McDowell dulled by City of Lights
He walked off the first hole of the stunning National Club course with a double bogey and never really recovered in carding an eventual one-over-par 72.
It left the former US Open champion and current world No 11 trailing seven strokes behind Sweden’s Christian Nilsson, who signed for a six-under-par 65, and with three players, including Italian teen sensation Matteo Manassero, in second place with 66s.
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