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ADD for Smurfit Kappa European Open:


PAUL MCGINLEY 66 / 1 - If there was ever anyone who need some love from home it's McGinley! He faded last year struggling through a knee injury after playing on 3 successive winning Ryder Cup teams.....which makes his Ryder Cup winning percentage 100%.....seems like a good guy to have around at The K Club since that's where the Cup was played last year. So far this season he ranks 97th on the Order of Merit and once was a model of consistency but has seen the dreaded "bogey syndrome" creep into his game. He missed the cut in his last outing at the BMW International with 9 bogeys in two rounds. At the Open de France last week he finished T25th @ +4 and looks forward to a "home remedy".....last year he finished T4th @-6 in the Smurfit Kappa. Driving accuracy (62.5%) and GIR (66.4%) are what has eluded him this year along with the ability to get up and down from the sand (50%). Once he gets the flat stick in his hands he's in great shape, putts per GIR are the 2nd best of his career, and average putts per round are the best of his career. Oh what a little home cookin can do to help restore the focus that has eluded one's golf game, and the crowd will pay him homage!