SIMON LEWIS: Team McDowell a well-oiled machine
McDowell’s success since 2010 is synonymous with Horizon’s, whom he joined three years previously after making his own decision to leave Chubby Chandler’s International Sports Management. Indeed, when G-Mac made his great breakthrough at the majors, Horizon’s founder Conor Ridge was one of the first onto the 18th green at Pebble Beach to congratulate the 2010 US Open champion and the emotion of the moment shared with McDowell, his father Kenny, caddie Ken Comboy and Ridge suggested theirs was more than just a manager-client relationship. Ridge and McDowell are firm friends, united in their journey to be the best in their respective businesses, their fortunes intertwined.
And that group hug in the wake of McDowell’s first major win underlined just how important it is for a sportsperson to be absolutely comfortable with the people around him making big career decisions.
