Golf:Rory McIlroy is the European Tour's Golfer of the Month for June — not surprisingly after his eight-shot US Open victory. The 22-year-old became the youngest winner of the title since Bobby Jones in 1923 and did it with a championship record 16 under par total.

“I hope this will not be the last Golfer of the Month award I receive after winning a major championship,” he said. “It is always nice to win any award for playing good golf but this Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Month has to go down as an extra special one given that I won the award due to my performance at Congressional,”

Martin Kaymer (January), Luke Donald (February and May), Paul Lawrie (March) and Charl Schwartzel (April) are the other monthly winners of the award so far this year.