McIlroy and Clarke share Irish Golf Writers' award
US Open champion Rory McIlroy and Open champion Darren Clarke hold their trophies aloft on the eve of the 2011 Irish Open presented by Discover Ireland at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club. Photo Fran Caffrey/www.golffile.ieRory McIlroy, the US Open champion, and Darren Clarke, the British Open champion, have been jointly voted ‘Professional of the Year’ in the AIB Irish Golf Writers’ Awards for 2011.