Rory McIlroy has admitted he's 'excited' to return to the UK with wife Erica Stoll and their four-year-old daughter Poppy as The Open creeps closer.
The golf star recently tied for sixth at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut, with the 36-year-old battling to achieve the levels of consistency that made him a Masters champion just two months ago.
Ever since that remarkable win at Augusta, McIlroy has struggled.
He was a shadow of his usual self at both the PGA Championship and US Open, with many figures associated with the sport left concerned.
Rory McIlroy has admitted he's 'excited' to return to the UK with wife Erica Stoll and their four-year-old daughter Poppy as The Open creeps closer
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McIlroy and Erica are set to live in the UK again after so many years in the United States, with the pair primed to move into a luxury mansion in Wentworth, Surrey.
And that's something the golfer has admitted he's 'excited' for, while he's also looking forward to recharging the batteries as next month's The Open looms.
"I think more so than anything else it'll just be good for me mentally to take a little bit of a break and get back to my neck of the woods, get back to the UK for a little bit," he admitted.
"I'm excited for that and I've alluded to the fact I probably haven't taken enough time off or time to reflect after what happened in April.
"So I'm excited to do a little bit of that over these next two weeks."
The stats paint a bleak picture for McIlroy since he became the first European golfer in history to achieve the career Grand Slam.
He has failed to finish inside the top five in any of the six tournaments since Augusta.
McIlroy also recently suggested that he felt it was tough juggling his golf commitments with family life, with the Northern Irishman saying he felt he lives 'two different lives'.
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Rory McIlroy, Erica Stoll and their daughter Poppy have been living in the US
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"I feel like I live two different lives," he said.
"I'm a dad and a husband when I'm away from here, and then I'm who I am when I'm here. It's always nice to get away and feel a bit of normality."
McIlroy and wife Erica first met in 2012.
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The golf star was playing at the Ryder Cup at the time and, when he was late for his tee time, Erica actually helped him out.
The pair married in April 2017 at Ashford Castle, with daughter Poppy arriving three years later.
In 2014, it looked as though the couple were heading for divorce - with the news sending shockwaves around the golfing community.
Rory McIlroy is set for a brief break from golf as The Open creeps closer
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They later performed a U-turn, however, with the couple reconciling and deciding to give things another go.
Erica was by McIlroy's side as he won the Masters two months ago, with the 37-year-old beaming with pride as her husband wrote his name into the history books.
She has since missed the last two majors but it's believed that's due to the family moving out of the US and back to the UK.
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