{"id":436728,"date":"2025-09-12T05:47:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=436728"},"modified":"2025-09-12T05:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:47:47","slug":"rory-mcilroy-continues-to-praise-caddie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/rory-mcilroy-continues-to-praise-caddie\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy Continues to Praise Caddie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 2017, Rory McIlroy has stuck to one caddie consistently for his career.\u00a0 His old childhood friend, Harry Diamond.\u00a0 The two have been inseparable for well over twenty years now, and recently, in a press conference, McIlroy was asked if Diamond is a source of motivation. His answer is full of praise for his old friend.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy And Harry Diamond<\/span><\/h2>\n

The two have been friends for a long time.\u00a0 When they were still kids in Northern Ireland, they used to compete with and against each other.\u00a0 Diamond was even McIlroy\u2019s best man during his wedding.\u00a0 Throughout his pro career, McIlroy has been furiously defensive of Diamond<\/a>, at one point even snapping at a heckler during the Genesis Invitationa<\/a>l.\u00a0 Harry Diamond has been at the center of criticism for McIlroy.\u00a0 The reasoning being that he hadn\u2019t won a major since 2014.\u00a0 McIlroy had heard calls for him to change caddies in the past and would always stick with his friend.\u00a0 That point of criticism, of course, stopped after McIlroy completed his career grand slam with the Masters Tournament<\/a> in April.\u00a0 All the while, McIlroy would thank Diamond in his victory speeches.<\/span><\/p>\n

Praising Diamond<\/span><\/h2>\n

McIlroy, over the past eight years of having Diamond be his primary caddie, has had nothing but praise for his friend.\u00a0 A point that he always presented in the face of the major’s criticism is to point to the other victories he has had since 2017.\u00a0 Just before the BMW PGA Championship, he was asked if Diamond motivates him to win.\u00a0 McIlroy\u2019s answer was absolutely.\u00a0 Saying that there is something about having his friend at his bag that means so much to him.\u00a0 McIlroy went on reminiscing about how Diamond was there during his victories<\/a> at the FedEx and Ryders Cups, several PGA Tour events, and most recently the Irish Open<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, even like last week, it was cool seeing the images of us together, him caddying for me 20 years ago at the 2005 Irish Open. Fast forward 20 years, we are still on the course and striding the fairways together.\u00a0 Yeah, like, I\u2019m excited about what the future holds, and excited that hopefully Harry is going to be part of that journey beside me.\u00a0 Unless he feels he can get a better bag, but hopefully have another few good years left.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

The Future For McIlroy And Diamond<\/span><\/h2>\n

If the past is anything to go by, McIlroy will be sticking by Diamond for the foreseeable future.\u00a0 He will defend his friend’s honor and is happy to have him on the field with him.\u00a0 McIlroy has had some of his biggest career wins with Diamond by his side.\u00a0 He has said that he likes just seeing the images of them together on the field and shares the victory with him during speeches.\u00a0 McIlroy is excited for what the future holds for the two of them.\u00a0 Sure, there may come a time when Diamond may get a better gig.\u00a0 Until then, McIlroy is happy with his best friend by his side.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main Photo Credit:\u00a0 \u00a9 Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since 2017, Rory McIlroy has stuck to one caddie consistently for his career.\u00a0 His old childhood friend, Harry Diamond.\u00a0 The two have been inseparable for well over twenty years now, and recently, in a press conference, McIlroy was asked if Diamond is a source of motivation. His answer is full of praise for his old […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5429,"featured_media":436729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,246,19],"tags":[8178,34],"class_list":["post-436728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-golf-news","category-pga","tag-bmw-pga-championship","tag-rory-mcilroy"],"modified_by":"Taylor Craig","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436730,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436728\/revisions\/436730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}