Holywood star’s box-office potential can reap ‘half a billion’

RORY McILROY is set tobecome one of the highest paidsportsmen on the planet after his US Open victory.

The combination of the 22-year-old’s talent, youthfulness and personality gives him the earning power to become one of golf’s biggest superstars.

John Trainor, managing director of Irish marketing experts, Onside Sponsorship, believes the Holywood superstar has the potential to earn half a billion dollars in the next decade.