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McDowell slips by Sergio
CASARES, Spain -- Graeme McDowell held his nerve in a tense playoff against local favourite Sergio Garcia to squeeze into the World Match Play Championship semifinals on Saturday.
In the tightest of the quarterfinals, McDowell made his par putt on the first extra hole from five feet but Garcia's fallibilities with the putter returned as his effort slid by the cup from even closer in.
"We are in Spain and it wasn't exactly 'el clasico' but I got the job done," said McDowell, who holed the winning putt for Europe at the Ryder Cup in 2010.
McDowell will play another Spaniard in the semis after Rafael Cabrera-Bello rallied from 3 down to win 3 and 1 against compatriot Alvaro Quiros, who had earlier ended reigning champion Ian Poulter's eight-match unbeaten run in the event.
The other semifinal features Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts against Scotland's Paul Lawrie.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition May 20, 2012 B12
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