Champions Rookie of the Year National: 1996 Texaco Ireland Sportstar Golf Award 1999 Texaco Ireland Sportstar Golf Award 2001 Texaco Ireland Sportstar Golf Award 2002 Texaco Ireland Sportstar Golf Award, RTÉ Sports Person of the Year 2004 Texaco Ireland Sportstar Golf Award (shared with Darren Clarke & Paul McGinley) 2005 Texaco Ireland Sportstar Golf Award 2006 Texaco Ireland Sportstar Golf Award 2007 Texaco Ireland Sportstar Golf Award, RTÉ Sports Person of the Year 2008 Texaco Ireland Sportstar Golf Award, Irish Golf Writers Professional of the Year Award, RTÉ Sports Person of the Year See also List of golfers with most European Tour wins List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins List of men's major championships winning golfers List of people on stamps of Ireland Golf in Ireland References External links Irish Examiner.com – "The making of a Major champion" – 28 July 2007 Irish male golfers European Tour golfers PGA Tour golfers Winners of men's major golf championships Winners of senior major golf championships Ryder Cup competitors for Europe Olympic golfers of Ireland Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics RTÉ Sports Person of the Year winners People educated at Coláiste Éanna Sportspeople from Dublin (city) 21st-century Irish people 1971 births Living people