Knox was on the 13th hole. Bohn won his first PGA Tour event in 2005 and his next one in 2010.
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After finishing in the game in front, McDowell admitted he was resigned to losing out to Knox and said he would have no complaints about that due to the confidence his fellow Brit had been displaying.
“I dreamed of this day coming again”, McDowell said. “The last couple days, so far, the attitude’s been good”.
Knox was attempting to win back-to-back titles following his triumph at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. I said to myself that I was going to appreciate it when it came.
Graeme McDowell produced the shot of a champion to win the rain-delayed OHL Classic at Mayakoba after a play-off against Russell Knox and Jason Bohn.
The 2010 US Open victor admits the barren run – his last victory anywhere was at the French Open 16 months ago – left him questioning his ability after dropping out of the world’s top 50.
McDowell leads by one shot on -12 from Derek Fathauer, one of four overnight leaders, who overcame two bogeys for a second-round 66.
Fortunate to even get into a playoff, McDowell ended it quickly with a 5-iron that grazed the edge of the cup on the 18th hole and settled 3 feet away for a birdie to win the OHL Classic at Mayakoba on Monday.
Chasing his first top-10 on Tour for more than a year, G-Mac was six-under for his truncated round and in flying form. He picked up his sixth birdie on the 11th hole. But the 36-year-old from Northern Ireland had such a mediocre season that he returned to America to get a head start on the new PGA Tour season.
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The former victor of the PGA Championship Keegan Bradley, whose world ranking has dropped to No. 65, was in the group of 67 which included Erik Compton, Patrick Rodgers and Graeme McDowell, who rallied from a double bogey on his first hole, making five consecutive birdies.
