Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell has said that the reason he pulled out of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth last week was due to the devastating Hurricane Dorian that hit the Bahamas earlier this month.
McDowell, who owns a house in the affected region, withdrew from the tournament last week via Twitter, citing a "personal issue", but the Northern Irishman has said that he did so following an "emotional few weeks".
"Friends and people that we care about just lost everything," McDowell said. "It put things in perspective for me from a golf point of view.