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2000-2001 SEASON: Had a very solid season ... named C-USA Player of the Year and earned All-Conference team honors for his outstanding play this season ... enters NCAA Championship play ranked 71st in the nation, according to MasterCard ... leads the squad with eight top-10 finishes ... had a season scoring average of 71.2 ... cut over two strokes off scoring average from last season ... winner of two tournaments this season including the Conrad Rehling Alabama Invite (March 23-25) and the Atlanta Intercollegiate (May 10-11) ... finished the Atlanta Intercollegiate with a career best 12-under par 204 ... also fired a career low 64 in the same tournament ... shot 21 rounds of par or better bringing his career total up to 34 ... finished 8 of 13 tournaments with a sub-par total ... was named to the Great Britain and Ireland Palmer Cup Team for second straight year. 1999-2000 SEASON: Played in all thirteen tournaments for the Blazers ... had eight top-twenty finishes ... shot a 4-under par tournament total to finish 1st at the Atlanta Intercollegiate (May 8-9) ... shot season low round of 66 in the same tournament ... finished tied for second at the 49er Collegiate Classic (Feb. 24-25) shooting a one-over par total ... shot a two-under par total at the Alabama Spring Invitational to finish tied for seventh ... 73.6 season scoring average ... had an incredible summer of golf winning, seven tournaments including the Irish Amateur and the World Universities ... was also a member of the Palmer Cup Team which defeated the United States. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Coleraine Institute ... 1999 Irish Youth Champion ... member of Irish Youth Team ... high school team captain. ODDS AND ENDS: Full name is Graeme McDowell ... born July 30, 1979 ... son of Ken and Marian McDowell ... started playing golf just for fun with his father ... chose UAB because of the facilities and the climate ... major is industrial distribution. |
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