Graeme McDowell blames his attitude for the loss at Masters
While Swede Peter Hanson posted his best major championship finish last week at Masters, Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell posted his best Masters finish so far in his career, pulling in his best round of the week at four-under, 68.
The 2010 US Open winner, who has been battling form vows for quite a while, carded his strongest round on the final day of the coveted event, manoeuvring the tricky Augusta National layout.
He now says he is better poised to tackle Augusta National in his future attempts to bag the elusive title.
McDowell said, “I guess I get disappointed with myself more when my attitude is wrong, so I reset that attitude and came out on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and was a little bit better. It was nice to play better on the days when I'm on, and nice to finish
with a career low 68 here at Augusta”.
And there were ample reason to be disappointed for the 32-year-old Portrush native as he fell for a sloppy three-over, 75 on the opening day of the event.
He gathered himself to shoot better on the second day, carding a round of even-par.
He consistently made progress towards the end of the event, pulling in closing rounds of one-under, 71 and four-under, 68 respectively.
He added, “I came off the golf course here on Thursday and I probably could have done with ten minutes just to try and let the steam, the fog clear because I just bogeyed the last couple of holes”.
McDowell started off the final round with a bogey on the opening hole, something which could have been devastating for the Ryder Cup hero.
He pulled a birdie on the very next hole, demonstrating better mental attitude and composure.
His second and last bogey of the day came at par-three, 6th and he made the turn with two back-to-back birdies on the front.
He remained on the defensive mode on the back nine, carding three birdies and did not drop a single shot in the last nine-hole stretch.
Winner of eight professional titles in his career, McDowell carded his last mainstream victory at the Andalucía Valderrama Masters in October 2010.
He has not won a single title since then despite pulling in brilliant finishes in the proceeding events.
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