US OPEN champion Graeme McDowell, his Rathmore clubmate Alan Dunbar; Danielle McVeigh from Royal Co Down and Bill Gibson from the Curragh have been chosen for their annual awards by the Irish Golf Writers Association.

DANIELLE MCVEIGH produced a brilliant singles performance in Boston last night to clinch a splendid Curtis Cup point but it was all in vain as Great Britain and Ireland’s woeful record in the bi-ennial transatlantic clash goes on.