Golf - Ireland’s Ryder Cup team members Darren Clarke, Pádraig Harrington & Paul McGinley

In Golf, this year’s Texaco Award goes to three Irish golfers - Darren Clarke, Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley - whose performance as members of Europe’s 2004 Ryder Cup team brought pride and enjoyment to all Irish golfing enthusiasts. Displaying great calmness, all three Irish golfers played an immense part in the success of Bernhard Langer's team winning their vital singles games in what was a sensational three days of golf at the Oakland Hills course. Harrington picked up 4 points, Clarke won 3 and a half, and McGinley picked up 2 and a half points to help underdogs Europe beat the United States by a record margin of 18 and a half to 9 and a half points.