McDowell shoots 64 to take lead in Dominican Republic

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – Graeme McDowell one-putted the first 15 greens Saturday and shot his second straight 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead in the PGA Tour's Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship.

Winless since 2016, the 39-year-old major champion from Northern Ireland had a 15-under 201 total. He opened with a 73.

''I've been seeing these Paspalum greens pretty well early in the week, but I've been working on some routine stuff the last couple weeks,'' McDowell said. ''Something small's kind of clicked, something I used to do really well years ago. I became not so good at it and I've tried, I've been practicing. It's just a breathing thing and it really clicked with me…