• Two met at boxing match in Germany in 2011
• Golfer wants to concentrate on recapturing form
Rory McIlroy has split up with Caroline Wozniacki, according to reports in the Irish press.
The two had started dating after meeting at a boxing match in Germany in 2011.
Wozniacki, 23, is said to be "absolutely devastated" by the break-up although the relationship had appeared to be foundering for some time.
"Yes they are over. It's a difficult time for them both but it is for the best in the long run," a source told the Sunday Independent.
"There were a lot of tears. She still has her profile picture on her social-networking site set as the two of them in happier times, but I can tell you the pair are no longer an item.
"Rory has a lot of respect for Caroline and their time together was good, but he feels it's time to move on now. And he wishes her nothing but the best."
McIlroy spent the week at home having dinner with Bill Clinton before playing a round of golf in Portmarnock with the former American president while Wozniacki was meanwhile in Monaco.
Apparently McIlroy had been upset by an unflattering photograph posted by the tennis player on Twitter in September, which showed him fast asleep.
Recently on a girls' night out in Copenhagen Wozniacki tweeted: "Life is like Twitter. I just have to post what I feel, retweet the good memories, delete the drama and follow my dreams."
McIlroy's spokesman said: "The Communications Clinic does not comment on Rory's private life."
McIlroy signed a £150m sponsorship deal with Nike in January, but his form has plummeted this year and he is said to want to give his full concentration to golf once more.
