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Graeme McDowell has no special game plan in place to hold off the in-form Ian Poulter and claim a morale-boosting victory in the Race to Dubai by lifting the UBS Hong Kong Open trophy on Sunday.
The Northern Irishman produced a strong back-nine performance on aturday to move within two strokes of Poulter, who carded birdies in his last two holes to claim the outright lead.
Poulter has been in scintillating form around the Fanling course and has yet to drop a shot whilst carding the lowest score of the tournament so far with a 10 under 60 in the second round.
McDowell, though, is enjoying arguably the best form of his career this year and has also done little wrong in Hong Kong.
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And the US Open champion has no intention of taking a different approach to tomorrow's final round as he bids to add to his seven wins on the European Tour.
"I'm not going to change my game plan," he said after firing the lowest score of the day today with a seven under 63.
"There are times to attack and there are times to be conservative out there and I think I've been reading the golf course well from that point of view. I've been coming here for many years and I know this golf course very well.
"I fully expect to have to shoot 65 to have a chance to win tomorrow, and like I say, I'm not going to have to do anything differently.
McDowell is second to Martin Kaymer in the Race to Dubai and with the German deciding to skip the event a win tomorrow for the Ulsterman will see him close the gap on the European Tour's money list.
But the 31-year-old insisted his battle with Kaymer does not place any extra pressure on his shoulders to perform well tomorrow.
"Tomorrow is a hugely important day for me, but I'm really looking at the next days as hugely important for me," added McDowell.
I'm out there thinking about the UBS Hong Kong Open and I am enjoying it out there and enjoying my game."
