A change of heart could pay massive dividends for Graeme McDowell after the former U.S. Open champion survived a windswept opening day of the Scottish Open.On a day when winds gusting up to 40mph sent scores soaring, McDowell carded a two-under 70 to lie a shot off the lead held by Australias Scott Hend and Chiles Felipe Aguilar at Castle Stuart.McDowell had previously accused the Scottish Open of losing its identity and prestige by moving to the one-dimensional course outside of Inverness, which only opened in 2009.But after apologising to the tournament sponsors the Ryder Cup star was welcomed back with open arms and enjoyed the tougher test after spending two days in similar conditions at Open venue Royal Troon.Myself and Martin Gilbert [chief executive of sponsors Aberdeen Asset Management] have gotten a little closer over the years, McDowell joked after a round containing four birdies and two bogeys.Im really quite surprised by how good the golf course is. It really does feel like its designed for this wind direction.Its a beautiful piece of land here and has a really nice architectural mix of short [par] fours and tough [par] fives and its a helluva lot more narrow than I remember it. People are going to say Im full of s--- having criticised it pretty heavily and now Im saying its good. But Im allowed to change my mind and I like the golf course.McDowell missed the cut with rounds of 80 and 73 in the French Open last week, but made the most of his early exit to practice at Royal Troon, where he made his Open debut in 2004.I think the two days at Troon were a big help coming into this week, added the 36-year-old, who needs to produce some good performances to extend his record as the only European player to qualify automatically for the last four Ryder Cups. The wind really blew hard Saturday and Sunday when I was there. 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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona State sputtered offensively through the first half and lost another quarterback to injury in the second.Good thing the Sun Devils have the most prolific kicker in college football history.Zane Gonzalez kicked three field goals to become the NCAAs all-time leader and Arizona State grinded out a 23-20 victory over UCLA Saturday night despite losing backup quarterback Brady White to a right leg injury.Youre talking about a monumental accomplishment there, Arizona State coach Todd Graham said of Gonzalez. Im proud of Zane. Thats huge.Gonzalez hit from 35, 23 and 46 yards to reach 89 career field goals , passing Florida States Dustin Hopkins, who had 88 from 2009-12.Arizona State (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12) needed all of those after struggling offensively in the first half and watching White limp off with a right leg injury in the fourth quarter.Making his first career start with Manny Wilkins out, White had some shaky moments, but led the Sun Devils on four scoring drives in the second half.He finished with 179 yards passing and a touchdown with an interception, but couldnt put any weight on his leg after being injured in the fourth quarter.Hopefully, well get good news on Brady, but it doesnt look good, Graham said.UCLA (3-3, 1-2) had a strong defensive game, holding the high-scoring Sun Devils to 275 total yards.Offensively, the Bruins had trouble getting out of their own way.UCLA had four turnovers and missed on two scoring opportunities in the first half, when JJ Molson missed a pair of field goals.The worse news could come from the training table.Quarterback Josh Rosen left in the first half with a right leg injury, but returned in the third quarter to throw touchdown passes to Jordan Lasley and Nate Iese .The sophomore was unable to come back after injuring his right shoulder on a hard hit in the fourth quarter. He threw for 4000 yards on 24-of-43 passing with an interception.ddddddddddddJosh is beat up. He is beat up, UCLA coach Jim Mora said. He has taken some horrible hits because we cant protect for him.It didnt help that the Bruins couldnt run the ball at all, finishing with minus-1 yard rushing on 23 carries.With no running threat to worry about, Arizona State was able to ramp up its pressure on Rosen, repeatedly knocking him to the ground.We cant run the football at all, Mora said. When you cant run the football and you have to throw every down then they can pin their ears back and come after you, which they do. Unfortunately we couldnt protect tonight, either.THE TAKEAWAYUCLA: The Bruins struggled offensively most of the night even when Rosen was in and they could be in bigger trouble if the sophomore is out for an extended time. UCLA also must find some way to get its run game rolling or there could be more games like this.Arizona State: The Sun Devils moved into a tie atop the Pac-12 South with Colorado and Utah, but need to get Wilkins back. Arizona States defense gave up more big plays in the passing game, but came up with the big stops when it counted.ZANES RECORDNot only did Gonzalez break the NCAA record , his final kicked ended up being the game-winner. The senior had to give it a little body english, but the 46-yard kick early in the fourth quarter curled just inside the upright.It wasnt exactly the best kick; I was pretty nervous about it, looking at it the whole way, Gonzalez said. It was a perfect snap, a perfect hold and I didnt hit it the best. I was watching it the whole way and (holder Matt Haack) was hitting me on the back.UP NEXTUCLA plays at Washington State.Arizona State plays at No. 21 Colorado next Saturday. ' ' '