McDowell in contention at Malaysian Open

Ireland's Graeme McDowell is faring well at the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur today.

Ireland's Graeme McDowell is faring well at the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur today.

The Ulsterman carded a six-under-par 66 in his opening round today to end up four shots adrift of early leader Nick Dougherty.

Elsewhere, Darren Clarke and Peter Lawrie are both on three-under-par, Gary Murphy is two under and Paul McGinley and Damien McGrane are both one under.

Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, finished the day well down the leaderboard on three over par.

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