Confidence back as GMac eyes Augusta

LEFT handers, defending champion Phil Mickelson, and Bubba Watson, along with Rory McIlroy, are Graeme McDowell’s best bets for the Masters at Augusta next week.

McDowell, of course, isn’t playing down his own prospects of adding the year’s first major title to the US Open he currently holds.

Indeed, he believes his failure to survive the halfway cut in last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill may have come as a blessing in disguise, bringing home a very clear message that his short game wasn’t sharp enough.