OFF BEAT: Golf teammates carry on toward Ryder Cup despite lawsuit
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Legal wrangling is threatening to drive a wedge between two famous golfers.
While Irish duffers Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are due to be teammates in the upcoming Ryder Cup tournament, the two are on opposing sides in a lawsuit.
Mr. McIlroy is in a protracted lawsuit with his former management company, Horizon Sports, which still represents Mr. McDowell.
In September, the judge hearing the case in Dublin, High Court Justice Brian McGovern, asked the two sides to mediate their differences out of court.
“The case has all sorts of sensitivities involving two players on tour, a manager of one of them and a former manager or agent of the other,” Justice McGovern wrote. “It has all sorts of complex issues involving relationship matters.”
But fans hoping the feud would add some much-needed friction to the otherwise snooze-inducing golf tournament pitting U.S. and European Union teams against each other appear to be out of luck.
“Yes, it has been a rough time over the last couple of years on the business side of things for both me and Rory because he has been involved in a lawsuit with my management company,” Mr. McDowell said a recent column written for the website of the BBC. “And it certainly has put a stress on our relationship, but we have put those things behind us this year.”
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