McIlroy coup helps to double sport firm’s profits

The acquisition of superstar golfer Rory McIlroy boosted Horizon Sports Management’s fortunes in 2011, with accumulated profits more than doubling to €275,217.

The Dublin-based sports management firm pulled off the biggest coup in the golf business world in 2011 when it signed up the Northern Ireland golfer from the ISM stable.

McIlroy made the move four months after his record-breaking US Open triumph and joined his friend, the Major-winning Graeme McDowell, at the firm.