You get thrown off balance out there. And I never recovered. Well, I haven't recovered yet.

I feel like I came through this year stronger and wiser, and I can go into 2015 in a much better place.

How can I intimidate Tiger Woods? I mean, the guy's got 75 or whatever PGA Tour wins, 14 majors. He's been the biggest thing ever in our sport. How could some little 23-year-old from Northern Ireland with a few wins come up and intimidate him.

Sport was an obvious favourite of mine, and not only golf. I was, and still am, a big rugby fan.

Going to the gym is great for your body, but it's also great for your mind.

Of course, money matters to everyone even if some don't want to admit it. If I won the Race to Dubai, I look at that prize money and think it could pay off my new house or the range I'm building. I am privileged to play golf for a living - look around St Andrews, that's my office.

As an international sportsman, I am very lucky to be supported by people all over the world, many of who treat me as one of their own, no matter what their nationality, or indeed mine. This is the way sport should be.