Lee Westwood

In short

Size: 1m83
Weight: 95 kg
Pro since: 1993

Although beginning the golf later, at 13 years, that its future adversaries, it progresses very quickly and gains its first title amateur into 1990 before gaining the Open British Amateur in 1993 then passes pro the same year.

It is in 1996 qu ' it gains its first professional tournament quickly then the second in Japan. It gains new victories the following year.

It makes its beginnings in Ryder Cup the same year. Its captain Severiano Ballesteros entrusts it to Nick Faldo to form a pair of English combining the ardor of youth to the experiment of this one which will mark in this competition its 24e points what makes of him the most prolific player of Ryder Cup.

He becomes one of the pillars of the European team in this competition of which he disputed the four last editions. It will have particpé there with the whole of the meetings for an positive assessment of 11 victories for 8 defeats and a shared part. These four participations showed three Ryder Cup.

On the individual level, it continues its progression to become in 2000 first with the classification about the European merit, putting fine at seven years of reign interrrompu of the Scot Colin Montgomerie.

Its course in the tournaments of the Large Slam is not however with the height of its other results: its best result is one 4th place with the British Open of golf in 2004.

Prize list

Ryder Cup

Victoire in 1997,2002,2004
Participation in 1999
11 victories, 8 defeats, 1 no one

Circuit European

1996 Volvo Masters of Scandinavia
1997 Volvo Masters of Andalusia
1998 Deutsche Bank-SAP Open-TPC off Europe, National Because Rental English Open, Standard He Life Lomo Log, Open Belgacom
1999 TNT Open Dutch, Smurfit European Open, Canon European Masters
2000 Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC off Europe, Compaq European Grand Prix, Smurfit European Open, Volvo Masters of Scandinavia, Open Belgacom
2003 Open BMW International, Dunhill Links Championship

PGA Turn

1998 Freeport McDermott Classic

other victories

1996 Sumitomo Aimed Taiheiyo Masters (Japan)
1997 Malaysian Open, Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (Japan), Australian Open
1998 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (Japan), Dunlop Phoenix (Japan)
1999 Macau Open
2000 Dimension Dated Pro-Am (South Africa), Cisco World Match Play Championship
2003 Nelson Mandela Invitational (with Simon Hobday)

Competitions by teams

Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1996,1997,1998,1999
The Sap Trophy: 2000,2002 (winner), 2003 (winner)

Amateurs

1990 Peter McEvoy Trophy
1992 Lagonda Trophy
1993 British Youths Championship, Leven Gold Medal

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