McDowell wary of Tiger test

GRAEME McDOWELL expresses complete and unabashed fondness for Rory McIlroy, but you suspect there are times when he wishes his young friend would consider his public utterances a little more carefully.

McDowell, at 31, is 10 years McIlroy’s senior and wasn’t exactly over the moon when he recently expressed the view that given the current state of Tiger Woods’s golf game, any member of the European Ryder Cup team would fancy taking him on at Celtic Manor next week.