If Graeme McDowell had his way he would see this week’s PGA Tour’s flagship Players Championship return to being a part of the ‘Florida Swing’.

It is now five years since PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem was instrumental in moving the $US 10m event from a March date, and a virtual curtain-raiser two weeks prior to the Masters, to a month after the season’s first Major Championship.

That decision has somewhat back-fired on Finchem and moreso this week with the course not as in near as good a condition as it had always been in early Spring of March compared to the unpredictable weather conditions in May.

Also Finchem’s notion of seeing the Players Championship stand alone on the US sporting calendar in the second week of May is now under fire with the event now fighting for TV ratings with the NFL who has moved its highly-watched pre-season draft to the same week.

“I wouldn’t mind the Tour moving the event back to the Florida Swing as the Florida Swing is such a great run of events,” said McDowell ahead of teeing off on day two at TPC Sawgrass.

“I’m not well up on the agronomy situation of this golf course, and why we kind of have the problems we have, and incidentally the same problems we have been experiencing at Lake Nona the last couple of years and a similar turf issue to what is going on here at Sawgrass.

“But then is the problem that it’s too hot at this time of year here, I don’t know.

“It’s great Tim Finchem is not be beating around the bush when he’s talking about the Tour’s flagship golf tournament, and that he never wants this to happen again because this is a phenomenal spectacle and theatre to play golf on.

“But I would love to see this event slot back into the Florida Swing and being a Florida-based boy I am pretty happy jumping into my car and driving to these tournaments.”

And McDowell has responded to the observations of Peter Cowen, and his coach of seven years, and as reported by www.golfbytourmiss.com earlier this week.

In a nutshell, Cowen remarked McDowell has become frustrated by his results of late and this despite the fact in those seven years the duo has been together McDowell’s captured the 2010 US Open along with nine other victories around the globe and he’s been on two of three winning European Ryder Cup sides.

“Pete is right in making that point and explaining to me that I shouldn’t be frustrated but then we are golfers and we perfectionists, and we are always trying to do better and better,” said McDowell.

“So he was pointing out how consistent I have been over a seven-year period and I shouldn’t panic.

“I accept that but then I’m like everyone out in that I’ve very competitive and I want to be playing well in the here and now.

“So while it’s great to look back and say ‘It’s great that I’ve had a good seven years’ but then  I want to have an even better 2014, and that’s what I’m all about.

“Pete is just doing his job and trying to take the panic out of the scenario, and that’s what my caddy tries to do as well but then I am a golfer.”