Comments on: European Tour - Scottish Open http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/2008/07/15/eurpean-tour-scottish-open/ G.WRX News Crew Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:31:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Rob Turner http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/2008/07/15/eurpean-tour-scottish-open/#comment-2559 Rob Turner Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:14:58 +0000 http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/?p=465#comment-2559 This was undoubtedly a great win for Graeme McDowell. If the win in earlier in the year in Korea was hard fought and could have slipped out of his hand, the win here was far more solid and looked to be firmly in his grip as he entered the final stretch of the tournament. Unlike his playing partner Simon Khan who withered away towards the end, Graeme Mcdowell managed to take his game up one gear, similar to what he did at the Ballantine’s Championship in Korea. Even back then he started his final 9 holes with an eagle and shot four under in the back 9 to force it into a playoff. Anyone who saw that win would have known that Mcdowell is not the kind of guy to be overawed by pressure. In Korea he hit a shot from about 200 yards away, to 2 feet from the pin on a very testing par-4 18th, which was one of the most difficult holes that week. He looks poised to achieve much more and the first towards that would probably be a spot in the Ryder Cup Team which he has pretty much ensured with some great golf at the Scottish Open. This was undoubtedly a great win for Graeme McDowell. If the win in earlier in the year in Korea was hard fought and could have slipped out of his hand, the win here was far more solid and looked to be firmly in his grip as he entered the final stretch of the tournament. Unlike his playing partner Simon Khan who withered away towards the end, Graeme Mcdowell managed to take his game up one gear, similar to what he did at the Ballantine’s Championship in Korea. Even back then he started his final 9 holes with an eagle and shot four under in the back 9 to force it into a playoff. Anyone who saw that win would have known that Mcdowell is not the kind of guy to be overawed by pressure. In Korea he hit a shot from about 200 yards away, to 2 feet from the pin on a very testing par-4 18th, which was one of the most difficult holes that week.

He looks poised to achieve much more and the first towards that would probably be a spot in the Ryder Cup Team which he has pretty much ensured with some great golf at the Scottish Open.

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