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Saudi Arabia ... There is not many ‘global’ competitors who can boast a record Graeme McDowell enjoys. In capturing the second staging of the Saudi International McDowell has won 12th of his now 15th wins in a dozen different countries. 6                    Nearly six years since last European Tour at 2014 French Open 11                   Number of European Tour victories 12                  Number of different countries where he’s won – Sweden, ...

Saudi Arabia …Graeme McDowell has canned a Caribbean family holiday and now has Augusta, Georgia on his mind in muscling his way back into the world’s top-50 after his Saudi International victory. McDowell ended a five-and-a-half year European Tour winless drought in posting a final round 70 to win by two shots fro defending champ Dustin Johnson with a 12-under par tally in bright but very windy conditions on the course laid-out along the Red Sea. The win, and McDowell’s 11th European ...

Saudi Arabia … Super-talented Scot Grant Forrest is determined to celebrate a career best finish on the Tour heading into the final round at the Saudi International. Forrest, 26 was toasting Friday in making it five halfway cuts in succession in a new season for a first time in his career as he edges ever-closer to a maiden European Tour triumph thanks to swing changes introduced by new coach, Liam James. The Craigielaw star again showed the worth of his work with James posting a second straight ...

Saudi Arabia ... The dust is far from settling on the controversy involving Graeme McDowell being slapped with a ‘yellow’ card slow-play warning on day two of this week’s Saudi Invitational. McDowell was pulled-up during Friday’s round by fellow Northern Irishman, Andrew Snoddy who acts as a Tour referee who timed the former US Open winner to have taken 84 seconds, and 34 more seconds that he was allowed at the time, in playing his second shot at the 13th hole of his round. As ...

Saudi Arabia ... Graeme McDowell pulled-off one of his best birdies of the new season at the last hole to seize a one-stroke lead at 12-under par heading to the final round of the Saudi International. McDowell leaked his drive well left down the par-5 last hole to then find his ball settled in the middle of what can only described as mini canyon on the Royal Greens course. The Irishman had no sight of the fairway just a virtually wall of rock and sand before brilliantly managing to hit a gap-wedge ...

Saudi Arabia … Shane Lowry had Brooks Koepka waiting for the Open Champion to head to lunch after finishing three shots clear of the World No. 1 on day two of the Saudi Invitational. Lowry grabbed four birdies, including at the par-4 10th and where he had commenced his round along with birdies also at 13, 17 and 5, and with the only dropped shot at the par-3 16th that has the Red Sea laid out along the left side of the hole. Lowry’s score of a three-under par 67 for a four-under tally ...

Saudi Arabia … Graeme McDowell muscled his way in ending a near six-year Tour drought at the Saudi Invitational only be left seeing red after being handed a yellow card bad time warning on the course laid-out along the Red Sea. McDowell is now staring at an immediate one-shot penalty should he infringe again over the weekend rounds in Saudi Arabia. G Mac superbly added a two-under par 68 to a blistering first round 64 and move to eight-under and head to the weekend rounds just two shots adrift ...