Graeme McDowell net worth

McDowell was born on July 30 1979 in Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and played with Rathmore Golf Club since he was eight or nine years old.

His uncle, Uel Loughery, coached him there when he was younger. At the age of 14, McDowell played senior cup for Rathmore.

In his teens, he attended Coleraine Academical Institution. He then studied engineering at Queen’s University in Belfast and then transferred to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he played college golf through the spring of 2002.

As a senior with the Blazers in 2002, McDowell won six of twelve college events and the Haskins Award, given to the outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States.

He was a member of the Great Britain and Ireland team which retained the Walker Cup in 2001 at Sea Island, Georgia.

Graeme McDowell is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who plays on both the PGA Tour and European Tour.

He is well known for winning the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, where he ended a 40-year drought for Europeans at the tournament.

McDowell has won eleven events on the European Tour, and four on the PGA Tour. He has also represented Ireland at the World Cup and he has been a member of the European Ryder Cup team on four occasions.

He has appeared in the top-10 in the Official World Golf Ranking and his best ranking position was 4th (January to March 2011).