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McDowell reaches new career high

Newly-crowned US Open champion Graeme McDowell is looking forward to the future after completing a "special few weeks" by claiming his first major title at Pebble Beach.

The Ulsterman, who also won the Wales Open at Celtic Manor earlier this month, turned around a three-shot deficit to beat the field by one stroke and become the first European to win the event since Tony Jacklin in 1970.

The victory capped off a fantastic run of form for the 30-year-old, who narrowly missed out on having to qualify for the second major of the year, as he moved up 24 places to No. 13 in the world rankings - making him the seventh Brit in the world's top 13.

"It's been a special few weeks," McDowell said. "To win in Wales and to come here and win, I can't describe how I feel.

"There's not too many bad golfers on this trophy. To join an elite list of names such as Tom Kite, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, I mean, careers are defined by major championships and my career's off and running today.

"It's a surreal feeling for me right now but I feel ready to go. I'm playing the golf of my life right now and to pick up this trophy, I don't know, I'm not sure how much partying I'm going to do over the next three months.

"Probably I should sober up pre-Ryder Cup at some point, but I'm looking forward to celebrating this one and it's a cool feeling."

Gregory Havret enjoyed the largest jump in the world rankings after finishing runner-up to McDowell. The Frenchman began the event, only his fourth major championship, ranked No. 391 in the world but his impressive showing around the Californian coastline shot him up 272 places to No. 119.

World Rankings: 1. Tiger Woods (USA), 2. Phil Mickelson (USA), 3. Lee Westwood (Eng), 4. Steve Stricker (USA), 5. Jim Furyk (USA), 6. Ernie Els (RSA), 7. Luke Donald (Eng), 8. Paul Casey (Eng), 9. Ian Poulter (Eng), 10. Rory McIlroy (NI), 11. Martin Kaymer (Gr), 12. Anthony Kim (USA), 13. Graeme McDowell (NI), 14. Robert Allenby (Aus), 15. Padraig Harrington (Ire), 16. Camilo Villegas (Col), 17. Retief Goosen (RSA), 18. Zach Johnson (USA), 19. Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), 20. Tim Clark (RSA)

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