GRAEME McDOWELL NO 1 IN WORLD GOLF FOR POST-ROUND QUOTES

FROM THE GOLF CHANNEL WEBSITE
By JASON SOBEL 
Graeme McDowell is the indisputable No. 1 in the world. No, not on the course. His countryman Rory McIlroy has those honours locked up for now. 
I’m talking about in the interview room. Once again at this past week’s World Challenge, McDowell further established himself as the pre-eminent speaker amongst the game’s elite players. 
He is equal parts loquacious, thoughtful, humorous and forthcoming. Ask him about the anchored putter proposal? He’ll proffer a three-minute debate that would make Mike Davis jealous. 
Throw him a question about the state of his game? He’ll be honest to a fault, admitting that he hasn’t played well enough over the past two years. 
If one of the networks which broadcasts US PGA Tour golf needed a current player to become an analyst, he would be at the top of the list. 
The only problem, of course, is that he’s too good at his day job, meaning his gain is our potential loss. For now, we’ll have to settle for McDowell speaking after rounds whenever he plays well. 
Fortunately, that happens pretty frequently.

McDOWELL PLANS TEN-WEEK
BREAK FROM GOLF

Graeme McDowell will take now 10 weeks off.

"I need the time off."

The 2010 US Open champion added that the victory  would put him into a "nicer frame of mind" going into the off-season.

"I've talked a lot about how frustrating this year has been off the back of some decent play.
"This one feels very sweet because it's been a grind this year.
"This will give me something to think about in the off-season and confidence to draw on into 2013," said McDowell