McDowell joins stars of entertainment and sport on honours list

GRAEME McDOWELL, 31, from Portrush in Co Antrim, is awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List today after a sensational golfing year.

Fri, 31 Dec, 2010 - 00:00

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In June he became the first European winner of the US Open since 1970, and in October he clinched the Ryder Cup for Europe in a heart-stopping final match at Celtic Manor in Wales.

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Courts Place: Portrush Place: Co Antrim Place: Europe Place: Celtic Manor Place: Wales Place: Africa Place: Johannesburg Place: Kensington, London Place: Oxted, Surrey Place: Aberdeen South Place: West Sussex Place: Aberdeen Place: South Africa Place: London Person: McDowell Person: Graeme McDowell Person: Annie Lennox Person: David Suchet Person: Howard Webb Person: Sheila Hancock Person: Martin Broughton Person: Roger Carr Person: Richard Lambert Person: Sir Person: Roger Person: Martin Person: Peter Viggers Person: Anne Begg Person: Labour Person: Peter Bottomley Person: Margaret Thatcher Person: Lennox Person: Nelson Mandela Person: Suchet Person: Agatha Christie Person: Hercule Poirot Person: John Suchet Event: US Open Event: Ryder Cup Event: World Cup Event: Christmas Day Organisation: Eurythmics Organisation: England Organisation: British Airways Organisation: Centrica Organisation: CBI Organisation: British Gas Organisation: Cadbury Organisation: Kraft Organisation: BA Organisation: Liverpool Football Club Organisation: Oxfam Organisation: ITV

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