DUBLIN (AP) Rory McIlroy has ended his contract with one management company and is starting his own.
McIlroy, a two-time major champion from Northern Ireland, began the process of changing his management in May and he has been negotiating a settle from Horizon Sports Management.
McIlroy said a Dublin-based legal team, A&L Goodbody, is handling "details of the termination," though a settlement does not appear imminent.
Horizon officials received word of the development while going to the wedding this weekend of Graeme McDowell. It later issued a statement saying it noted "with disappointment" McIlroy's announcement and that its contract has a "number of years to run."
"Rory's decision to see a termination of the management contract with Horizon is now regrettably in the hands of legal advisers," the Horizon statement said.