Royal County Down will provide a picturesque backdrop this week as the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open heads to Northern Ireland. Here are four groups to watch in early-round play, where a former Walker Cup matchup will be rekindled (all times ET):
Graeme McDowell, Lee Westwood, Miguel Angel Jimenez: 2:50 a.m. Thursday, 7:50 a.m. Friday
McDowell will have plenty of support this week from the Northern Irish crowds, and he'll play the first two rounds alongside a pair of European Tour veterans. Westwood is making his first appearance in this event since 2009, while Jimenez enters off a pair of runner-up finishes in the last two weeks at the Open de Espana and BMW PGA Championship - having made a hole-in-one at each event.