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Rory McIlroy has revealed that he and Tiger Woods had Covid-19 just a week before the start of The 150th Open at St. Andrews this year.
Woods made a momentous return to The Open in July in what was likely his final stroll around the Old Course, while McIlroy came close to clinching Major No. 5 at St. Andrews.
However, the duo were reportedly battling Covid just days before golf's final major of the year.
Rory McIlroy (R) has revealed that he and Tiger Woods (L) had Covid-19 just a week The Open
The pair were at Adare Manor, Ireland after they had played the JP McManus Pro-Am on July 4-5, the week before The Open teed off on July 14.
But McIlroy revealed he almost ruined the 15-time Major winner's fairytale return to the Home of Golf.
The Northern Irishman revealed that he began to show symptoms of Covid on the morning of Thursday, July 7 before Woods followed that night.
'Tiger needed a rest on Wednesday,' McIlroy told The Independent. 'We had played two days of golf at Adare [Manor] and the plan was to play Ballybunion on Thursday. I woke up that morning feeling a bit achy but didn't really thing anything of it.
The pair were at Adare Manor, Ireland after they had played the JP McManus Pro-Am
McIlroy said he starting showing symptoms on the morning of Thursday, July 7
'JP [McManus] gave us his chopper and we went down with Sean and Tiger's manager, Rob [McNamara]. We got around fine, flew back to Adare for lunch and as I'm getting up from the table, I'm sore and stiff and