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Rory McIlroy is European Tour Golfer of the Year for 2012

Tuesday 18 December 2012 13:58, UK

Image: Rory McIlroy: Another award in a trophy-laden season

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy has been named the European Tour's Golfer of the Year.

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Past winners

Luke Donald won the award in 2011 while the year before it was shared by Graeme McDowell and Martin Kaymer, two other of McIlroy's Medinah teammates. Other previous winners include Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam, Nick Faldo, Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood and Ernie Els. Earlier this month McIlroy was also voted US PGA Tour Player of the Year, becoming the youngest player to win that award since Tiger Woods in 1998.

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