McDowell has Masters target

Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell begins a run of events in America this week he hopes will re-establish him as one of Europe’s brightest prospects.

Rather than mixing it with Tiger Woods and Ernie Els on the European circuit in Dubai, the 26-year-old is at the FBR Open in Scottsdale, Arizona, against a field which contains five more of the world’s top 10 – Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Chris DiMarco and David Toms.