New U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell was satisfied with a level-par 71 in Thursday's Scottish Open first round, his first tournament since winning at Pebble Beach.The Northern Irishman birdied his final two holes at Loch Lomond to lie five strokes behind early leaders Edoardo Molinari of Italy and Briton Graeme Storm."There were a few good swings in there and a few champagne swings," McDowell, who said he had done little but party since securing his maiden major title last month, told reporters."The two birdies to finish were good and I'm pretty satisfied with my first day back."Molinari produced a timely 66 to keep alive his dream of being, along with sibling Francesco, the first brothers to play in the Ryder Cup.The pair claimed the World Cup title together last year."Obviously, one day I would like to be in the same team as my brother and play with him," Edoardo told reporters after shooting an eagle-two and five birdies."We did very well at the World Cup and I think we can play well together."Francesco definitely deserves to be in but I need a big win over my next five tournaments and good results to get in."The joint leaders were a stroke ahead of Scottish home favourite Steven Gallacher.The 2005 U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell had another poor day as his miserable spell continued with a round of 80, including a quintuple-bogey 10.Campbell, who made his first cut of the season in France last week after nine failures, lost a ball on the par-five and ran up a two-shot penalty when he re-loaded with a different compression ball.The 41-year-old New Zealander reported his error to an official immediately."The ball I played was the only one of about a dozen I'm using and it was the wrong type," Campbell told reporters. "It's the rule and you have to uphold the integrity of the game. But it all really rattled me and I couldn't get my head right after that."(Editing by Ed Osmond; to query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)News posted by www.newsinfoline.com
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