Rory Honored By The Queen; Not By Old Mate Westwood

After much soul-searching and long walks with her dogs to contemplate the New Year honors honours list, the Queen has approved an OBE for Darren Clarke and MBE for Rory McIlroy. If you followed Lee Westwood for your news, you'd only know Clarke was awarded an MBE. Thank God for the BBC.

The McIlniaki's tweeted their excitement upon learning the news:

Update on 2012-01-01 17:28 by Geoff

**For your Roryphiles out there, Brian Keogh compiles Ireland's golfing year in quotes...in four parts. Here, here, here and here.