GRAEME McDOWELL was getting ready to drown his sorrows when he got the call he had made the cut at the Open.

The 2010 US Open champion was shocked to find those on four over par had played well enough to make the weekend.

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And he had to sacrifice sinking a few cold ones for an early tee time at Troon today after the horrible weather played its part.

He said: "I woke up to my phone ringing. It was my caddie on the phone. He said, 'Wake up, we're T-69.'

"I said, 'Wise up. There's no shot.' I like literally was taking a nap to go out for a bit of dinner and a few pints with the boys to get on a flight to Orlando this morning at half nine.
"It's probably the most unexpected cut I've ever made for sure. Literally, I didn't think three over had a chance, never mind four. But obviously this weather had the last word yesterday."

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And asked if he still had a pint anyway, Gmac added: "Not as many as I was going to have, let's put it that way."

The Northern Irishman currently sits in a share of 50th on five over.

And he admitted the shortest hole on the course, the signature 98-yard par-three Postage Stamp, had got the better of him.

McDowell said: "I don't like it much. I'm four over for it this week."

Look on the bright side, Graeme, even last place gets paid £15,000 this week.