I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish sporting roots I am also a proud Ulsterman who grew up in Northern Ireland. That is my background and always will be.

To be a top-class athlete, you have to train hard, you have to eat right, you have to get enough rest. I feel the way golf is going nowadays, you have to treat yourself as an athlete.

The flight I'm most excited about is the one that takes me back to Northern Ireland to visit family and friends.

I want to try to become the best golfer in the world.

I have always said I will try to answer questions honestly. I don't want to change that about myself. I think people appreciate that about me.

I don't really remember, but from about the age of five I told anyone who would listen that I was going to be the best golfer in the world.

The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have always felt more of a connection with the U.K. than with Ireland.