Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakaae ana a Graeme McDowell, i ētahi wā i hiahia ia ki te noho i roto i tētahi rūma kākahu, i muri i te kore i taea e ia te aro ki ngā wero i whakatakotoria e Augusta National. Engari ko te toa o mua o te US Open e tumanako ana ka taea e ia te whakapai ake i tana rekoata Masters i tenei wiki i muri i te wikitoria i te whara o te waewae i akiaki ia ki te wehe atu i te Valero Texas Open i tera marama. 'Ko te toru o nga wa i roto i taku mahi kua wehe atu ahau i te whakataetae, a ehara i te mea e pai ana ahau ki te mahi,' i kii a McDowell i muri i te rauna whakangungu i Augusta. 'Kāore au i tino mōhio ki te nui o te whara i whara ai ahau i a au, ā, tata tonu ahau ki te mawehe atu i te pro-am i te Rāapa, ā, i tika pea i muri mai. Kua oati a Graeme McDowell ki te takaro i te korowha'āta'hei āwhina ki te whakapai ake i tana rekoata Masters rawakore. 'Ko te mea he uaua peroneal tendon me, ki te wa nui i mua, kihai i hiahia ahau ki te akiaki i tetahi mea. Koinei ngā rua tekau mā waru tuatahi kua eke au mai i taua wā, ā, he pai taku āhua, nō reira, he pai ake te āhua o te kapa i tātau i whakaaro ai.' E rua noa iho nga wa i eke ai a McDowell ki te whitu o nga whakamatau i te Masters - ahakoa i mutu ia i te 17 i te 2009 me te 12 i te 2012 - a ka whakaae ko te huarahi roa kaore e pai ki tana taakaro. Engari i tāpiri mai te 35 tau te pakeke o Ireland ki te Raki: 'Ahakoa te mea ehara i te mea nui taku rekoata i konei, e aroha ana ahau ki tenei papa korowha. Ka taea e au te purei i ia rā, ā, ka tino makona ahau. 'He mara kōaro tino pai, ka ako koe i tētahi mea mō ia tau. I reira ahau e kohikohi ana i ngā āhuatanga iti kāore pea i kitea e au i mua, ā, ka whakatakoto i aua mea ki roto i te pēke mahara, ā, ka ngana ki te whakamahi i ōu mātauranga me ōu wheako, me te tūmanako ka taea e au te haere mai ki konei i tētahi tau, ā, ka whakataetae tūturu. Ko tēnei pea te tau. Ko te kaitakaro poitūkohu (matau) i whai wāhi ki tētahi awhe whakangungu me tana kaiako a Pete Cowen i runga i te akoranga o Augusta National. 'Kei te harikoa ahau. Kei te tino arotahi ahau ki taku tāpae me taku tānga i tēnei tau. Kaore au i tino pai ki te whakauru i konei, a he mea tino kitea te ki i konei. I ētahi wā ka hiahiatia e ahau he pūtau whakakikorua ina kua haere ahau i te 18 o nga matomato no te mea kua riro ahau i te riri, engari ahau...
Ka tākaro a Graeme McDowell i te korowha'āta' hei whakamutu i tana rekoata Masters rawakore. E rua noa iho ngā wā i eke ai te 35 tau ki te whitu o ngā whakamātau i Augusta. Kua ora noa iho a McDowell i tētahi whara waewae i mua i te Masters. Patohia TENEI mō ngā kōrero hōu o te korowha.