Golf: McIlroy has heart problems:”Just got to stay fit.”

Golf star Rory McIlroy has been suffering from heart problems for some time. The former world number one from Northern Ireland told the British daily Daily Telegraph.

The 28-year-old doesn’t worry so much.”I just have to stay fit at the moment. But I was going to do that anyway,”said McIlroy.

“I have a flat T-wave and have an echocardiogram every six months and an MRI scan once a year,”said the four-time Major Winner.

The cause of the disease was a viral infection that he caught 18 months ago in China. He had a thickening and scar tissue on his left ventricle.

I want to return to the top of the world and win more tournaments than anyone else,”said McIlroy. Not about my game or my personal life. I’ve had the best time of my life in months.”

McIlroy had married his fiancée Erica Stoll in April – three years after she left Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki.