Graeme McDowell

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

Career

Like many of the recent British golfer Guard visited McDowell an American university, the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 1998 to 2002. He reached in 2001 and 2002 the first rank among the college golfers, thereby improving existing records of Luke Donald and Tiger Woods, and 2001 was a member of the winning team of Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup.

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

As of 2005, denied McDowell also tournaments on the North American PGA TOUR, in the top 50 World Golf Rankings for which he got enough referrals due to its temporary placement. However, he won so much prize money that he earned the full eligibility for the 2006 season. However, further success came from and McDowell turned away from the 2007 season, again the European tournament Done.

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

In June 2010, he won a victory at the U.S. Open his first major title. In October 2010, he secured the victory for the European team in the Ryder Cup 2010.

Victories on the PGA Tour ( 2)

  • 2010 U.S. Open
  • 2013 RBC Heritage

Major championship is shown in bold.

Victories on the European Tour ( 8)

  • 2002 Volvo Scandinavian Masters
  • 2004 Telecom Italia Open
  • 2008 Ballantine 's Championship
  • 2008 Scottish Open
  • 2010 Celtic Manor Wales Open
  • 2010 Andalucia Valderrama Masters
  • 2013 Volvo World Match Play Championship Open de France

Victories in other tournaments ( 2)

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

Participation in team competitions

As an amateur

  • Walker Cup ( UK & Ireland): 2001 ( winners )
  • Palmer Cup ( UK & Ireland): 2000 ( winners ), 2001

As a professional

  • Seve Trophy ( UK & Ireland): 2005 ( winners ), 2009 ( winners )
  • Royal Trophy (for Europe): 2006 ( winners )
  • Ryder Cup ( for Europe): 2008, 2010 ( winners ), 2012 ( winners )
  • World Cup ( for Ireland): 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
  • EurAsia Cup ( for Europe): 2014 ( draw )

Results in Major Championships

DNP = did not participate CUT = cut failed "T " shared placement Green background for wins Yellow background for top 10

PGA European Tour 2008 Ryder Cup U.S. Open (Golf) 2010 Ryder Cup 2012 Ryder Cup Masters Tournament PGA Championship Harry Vardon Francis Ouimet Ted Ray (Golfer) Bobby Jones (golfer) Tommy Armour Byron Nelson Ben Hogan Julius Boros Billy Casper Jack Nicklaus Gary Player Orville Moody Johnny Miller Hale Irwin Jerry Pate Fuzzy Zoeller Raymond Floyd Payne Stewart Tom Kite Lee Janzen Ernie Els Corey Pavin Steve Jones (Golfer) Retief Goosen Michael Campbell Geoff Ogilvy Lucas Glover Rory McIlroy Webb Simpson Justin Rose Bernhard Langer Seve Ballesteros Ian Woosnam Colin Montgomerie Lee Westwood Vijay Singh Paul Casey Martin Kaymer
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