Graeme McDowell
| Graeme McDowell | |
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| — Golfer — | |
McDowell in November 2012
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Graeme McDowell |
| Nickname | G-Mac |
| Born |
30 July 1979 Portrush, Northern Ireland |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st) |
| Nationality |
 Northern Ireland
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| Residence |
Portrush, Northern Ireland Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Spouse | Kristin Stape (2013-present) |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Career | |
| College | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Turned professional | 2002 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 14 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| European Tour | 10 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Masters Tournament | T12: 2012 |
| U.S. Open | Won: 2010 |
| The Open Championship | T5: 2012 |
| PGA Championship | T10: 2009 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Haskins Award | 2002 |
| European Tour Golfer of the Year |
2010 |
Graeme McDowell MBE (born 30 July 1979) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who plays on both the PGA Tour and European Tour. He is well known for winning the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, where he ended a 40-year drought for Europeans at the tournament. McDowell has won ten events on the European Tour, and three on the PGA Tour. He has also represented Ireland at the World Cup and been a member of the European Ryder Cup team on four occasions. He has appeared in the top-10 in the Official World Golf Ranking and his best ranking position is 4th (January to March 2011).
Before turning professional, McDowell had a successful amateur career both in Ireland and in the United States.
McDowell was born in Portrush, Northern Ireland, and played with Rathmore Golf Club since he was eight or nine years old. His uncle, Uel Loughery, coached him there when he was younger. At the age of 14, McDowell played senior cup for Rathmore. In his teens he attended Coleraine Academical Institution. He then studied engineering at Queen's University in Belfast, then transferred to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he played college golf through the spring of 2002. As a senior with the Blazers in 2002, McDowell won six of twelve college events and the Haskins Award, given to the outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States. He was a member of the Great Britain and Ireland team which retained the Walker Cup in 2001 at Sea Island, Georgia.
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