there’ll be an extra bottle or two of bubbly courtesy of the bookies. This is the most expensive Open result since Tiger Woods’s heyday in 2006, but although we’re facing heavy losses, we can’t help but admire the foresight of Rory’s dad and his pals a decade ago. It’s not the first time a famous parent has taken us to the cleaners. Lewis Hamilton’s family and friends cashed in from bets placed when the F1 star was just nine years old.”
