Watch Rory McIlroy's daughter Poppy steal the show at BMW PGA Championship

Rory McIlroy's three-year-old daughter Poppy stole the show at the BMW PGA Championship. 

Little Poppy joined her father on the range at Wentworth Club ahead of the flagship event on the DP World Tour. 

The toddler even managed to get a hug from Tommy Fleetwood after the English golfer greeted her with a giant smile. 

Poppy was born on 30 August 2020. McIlroy and his wife Erica Stoll were going to name her after McIlroy's mother Rosie but they settled with Poppy. 

"My mother's name is Rosie, so we sort of, like, that might not work," McIlroy previously said.

"We know Alex Noren has an Iris. Shane Lowry has an Iris. We wanted to go with something that may be more common back where I'm from, but we landed on Poppy and loved it."

McIlroy is teeing it up in one final event before attempting to win back the Ryder Cup with Team Europe in a few weeks' time. 

The four-time major champion will attend a stag do in Mykonos next week and he's already been warned to go easy by skipper Luke Donald. 

McIlroy will play his first two rounds of the BMW PGA Championship alongside two of Europe's young guns Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg. 

Aberg was seen as a controversial captain's pick by Donald given that he only turned professional in June and has never played in a major before. 

The 23-year-old Swede cemented his place in the side a few weeks ago by winning the final Ryder Cup qualifying event in Switzerland. 

McIlroy later conceded that after watching Aberg on the PGA Tour earlier in the year he felt as if his inclusion was a 'no-brainer'. 

Watch the clip of Poppy and Fleetwood below:

Poppy and her Dad @McIlroyRory #BMWPGA | #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/fggHfpnyTg

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) September 12, 2023

McIlroy played in the popular pro-am here alongside former pro footballers Gareth Bale and Jermaine Jenas. 

Bale's latest handicap was revealed on 12 September and it just might shock a few golf fans. 

The handicap does appear legit though, as McIlroy appeared impressed with Bale's opening drive:

Rory approves @GarethBale11’s opening drive #BMWPGA | #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/1ndrxL57s1

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) September 13, 2023

Read more:

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