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Article: McDowell aims to time his run
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2009
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Northern Irishman lies in wait with Howell, Westwood and Casey
four shots off lead
Not everyone in the field for the 138th Open Championship wanted
to find themselves in the lead after the first round. There is such
a thing as peaking too early. Graeme McDowell (right) knows this all
too well.
Twice in the last three Opens the Northern Irishman has been at
the top of the leaderboard on the first day. Yet his best result in
five previous attempts is a tie for 11th place and that was by
coming from the pack.
So after a steady opening 68, McDowell was content to look on the
bright side. "I don't think there's any point in leading the Open
after round one," he said. "I've tried that and it ...