Rory McElroy announced the birth of his and wife Erica first child on social media on Thursday morning. A baby girl named Poppy Kennedy McElroy was born in Fla.
McIlroy said he was expecting a call at any time to come home to welcome the child and instructed Caddy Harry Diamond to keep his phone at all times. There is no word on whether McElroy will play in the Tour Championship, though he said last week that his child's birth is a precedent.