Lee Westwood
Lee Westwood
Lee John Westwood OBEis an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Australia – including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour.. Westwood was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000 and 2009 seasons. He has won the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit, and the renamed 2009 Race to Dubai. Westwood has frequently been...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth24 April 1973
golf tennis over-you
You're the only one in control over your golf ball. It's not like tennis: you're hitting a shot and somebody's hitting it back at you.
golf matter looks
A fantastic golf course and venue. It's one of those places that you always look forward to going back to...no matter how many times you have been there before.
disappointment good-day golf
No, I don't have any problems leaving disappointments behind. I've had lots of good days at golf and a few disappointments, so you never know what's around the corner.
golf past people
Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.
smile golf people
People always say golfers don't smile. But there is so much psychology in golf so we have to be a bit robotic.
success golf games
It's such a psychological and mental game, golf, that the smallest wrong thing at the wrong time can distract you from what you're trying to achieve.
athlete golf golfers
I'm a golfer - not an athlete.
golf years nine
In my case what happened next in 1999 was that I fell apart over that back nine. When I saw I was in genuine contention that year I felt like throwing up. That remains probably the most nervous I've ever been on a golf course.
golf personality focus
Golf is difficult to get your personality over because you are such a bottle of concentration.
golf eight work-out
I'd been told there are 10 difficult holes and eight impossible ones. I'm still trying to work out which the 10 difficult holes are.
masters putt week win
The story of the week is you have got to putt well to win the Masters and I haven't putted well.
dad few hours looks
My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.'
best mentally switched
Probably the best caddies are the smartest ones and the ones that are switched on mentally more than some of the others maybe.
fairly feels hardly injured weeks
Yeah, two or three weeks ago I was fairly snappy. I've never been injured before and this year it feels like I've hardly played.