The OHL Classic represented the start of a new year for McDowell.
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But it was McDowell who prevailed after hitting a five iron to two feet on the 18th on his way to a birdie neither of his rivals could match.
Bohn, 42, had a share of the lead until a bogey at the final hole, where his approach ran through the green and his putt to save par lipped out. He missed the par putt and had a 66, to join McDowell and Jason Bohn in a playoff.
Scot Knox is man in form after winning last week’s WGC-HSBC Champions event and was the man to catch as held a one-shot advantage over the former US Open champion heading towards the clubhouse. “I’m trending in the right direction”.
Knox made a tough up-and-down for par on the 17th hole by making a 5-foot putt into the thick, wet grain.
Graeme McDowell heads into Monday’s delayed final-round action at the OHL Classic as joint leader with Scotland’s Russell Knox, after play was suspended due to darkness with the Northern Irishman through 13 holes. “So when we started talking about moving, I said, ‘Let’s just take golf out of it. Where are going to be the happiest and most excited when we get on an airplane to go home?’ And we’re there”.
“There were multiple times during the year where I was losing belief in myself, where you’re asking yourself questions like, ‘Am I good enough anymore?” I’ve been enjoying life off the golf course with my handsome family. But his round fell apart at the end with a quadruple-bogey 9 on the seventh hole that led to a 74. Golf hasn’t been the priority it should be. He dropped at shot on the first before following up with four more birdies in a ow. First, caddie Ken Comboy talked McDowell into hitting a 5-iron, whereas his player favored a 6-iron because of adrenaline.
Instead of finishing the Race to Dubai on the European Tour, he chose to skip the final two events.
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“I don’t want to do what I did past year (today)”, Bohn said.
