Graeme McDowell believes victory at the 2015 OHL Classic at Mayakoba helped him realise he could still compete at the highest level. The Northern Irishman went into last years event in Mexico without a top-10 since his opening event of the year and languishing at No 82 in the world rankings, but took the title in a three-man play-off. Live PGA Tour Golf November 10, 2016, 6:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Victory secured McDowell invites to the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral and the Masters, events for which the former US Open champion is yet to guarantee a place in 2017. McDowell aims to make a similarly fast start to his PGA Tour season and move up the world rankings, having missed the cut in Las Vegas last week.It was a very important victory for me at the end of last season, McDowell told a pre-tournament press conference. It opened up some nice doors for me and put me in some good positions in the FedExCup points. The Northern Irishman heads into this weeks event as world No 81 I think this time of the year is becoming very important for the PGA Tour and I think thats why we continue to see more and more players playing at this time of the year.Its so important that they get off to a fast start with so many great players now and it being so difficult to win.The win last win here was very special to me on a lot of levels and of course Id dearly love to try and repeat it this week. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just £6.99. No contract. McDowell tees off for the opening two rounds alongside Charley Hoffman and Russell Knox, who finished joint runner-up with Jason Bohn last time around.Former world No 1 Luke Donald features with Jim Furyk and former PGA champion Keegan Bradley, while Ian Poulter and Irelands Seamus Power are also in the field. McDowell finished tied-fourth at Octobers British Masters Can McDowell defend his title? 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We need to execute better, I get that, but guys have been putting in the effort ahead of this.The Sooners (1-2) play their Big 12 opener Saturday at No. 21 TCU after their early losses to second-ranked Ohio State and sixth-ranked Houston.The morale is great, Oklahoma receiver Mark Andrews said.In the same media preseason poll that had Oklahoma as the Big 12 favorite, the Horned Frogs (3-1, 1-0 Big 12) were picked to finish second.While TCU gained national attention with a 2005 season-opening win at then-No. 7 Oklahoma while in the Mountain West Conference, this will be the fifth Big 12 meeting between the two schools. The Sooners lost 37-33 in their last trip to Fort Worth two years ago, and won the other three league matchups by a combined 11 points.Everybody wants a trophy. In order to get the trophy, you have to get a piece of their trophy, TCU defensive end Josh Carraway said. Right now, Oklahoma has the Big 12 trophy, and weve got to take it from them.Some things to know when Oklahoma and TCU play:MAYFIELD AND PATTERSONWhen asked at the Orange Bowl last year which team disappointed him the most in recruiting, Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield said TCU kind of drug it out and never offered a scholarship while he turned down other offers. Mayfield then went to Texas Tech and became the first true freshman walk-on quarterback to start a season opener for an FBS school, then transferred to Oklahoma after one season. TCU coach Gary Patterson took a different tone than in December when responding this week, saying, Im past it. Hes in a great place, and wishing him luck.dddddddddddd Mayfield said, All that last year got blown out of proportion, so thats way in the past.SPREAD IT AROUNDNew TCU starting quarterback Kenny Hill has completed passes to 16 different receivers, including 11 in the SMU game. Hes a hard guy to get a hold of when hes running around, Stoops said of the dual-threat quarterback. That and the ability to spread the ball around as much as they do in the throwing game.SOME STREAKS AND NUMBERSThe Sooners havent lost consecutive games since October 1999, Stoops first season. Theyve won 35 consecutive regular-season games following a loss. ... TCU has at least one sack in a school-record 34 consecutive games. Only Ohio State has a longer active streak (38). ... Oklahoma has won seven consecutive true road games since losing at TCU two years ago. ... In a 33-3 win at SMU last week, TCU didnt allow a touchdown for the first time since 2014.TIGER TURNED FROGWR John Diarse, an LSU graduate transfer classified as a football junior, has 13 catches the last two games for TCU -- he had 28 in two seasons for the Tigers. Diarse was sidelined briefly last week after a hard hit that led to a targeting penalty and ejection for an SMU defender. Diarse returned and caught to catch a 75-yard TD pass on the first play after halftime. When he took a shot in the end zone, a lot of guys would have taken themselves out of the ballgame, Patterson said. He represents what youre trying to get to as a football team. Youve got a guy whos tough, mature.DFW DOUBLEAfter its conference opener in Fort Worth, the Sooners will return to the Dallas-Fort Worth area the following Saturday. They play No. 22 Texas in the annual Red River rivalry game at the State Fair of Texas, about 40 miles away in Dallas. Oklahoma split that two-step in 2014.---AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '