Irish Golf Desk

Residence: Portrush, Northern Ireland
Attachment: Farnham Estates
Date of birth: 30/07/1979 (Age 28)
Place of birth: Portrush, Northern Ireland
Height and weight: 5ft 11in 12st (180cm 76kgs)
Caddie: Ken Comboy (Andrew Coltart, Thomas Bjorn, Soren Hansen, Paul Casey)
Interests: Snooker, shooting, cars, Manchester Utd

Web Site: www.graememcdowell.com

Turned Pro: 2002 (plus 4)
College : University of Birmingham, Alabama: Majoring in industrial distribution

Produced one of the great shots of 2007 when he holed his second shot at the treacherous 17th at Valderrama for an albatross which catapulted him into a share of the lead for the season-ending Volvo Masters but double bogeyed the last to finish joint fourth, one of five top ten finishes of the year. Won his maiden European Tour title on only his fourth start in the 2002 Scandinavian Masters and confirmed that potential by finishing sixth on the Order of Merit in 2004 after capturing his second Tour victory in the Telecom Italia Open. Claimed his third European Tour title in the 2008 Ballantine's Championship in South Korea, beating Jeev Milkha Singh with a birdie at the third extra hole.

Professional wins (4)

2008 Barclays Scottish Open, Ballantine's Championship €333,330.00  68 64 66 66 -24 (3rd extra hole, Jeve Milka Singh)
2004 61st Telecom Italia Open €200,000  66 66 65 -19 (play-off, Thomas Levet)
2002 Volvo Scandinavian Masters €316,660 64 73 66 67 -14


Teams
2008 Ryder Cup (P4 W2 H1 L1)
2006 The Royal Trophy (winners)
2005 Seve Trophy (winners)

Played a prominent role in Great Britain and Ireland’s retention of the Walker Cup in 2001 at Sea Island in Georgia.

At the University of Alabama was ranked No 1 Collegiate Golfer in the United States and out of 12 starts won an incredible six events with a stroke average of 69.6 – beating the previous best returned by Luke Donald and Tiger Woods.

Amateur wins
2001 Conrad Rehling Alabama Invite; Atlanta Intercollegiate.

2000 Atlanta Intercollegiate

2000 World Universities Championship

2000 South of Ireland Championship: Graeme McDowell (Rathmore) bt Ken Kearney (Galway) 3/2

2000 Irish Amateur Close, Royal Portrush: Graeme McDowell (Rathmore) bt Andrew McCormick (Scrabo) 7/6

2000 Irish Amateur Youths, Malone: Graeme McDowell (Rathmore) 276; Justin Kehoe (Birr/UCD) 281

2000 Leinster Youths, Laytown & Bettystown: Grame McDowell (Rathmore) 289, Robert Cannon (Balbriggan) 292

1999 Irish Amateur Youths, Cork: Graeme McDowell (Rathmore) 284, Mark Campbell (UCD) 290

1996 Ulster Boys Championship, Lurgan: Graeme McDowell (Rathmore) bt I. Griffin (Balbriggan) 3/2.

Runner up
2001 North of Ireland Amateur Open, Royal Portrush: Stuart Paul (Tandragee) bt Graeme McDowell (Rathmore) 2/1.

2000 European Amateur Championship, Styrian, Austria: Carl Pettersson (Swe) 263; Panu Kyllianinen (Fin) 268, Graeme McDowell (Ire) 268.

1999 Leinster Youths, Lucan: Michael McGeady (City of Derry) 286, Graeme McDowell (Rathmore) 286, won on 4th tie hole.

Amateur teams

2001 Palmer Cup

2001 Walker Cup, Sea Island - P4 W2 H0 L2 Pts 4

2000 Palmer Cup (winners)