McDowell plots 2011 strategy

GRAEME McDOWELL will convene his think tank next week in the Caribbean to thrash out his playing schedule for 2011.

The US Open champion and Ryder Cup hero is in the four-man PGA Grand Slam of Golf next Tuesday and Wednesday at the Port Royal Golf Club in Bermuda that also features US PGA winner Martin Kaymer.

Ernie Els and David Toms make up the field in place of Masters champion Phil Mickelson and Open winner Louis Oosthuizen but McDowell will also use the time to plan with manager Conor Ridge and caddie Ken Comboy for a campaign on both US and European Tours.