Graeme McDowell’s LIV Golf Confession: ‘I’m Rusty and It Shows

Graeme McDowell gets brutally honest about the challenges he’s facing on the LIV Golf Tour. In this candid moment, the former U.S. Open champ reveals how the limited number of events and reduced tournament reps are impacting his sharpness, confidence, and ability to compete at the highest level. Is the LIV format hurting more than helping? Don’t miss this rare insight from one of golf’s most respected voices as he opens up about the toll it’s taking on his game.

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we’ll open it up for questions for GMAC matt over here to the left gma there’s a lot of talk at times when when players are off for a while with developing rust is it kind of the opposite for veteran players like yourself where it gives you a chance to reset and recharge and and get ready yeah good question you know I mean I have to say my first couple seasons in Live I I I struggled with it honestly uh I struggled with having as much time off as we do have um you know used to playing 25 to 30 times a year and all of a sudden you know I think I played 16 times last year so that that’s that’s a that’s a lot less volume for me which you know is it’s a two-sided coin because less volume means you know more time to you know kind of look after your body look after your health mentally more than anything perhaps um but at the same time like you say it’s easy to come out here and maybe not be as sharp as you need to be so you know I played the US Open qualifier in a Monday which I saw as a a big benefit kind of win lose or draw because I you know 36 holes with a card in your pocket coming into a week like this after after four weeks off so I really felt like that that was a big help because I at least I came out of there you know disappointed not to play better but um I came out of there knowing where my game was at coming into this weekend and probably a little sharper than I would have been without that so um it is something I’ve you know I’ve had to figure out a little bit the last couple of seasons i feel like I’m getting better at it um you know I used to I used to wonder how Tiger did it you know i mean obviously he was really good so that helped but um you know to play as little as he did and to show up kind of so sharp and so ready to play every you know it’s a it’s an art form and uh something I struggle with early on in my live career and I feel like I’m starting to get my head around it a little bit and and doing a better job showing up you know after two three weeks off ready to go wanted to ask you one question about uh obviously we’re the Open’s going to your own stomping grounds um you’ve got this tournament you’ve got the one in Dallas uh obviously you want to try to get into that uh with one of the qualifiers what’s your mindset how much focus do you have on getting back to Royal Port Rush yeah I mean listen with the Open going back to Royal Port Rush this year it’s you know it’s been a big focus i went to Macau chasing a few of those spots didn’t get didn’t get it done there um so like you said I’ll play Dallas and then I’ll fly straight to London i’ll go down to the uh the qualifier i’m going to Royal St reports on the Tuesday right after Dallas so maybe not the most unbelievable prep in the world coming in from Dallas to London but uh I’ll be pretty fired up you know i mean it will be it’ll be a dream yeah it was a dream come true to be there in 19 actually the RBC Canadian Opens this week i I may you know I qualified via the RBC Canadian Open in 19 to get into the Open um you know and obviously uh I’ll go to Sink Ports and and it’ll be it’ll be a big day for me i’m excited um it’ll certainly be bittersweet to to not be there um but uh I’ll definitely be giving him my full attention and uh be trying hard it would be it’d be amazing i mean it’s going to be you know with everything that Rory’s done this year you know with Shane being the defending champion go back to Port Rush it’s going to be a special week and uh it goes without saying that I’d love to be part of it all right any other questions for GMAC all right we appreciate the time all the best this weekend thanks