PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico – Before he completed a single hole, Graeme McDowell had one foot heading for the exit at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba.
McDowell pushed his opening tee shot out of bounds, then put his provisional on a similar line. The latter ball remained in play, and McDowell scrambled to save double bogey.
“I thought I was going to make about a 12 off the first, shake the lads’ hands on the second tee and say, ‘See you later,’” McDowell said.
He got things back on track, though, stringing together five straight birdies on Nos.