Graeme McDowell

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Graeme McDowell
Graeme McDowell
Personnel
Nation: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Nickname: G. Mac
Career data
Professional since: 2002
Current tour: PGA Tour , European Tour
Tournament wins: 15th
Major wins : 1 (2010)
Awards: European Tour Golfer of the Year (2010)
Golf Writers' Trophy (2010)

Graeme McDowell , MBE (born July 30, 1979 in Portrush , Northern Ireland ) is a professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and the US PGA TOUR .

Career

Like many of the younger British golfing guard, McDowell attended a US university, the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 1998 to 2002. He was ranked first among college golfers in 2001 and 2002, improving the records of Luke Donald and Tiger Woods , and was a member of the winning team from Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup in 2001 .

In 2002 McDowell became a professional golfer and won his first tournament, the strong Volvo Scandinavian Masters, at his fourth start on the European Tour . In 2004 he won the Telecom Italia Open and finished the season in sixth place on the European Tour Order of Merit .

From 2005, McDowell also competed in tournaments on the North American PGA TOUR , for which he received enough invitations due to his temporary placement in the top 50 of the golf world rankings . However, he earned so much prize money that he was fully eligible for the 2006 season. However, for the time being there were no further successes and McDowell turned back to the European tournament scene from the 2007 season.

Graeme McDowell was a member of the winning GB & Ireland team at the 2005 Seve Trophy and won the 2006 Royal Trophy with the European team against the best golfers in Asia. In 2008 he played for the European Ryder Cup team for the first time .

In June 2010 he won his first major title at the US Open . In October 2010 he secured the European team's victory in the 2010 Ryder Cup .

PGA Tour wins (4)

  • 2010 US Open
  • 2013 RBC Heritage
  • 2015 OHL Classic at Mayakoba
  • 2019 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship

Major Championship is in bold .

Victories on the European Tour (10)

Wins in other tournaments (2)

  • 2010 Chevron World Challenge (unofficial event of the PGA Tour)
  • 2012 World Challenge

Results at major championships

competition 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Masters DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP T17 CUT CUT T12 CUT CUT T52 CUT DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT CUT T37 DNP T15 T10 CUT CUT T11 T12 T47 CUT CUT CUT DNP T29
US Open DNP T80 T48 T30 DNP T18 1 T14 T2 CUT T28 CUT T18 DNP CUT T16
Open Championship CUT T11 T61 CUT T19 T34 T23 CUT T5 T58 T9 T49 T63 DNP DNP T57

DNP = not participated
CUT = Cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10

Participation in team competitions

As an amateur

  • Walker Cup (for Great Britain & Ireland): 2001 (winner)
  • Palmer Cup (for Great Britain & Ireland): 2000 (winner), 2001

As a professional

See also

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personal data
SURNAME McDowell, Graeme
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish golfer
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Portrush , Northern Ireland