Result
Graeme finished in a tie for 40th place at the Pete Dye Stadium Course, CA.

He got off to a great start with a 66 followed by a 69 to comfortably make the weekend, five shots back of the lead on nine-under overall. A 3rd round of 73 dropped Graeme back but he rallied on the final day with a 70 to finish with a respectable score.

Speaking after Day 1:

“I’m just continuing to build,” McDowell said after another promising day with the putter. “It’s obviously difficult coming to these courses for the first time (since 2003) and some of these nuances that we don’t know, but the wind kicked up for the last hour and a half, which made that back nine playing a little more difficult coming in.

“After that innocuous little double on the eighth hole— which is a short part three which had a really evil little pin position — to shake that off and still make six birdies was pleasing. So I’m happy enough and looking forward to getting back at it tomorrow.”

Graeme is playing in Palm Springs for the first time since 2003 before heading to Saudi Arabia in a fortnight for the Saudi International, and he’s hoping to build some confidence.

“The Middle East with Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Saudi Arabia, it’s always a good place to start the year,” said the Portrush man, who started his season with some good golf in last week’s Sony Open in Hawaii, despite eventually missing the cut by one stroke.

“It’s always a nice place to go start the year, but this is like the desert swing PGA Tour-style. And to be honest with you, I really really like it here. It won’t be 18 years before I come back.

“The golf courses allow you to make birdies if you play well and you can get some confidence rolling early in the season, which is very important for a guy like me right now where confidence is key.”

With the top 70 and ties after tomorrow’s third round qualifying for the final round on the Stadium Course, Graeme does not mind facing the tougher of the three venues on moving day.

“I was a bit disappointed that I was going to have the toughest golf course on the toughest day, but in a funny way, when there is so much scoring to be done this week, do you mind tough and tough?” he asked. “Or do you want one of the easier courses playing tough?

“Obviously, we’ve all got to play the three rounds, and it’s just the luck of the draw, but I am looking forward to being out there on the Stadium Course, flighting the ball around and hitting some three-quarter control type irons.”

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Result
Graeme misses the cut in his 2022 Season opener at the Sony Open in Hawaii with rounds of 70 and 66 and a score of -4. The cut line was set at -2.

Speak after his 2nd round Graeme said: “It’s a very important year so I wanted to be ready out of the gates,” ,“It was disappointing to make six at two but I was really happy to come back and make six birdies in the next 16 holes.”

One of the game’s most admired journalists and original insiders was honored at the Sony Open this week, as PGA Tour players, caddies, officials and media members are wearing purple ribbons to pay tribute to the late Tim Rosaforte, who died on Tuesday due to complications from Alzheimer’s Disease. He was 66 .

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Result
Graeme missed the cut at the RSM Classic as he closed out his year with a four-over 76 that left him six strokes outside the cut mark on two-over. In his first round, Graeme hit 13 of 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in regulation, finishing at 2 under for the day.

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Result
After a solid first round of 68, Graeme shot a second round 75 which wasn’t enough to make the cut  at the Memorial Park Golf Club. After being the right side of the cut line his second round was halted by weather on the 12th, but two bogeys after he came back out ensured he finished on +3 overall, the cut was set at +1.

Stats
In his first round, Graeme hit 6 of 13 fairways and 12 of 18 greens in regulation, finishing at 2 under for the day tied for 17th at 2 under. In his second round he hit 7 of 13 fairways and 11 of 18 greens in regulation.

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Result

Graeme missed the cut at the El Camaleón Golf Club at Mayakoba with rounds of  70 and 71.

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Result
Graeme finished T12 at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship with rounds of 70,67,67 and 70, going into the clubhouse with a score of -10.

“This is a really important four weeks for me,”

“We had very difficult conditions this week, obviously Thursday and today. But I really enjoyed the week, and it’s great prep for next week at Mayakoba, where I’ve won before.

“I really wanted to come in and start this little run off the right way, and I’ve done that. I’m disappointed that I couldn’t get out there and do better today, but it was very difficult conditions, and I was happy to hang in there and shoot one under.

“You still want you to be finishing with top tens and top 15’s out here even against weaker fields like this one because the standard on Tour is incredibly high.

“You have to be very focused and you have to have the right attitude. I had the right attitude this week and it gets this four-week run off to the right start for me and hopefully, I can continue to build.

“I need to be out there feeling a little bit under pressure and feeling the juices flowing a little bit. I’ve got a climb back up the ladder again. If that means feeling a little under pressure finishing top 15 here in Bermuda, that’s just a step in the right direction.”

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