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GOLF: THE CALL of the Majors is a unique one, and so Graeme McDowell who flew out of Shannon yesterday and Rory McIlroy, who makes the trip Stateside later today, got some of what they wanted from the Irish Open. Of course, Mizuno MX-1000 Irons a win was the main want, which wasnt to be for either of them, but the two Ulstermen at least left Killarney upbeat about their games and also, in McDowells case, his mental attitude.
With this weeks 6 million WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron providing a big week of its own ahead of next weeks US PGA Championship, McDowell who had confessed to feeling like a mental case after missing the cut in the British Open last month was much revived and more positive after assessing his all-round game on the back of the Irish Open.
I made some really good steps forward on my short game and, Mizuno JPX E600 Ironsreally, the mental game as well. I was dejected after my Friday round at the Open because, you know, I had poured my heart and soul into my preparations and just didnt quite do it on the golf course. I was putting a little too much pressure on myself.
Generally, Mizuno MX-25 Iron Set my mental game is my strength, not something I was going to hit the panic button about . . . but I needed to slip back into the way I was feeling last year when I was just cruising, working hard and then going out and letting it happen on the golf course, said McDowell.
The return of Tiger Woods to tournament play after an absence that has stretched on for most of the summer will likely deflect much attention from other players, Mizuno Mx-200 Iron Setwhich is no bad thing for McIlroy playing for the first time in the States since his US Open win and Pádraig Harrington, who has split from his long-time coach Bob Torrance.
Any time Tiger tees it up, theres a bit of a buzz. Just good to see him back on the golf course and hopefully hes fit and ready and healthy and able to produce some of the golf that we have seen in the past, said McIlroy.
For McDowell, the Bridgestone represents an opportunity to fine-tune his game ahead of the US PGA, wholesale golf store which offers a last chance of the year to add another Major to his US Open win of last year.