As an amateur golfer he won The Walker Cup at Royal Porthcawl in 1995.
He and his wife Caroline welcomed their second child, a boy named Ciaran on November 24, 2007.
Son Patrick was born in 2003.
Golf Statistics: Open Champion (2007); Open Champion (2008); USPGA Champion (2008); European Tour Golfer of the Year (2007); European Tour Golfer of the Year (2008); PGA Tour Player of the Year (2008).