Wentworth in the past as G-Mac relishing summer challenge

Graeme McDowell is moving quickly on from his missed cut at Wentworth by looking forward to a golfing summer to savour.

Four days after bowing out of the BMW PGA Championship on a course that does not suit his eye, the 2010 US Open champion got a taste of the season ahead at a corporate event. McDowell does not need much persuasion to play his home course Royal Portrush but the Mastercard outing was also acting as a tune-up for the Irish Open (Jun 28-Jul 1), all part of an exciting run of tournaments punctuated by the three remaining majors.

“It’s all good. You just write it off,” McDowell said of the missed cut at Wentworth. “I have a couple of things to work on but this is not a cause to hit the panic button. It is disappointing but the game is not far away. I just need to piece it all together and get ready to go to the US Open and for a big summer.”