Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I tohe a Graeme McDowell e kore ia e whakaaro ki te kore e tākaro i te Masters ahakoa tētahi atu wheako whakamā i Augusta National. I whakawhiwhia e McDowell he rauna whakamutunga o te 73 i te Ratapu ki te whakaoti i te ono neke atu i te tau, a, inaianei he 24 neke atu mo ana whakaaturanga e waru i te whakataetae nui tuatahi o te tau. 'Kaore e taea e au te whakaaro ki te kore e haere mai ki konei,' i kii te toa o mua o te US Open. 'He mea whakarihariha te kore e tākaro i konei ahakoa te nui o te mea e whakapouri ana i a koe i te mea me koa koe ki te mea e rite ana. Ka tīmata a Graeme McDowell i te poka tuatoru i te rauna tuatoru i Augusta i te Rāhoroi. He whakanui tēnei i te korowha i runga i taku mara korowha tino pai o te ao. Koia tēnei. He pai ki ahau. Engari kaore i utua. 'Ki te mea kua riro i ahau tetahi i runga i tenei akoranga e tango e rua hoki. Ka haere atu ahau i te mea e pouri tonu ana ahau i te kore e taea e au te tohu i te pai e whakaaro ana ahau me huri ahau i tenei akoranga. I maka atu e au ngā piro pēnei i te konupora i te wiki katoa. 'Ki taku whakaaro he porotiti ka taea e koe te whakaoti. I mōhio au kāore taku kāhua whakatakoto i te pai ki a Augusta. Me mahi au i tētahi momo whakaterenga tere e tika ana. I whakawhiwhia e McDowell tētahi rauna whakamutunga o te 73 i te Rātapu hei whakaoti i te ono ki runga ake i te tau mo te whakataetae. 'Kia whai koe ki te kia he putter' mua-mata' rite Bubba (Watson), kahore ahau i kite i tetahi huri i roto i putts i te ono waewae puhoi atu i Bubba. Me tuku e koe ki roto, ā, me urutau ahau ki te mahi i tērā i konei.' Ko te kaute a McDowell i kino rawa atu i muri i tana whiu i te tuatahi mo te neke i tana tohu i a ia e ngana ana ki te patu i te pi mai i tana poi i te tuatoru o nga kaakaariki. Heoi, i whakakorea e te kaiwhakawa matua o te Pākehā a John Paramor te whiu i etahi poka i muri mai, a ka tapiritia e McDowell: 'I mea ahau ka taea e ia te whai i ahau i te toenga o te ra na te mea ko ia te tangata tuatahi i whakaora i ahau i te pupuhi i roto i te wa.' He mea whakarihariha ki te kore e takaro i konei ahakoa te nui o te riri ki a koe, 'i kii a McDowell i te Ratapu.
Ko Graeme McDowell te kaari whakamutunga o te 73 i te Ratapu. E whakaaro ana a McDowell kāore i te tika tana kāhua whakatakoto ki a Augusta. Ko te US Open o mua i kino ake te kaute. I whakawhiwhia ki a McDowell he whiu kotahi mo te nekehanga o tana tohu i a ia e ngana ana ki te whakawhiti i tetahi pi mai i tana poi i te tuatoru o nga kaakaariki. Engari i whakakorea te whiu i muri mai i te ra.