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Lee Westwood


Residence: Worksop, England
DOB: 24/04/1973
Lee Westwood has for many years been one of Europe’s finest golfers and is probably, like Sergio Garcia, most famous for his Ryder Cup heroics rather than his individual success. Lee began to play golf aged 13 which is quiet late the current generation of professional golfers. With a half set bought by grandparents his father John took up the game at same time to give his son encouragement. As an amateur he won the British Youth Championship in 1993 and turned professional the same year. He is not only a talented golfer having played rugby, soccer and cricket to a high standard at school. He is one of the few golfers who have won tournaments on every continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He won his first professional tournament - the Volvo Scandinavian Masters in 1996 and has since won another 18 times on the European Tour. The 2000 season on the European Tour was his most successful season. An astonishing 7 tournament victories which saw him win the European Order of Merit, finally knocking Colin Montgomerie off the top spot. Westwood took a significant break from the game following the birth of son Samuel Bevan in 2001, and together with a restructuring of his swing under David Leadbetter, led to him being out of contention in tournaments until his 2003 victory in Germany, his 25th worldwide. By 2006 he was back to form and was a member of GB&I’s victorious Ryder Cup Team at the K Club where he further enhanced his superb Ryder Cup record when, for the second successive time, he remained unbeaten in all five matches. Lee has had another remarkable year in 2008. Still focusing his attention on the European Tour he has had 12 top-10 finishes, 7 of which were in the top-3. The season started out very well as he notched up back-to-back 2nd places in his first 2 events of the year. He is currently sat in 3rd place on the European Tour Order of Merit Lee set a Ryder Cup record in 2008 when he took his unbeaten run to 12 matches to equal Arnold Palmer’s benchmark.
 
  Golf Clubs - Lee Westwood  
 2008
 
Ping G10 Driver
Ping G10 Woods
Ping i10 Irons
Ping Tour Wedge Wedge
 
 2007
 
Ping Rapture Driver
Ping Rapture Woods
Ping S58 Irons
Ping Tour Black Nickel Wedge
 
 2006
 
Ping G5 Driver
Ping Zing 2 Irons
 
  Tournaments  
 2008  Irish Open

15-18 May - Irish Open - Adare Manor

Played at the magnificent Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort the championship was memorable not only because Richard Finch's victory, but by his falling into the River Maigue after hitting his third shot on th 18th. His second shot ended up on the fringe of the riverbank but he still decided to go for the green. The mighty swipe he gave it knocked him off balance, and into the drink he went, much to the amusement of the surrounding specators. His caddie hauled him from the water and, dripping wet, he made his way to the green and took three putts which was enough to bank the 416,000 Euro first prize.



In Lee Westwood's bag...
In Lee Westwoods bag at the Irish Open 2008 - where he tied 3rd - the equipment remains the same - Ping i10 irons, G10 woods - and G5i putter - although were not sure which model lurks under the putter headcover.

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 2008  World Golf Championships - CA

20-23 March - WGC CA Championship - Doral Golf Resort and Spa.

The second WGC of the season saw a tight battle for honours with Geoff Ogilvy piping Jim Furyk, Retief Goosen and Vijay Singh to the title and bagging the $1,350,000 1st prize. The World Golf Championships are played over 5 continents and feature the top-50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings along with top finishers on the money lists of 6 Tours comprising the International Federation of PGA Tours (PGA TOUR, European Tour, Australasian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Asian Tour and Southern Africa Tour). The formats vary - match play, strokeplay and team - but the purses are always big! This was the second WGC title that Geoff Ogilvy has won, adding the 2008 WGC CA Championship to the 2006 WGC World Accenture Matchplay Championship.



In Lee Westwood's bag...
4 fine rounds of par or better saw Lee finish inside the top-35 at this week’s WGC event. A final round 68 (-4) allowed him to climb up the leader board into a tie for 34th place and take home a very reasonable $57,500 in prize money.

The quality photos keep on coming from our photographer in the US. Here we can clearly see Lee’s set up this week. The future is clearly orange as Lee was carrying a full set of Ping G10 woods (driver, 3 and 5 woods). His irons are also from Ping and were the i10 offering. He carried a set of Ping Tour-W wedges and a Ping putter, thought to be the Gi5.

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 2007  Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

4-7 October - Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - St Andrews (Old Course), Carnoustie and Kingsbarns.

Battling Nick Dougherty shoots 71 to hold on for a famous victory. Irish youngster Rory McIlroy hit a sparkling 68 to finish third. Aussie student Robert Coe & Scott Strange win Team Championship.



In Lee Westwood's bag...
A 68 in the 3rd round was not enough to secure a place in the field for the final round. A 74 in the second round was where the damage was done.

However despite this the quality photos keep on coming from our photographer here in the UK. Here we can clearly see Lee’s set up this week. The future is clearly orange as Lee was carrying a full set of Ping G10 woods (driver, 3 and 5 woods). His irons are also from Ping and were the i10 offering. He carried a set of Ping Tour-W wedges and a Ping putter, thought to be the Gi5.

(CLICK ON IMAGES TO SEE FULL SIZE VERSION).

 
 2007  Barclays Scottish Open

12-15 July - The Barclays Scottish Open - Loch Lomond.

As the curtain raiser to the Open Championship the following week at Carnoustie, the Barclays Scottish Open attracted some of the biggest names in the world – Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Luke Donald and others all made the trip. It wasn’t, however, one of the big names who walked away with the £50,000 first prize – but a virtually unknown Frenchman - Gregory Havret - who holed a tricky 5-footer on the first extra hole to beat world no 3 Phil Mickelson in a play-off. The title also earned Havret the last remaining spot at the Open.



In Lee Westwood's bag...
In Lee Westwood's bag at Loch Lomond - a Ping Rapture 9 degree driver, Ping Rapture 5 wood, Ping G5 3 wood, Ping S58 irons and Ping Tour Black Nickel wedges.

(CLICK ON IMAGES TO SEE FULL SIZE VERSION).