Us Ryder Cup T-shirt Golfer Is Lookalike - Mcilroy

Rory McIlroy says nan silhouette of a golfer connected a Team USA Ryder Cup T-shirt being sold to play fans "looks a small similar" to him.

The T-shirt is made by Ralph Lauren and is disposable for acquisition from nan charismatic USA Ryder Cup online shop for $65 (£48) earlier nan tourney astatine Bethpage Black successful New York later this month.

It is listed arsenic having a "bold golfer graphic" connected it, but nan Daily Telegraph, external reported that players connected nan European Tour are "convinced" it is McIlroy because of his recognisable post-swing airs pinch a driver.

"It looks much for illustration [Australian] Adam Scott than maine but yeah, it looks a small similar, I don't know," five-time awesome victor McIlroy told Sky Sports., external

The 36-year-old Northern Irishman is preparing to play for Europe successful his eighth consecutive Ryder Cup, having been portion of winning teams successful 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2023.

When asked really he feels astir USA fans perchance wearing a T-shirt featuring an image which bears a resemblance to him, McIlroy added: "That's OK. That's fine. I won't mind that."

BBC Sport has approached nan PGA and Ralph Lauren for comment.

McIlroy has expanded connected plans to broaden his golfing horizons aft taking proposal from tennis fable Roger Federer.

The five-time awesome winner, who completed a play Grand Slam pinch triumph astatine this year's Masters, plans to beryllium much selective pinch nan events he takes portion in.

McIlroy will play successful India for nan first clip from 16-19 October and will return to nan Australian Open for nan first clip successful 11 years successful December.

"I want to spell and play successful different places successful nan world and acquisition things that I haven't knowledgeable before, to beryllium capable to do things for nan first clip 18 years into a career," McIlroy told a news conference

"I had a chat pinch Roger Federer, I don't know, a fewer years agone benignant of, astatine nan extremity of his career, and he was saying he wanted to spell and play a batch of nan places he could ne'er play successful his career, immoderate of nan smaller events, conscionable because a batch of group had ne'er seen him play tennis before.

"I deliberation arsenic clip goes connected and I get to this shape of my career, I get excited astir doing that benignant of thing."

McIlroy has not yet thought astir nan property erstwhile he will discontinue from master play but said his privilege will beryllium to support things caller alternatively than strengthen nan slog of nan tour.

He added: "I don't want to beryllium grinding retired present astatine 50 years of age. I'll move up and play nan fields and person a bully time, but whenever I'm done, I'm done, whenever that is.

"I don't want to sanction a tournament, but you're going backmost to nan aforesaid place, nan aforesaid point 15, 20 years successful a row. It tin get a small spot monotonous and a small spot tedious.

"I want to play successful nan locations that I emotion to spell to, and I want to play nan fields and nan Ryder Cup. That's it.

"I'll evidently do my spot to make judge I support my rank connected definite tours but I'm going to play wherever I want to play."