FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – There was a wonderful moment Saturday evening as the sun disappeared behind the clouds and the New York State Police had broken up a fight in the stands when Rory McIlroy, who had been pelted with insults all day, shared a long and teary embrace with his wife, Erika.

The pair has been through a lot over the last few years, and the brunt of the insults were pointedly about their marriage (cat calls about women who were not his wife, other comments were homophobic per a report from Golf Digest), but there was Erika – who had to leave the inside-the-ropes scene after her husband made the turn, ready for a deserved end-of-a-long-day hug with her husband.

They held each other tight, kissed, and said they loved each other.

There is more to life than golf, and this moment b

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