McIlroy talks Tiger, fifiancee and Pats’ Super Bowl victory

When Rory McIlroy talks — or, in this case, t ypes — something interesting often comes out of it.

And since the world’s No. 2 golfer is sidelined by stress fractures in his ribs that will keep him from playing in next week’s Honda Classic, he has ample time to di sh out several interesting somethings.

He recently participated in a fifive-day email interview with GOLF.com’s Michael B a m b e r g e r, d i s c u s s i n g everything from his fifiancee Erica Stoll to Tiger Woods and Tom Brady.

Suffiffice it to say he’s a fan of all three.

S t ol l e l i c i t e d t he most insightful response of the session. McIlroy brought her up when asked which person has made the greatest impact to his offffffffffff-course life.

“T h e o n l y w a y I c a n describe it is if golf were to disappear tomorrow, I don’t think I’d miss it as much as I would have a few years ago,” McIlroy said. “I felt I needed golf to be complete as a person. ... I don’t feel like that anymore.”

McIlroy said he didn’t get to know Woods well until 2012, when he signed an endorsement deal with Nike. He credited Woods’ for handling the public portion of his celebrity “very well for the most part” and noted today’s world makes that a constant challenge.

McIlroy correc tly pre- dicted the Patriots would prevail in Super Bowl LI.

But the manner in which i t p l aye d o u t , wi t h New England erasing a 25-point defificit in the second half, prompted McIlroy to call it “the most incredible comeback I think I’ve ever witnessed in sports.”