Major winner Graeme McDowell has revealed how he used the spectacular setting of a 200m-high Dubai helipad to go down on one knee and pop the question to stunning girlfriend Kristin Stape.

At times the celebrities at Royal Portrush have made the Irish Open seem more like a red-carpet movie premiere than a golf tournament. But, if there is one thing the sell-out crowds have been desperate to see, it’s some homegrown success from tee to green.