McIlroy named Race to Dubai golfer of the month

RORY McILROY’S history-making US Open triumph received further recognition yesterday when he was named The 2011 Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Month for June.

The 22-year-old from Holywood landed his first major on June 19 when he completed a wire-to-wire eight-stroke victory at Congressional Country Club, beating the lowest winning score (268) in the championship’s history by four strokes to become the youngest US Open winner since Bobby Jones in 1923.

“It is always nice to win any award for playing good golf but this Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Month has to go down as an extra special one given that I won the award due to my performance at Congressional,” McIlroy said.