Graeme McDowell admits “facing the demons of mortality” got his career back on track in time to realise his ambition of playing in the Open in his home town of Portrush. McDowell admits the prospect of seeing his golfing career disappear off a cliff was the wake-up call he needed. “My journey has been really about kind of facing the demons of mortality. He will have massive support when he tees off alongside 2016 Open winner Henrik Stenson and American Xander Schauffele and it is something he hopes to feed off. “It started off as a joke: ‘Why can’t we go back to Portrush?’ Myself and Darren and Rory, especially.

Source: Irish Examiner July 17, 2019 16:18 UTC