(Reuters) - Graeme McDowell, who secured the winning point for Europe at the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales, eased his anxieties about missing this year's match in Scotland by landing the French Open title in Paris at the weekend.
The Northern Irishman has still not worked his way into the top nine automatic places in the team for the biennial battle with the United States in September, but he will be difficult to ignore as one of captain Paul McGinley's three wildcard picks.
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