Who is Graeme McDowell?
A plucky Irish lad with 3 decades of earth living under his belt won the 110th US Open (2010) at Pebble Beach as those around him lost their heads.
McDowell said the first time he had looked at a leaderboard in the last round was on 11, “because I'd just bogeyed nine and 10 and was feeling like I needed something to spark me”, he said. “I saw I was two clear and just drove myself at that point to really dig in.
“You can't get ahead of yourself. You think about picking the trophy up, you dream about picking that trophy up, but you've got to stay right in the present out there because there are so many tough shots to come.
“There were so many names popping into my head. I thought of Padraig Harrington. I thought of Zach Johnson, YE Yang and Lucas Glover, Trevor Immelman, all these guys who won Majors for the first time. I thought, ‘they could do it, so can I'.”
And he did.
McDowell lifting the Scottish Open Trophy in 2008, picture by Daily Mail UK.
July 14th, 2010 - 22:59
It was great to see Graeme win. Definitely a charismatic guy that the game of golf needs.