GMac relieved to end frustrating year on top of the world
Two years ago, he rallied from four shots behind in the final round and beat Tiger Woods in a playoff.
Staked to a two-shot lead on Sunday, McDowell never let Keegan Bradley catch him, and he protected his lead on the back nine with a pair of superb short-game shots to save par. One of them was a 75-foot lag putt to within tap-in range, critical for someone coming off a three-putt bogey. The other was a delicate chip behind the 17th green that the ball had to land in the rough, and then the fringe, or it would have raced by the cup. It stopped a fraction of an inch away from falling.
