Sheepish McDowell confesses he injured hand while sleepwalking

Graeme McDowell blames sleep-walking for the freak hand injury that almost ended his season prematurely.

The world No 14 had to play in pain for two days during last month’s WGC-HSBC Champions in China after claiming he had slammed his right hand in his hotel room door.

But he now admits he has “no idea” what really happened and reckons he did the damage during a sleep-walking episode.