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re: Official Open Championship Congrats Rory McIlroy (St Andrews 2015) Tiger T69
Posted on 7/19/14 at 10:29 am to KingRanch
Posted on 7/19/14 at 10:29 am to KingRanch
Yes. I found the info. The bet expired last year 
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Rory McIlroy already made all the rest of us sons look like chumps by winning the U.S. Open on Father's Day. Now he's set to blow every father's sporting dream for his kids right out of the water. If he wins the British Open by 2014, his father and three friends will win £200,000 -- about $325,000 -- thanks to a prescient wager made seven years ago.
Here's how it shook out. When Rory was 15 years old, still a kid but already showing promise of being one of the greats, his father Gerry and three pals bet £400, £100 apiece, that Rory would win the British Open before he turned 25. And since nobody thinks anybody's capable of winning the British Open at age 15, the elder McIlroy and his pals got 500:1 odds.
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Posted on 7/19/14 at 10:31 am to Skin
I don't think young Rory is worried about that bet.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 10:33 am to Skin
Young Rory will pay his dad that
Posted on 7/19/14 at 11:06 am to COTiger
Looks like Rory is going to be in the thick of things tomorrow but there is still a lot of golf left and some of the best players nipping it has heals. Can't wait to see how it plays out.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 11:08 am to Skin
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The bet expired last year
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If he wins the British Open by 2014
Seems like it's still in play for this year.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 12:19 pm to medtiger
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Seems like it's still in play for this year.
Had to win it "by", or before, 2014.
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that Rory would win the British Open before he turned 25
He is already 25.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 12:21 pm to MOT
Ahhh the old "by" vs "before" argument.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 12:40 pm to 9Fiddy
Well the "before he turns 25" part seems pretty straight forward 
Posted on 7/19/14 at 1:30 pm to MOT
Posted on 7/19/14 at 1:32 pm to crimsonian
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HOYLAKE, England -- According to the BBC's Andrew Cotter, 10 years ago Rory McIlroy's father Gerry and three friends made a legal bet of 400 British pounds (100 each, equivalent to $170.87 currently) that the then-15-year-old would win the Open Championship by the age of 26.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 1:51 pm to genro
$350,000 is a lot of money and all, but how much does the winner of the British Open get? I know they didn't risk a lot of money, though I have no idea of their financial situations at the time. And maybe this was just for fun, but I would be thinking $100 bucks now to make money when my son is a millionaire 10x's over?
I'm just being difficult, I know. It's pretty freaking cool that it might work out.
I'm just being difficult, I know. It's pretty freaking cool that it might work out.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 1:55 pm to noonan
quote:This.
just for fun
I think you may be over-thinking it.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 2:00 pm to genro
Yeah, I know. I didn't want to be a Debbie Downer on the thing. I'm sure he wasn't spending his life savings.
Just running my mouth.
Just running my mouth.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 2:12 pm to noonan
still a lot of money ... they ain't gonna turn it down, i'm sure ...
Posted on 7/19/14 at 2:23 pm to tiderider
I know. I'm just thinking, if I was a bar tender, I might tell my friends to hook me up with 100 now and in 10 years if he wins The Open we would give them each $100,000.
Maybe he made good money though and like genro said, I'm over thinking it.
Just looked it up, winner gets roughly 1.2 million.
Maybe he made good money though and like genro said, I'm over thinking it.
Just looked it up, winner gets roughly 1.2 million.
This post was edited on 7/19/14 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 7/19/14 at 3:58 pm to BRgetthenet
Awesome
Posted on 7/19/14 at 4:10 pm to KingRanch
I love watching the Open and not having to hear "MASHED POTATOES" after every shot.
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