Lee Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer. Image File history File linksMetadata LeeWestwood. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked... Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ...

Career outline

Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Westwood began to play golf aged 13, which is later than many future tournament professionals, but less than two years later he was the junior champion of Nottinghamshire. In 1990 he won his first amateur tournament, the Peter McEvoy Trophy. In 1993 he won the British Youth Championship and turned pro. Map sources for Worksop at grid reference SK585792 Worksop is a town in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the River Ryton at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... This article is about the year. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

In 1996 he won his first professional tournament, the Volvo Scandinavian Masters, closely followed by the Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters in Japan. His success continued in 1997 defending his Japanese title and winning the Benson & Hedges Malaysian open, the Volvo Masters in Spain and the Holden Australian Open, beating Greg Norman in a playoff. He also partnered with Nick Faldo in the Ryder Cup that year. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greg Norman (born February 10, 1955 in Queensland, Australia), is an Australian professional golfer who spent 331 weeks as the worlds number one ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Nick Faldo on the cover of his autobiography. ...

Westwood has won 16 events on the European Tour and has also won tournaments in North America, Africa, Asia and Australia. His Official World Golf Ranking peaked at 4th, but he has made relatively little impact in the major championships. The PGA European Tour is a top-level professional mens golf tour. ... // The Official World Golf Rankings are a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. ... The Major Championships, often referred to simply as the Majors are the four most prestigious annual golf tournaments in mens professional golf. ...

In the 2004 Ryder Cup, Westwood sank the putt which took Europe's points tally to 14 and thereby ensured that it would retain the Cup. (If the matches had finished 14–14, Europe would have retained the Cup as the holder.) Europe would eventually win 18½–9½. The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held between September 17 and September 19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. ...

He is also a big football fan and supports Nottingham Forest. History Nottingham Forest F.C. are an English football club, based at the City Ground, which is just outside the official boundary of Nottingham on the south side of the River Trent. ...

European Tour wins

• 1996 Volvo Scandinavian Masters
• 1997 Volvo Masters Andalucia
• 1998 Deutsche Bank-SAP Open-TPC of Europe, National Car Rental English Open, The Standard Life Loch Lomond, Belgacom Open
• 1999 TNT Dutch Open, Smurfit European Open, Canon European Masters
• 2000 Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe, Compaq European Grand Prix, Smurfit European Open, Volvo Scandinavian Masters, Belgacom Open
• 2003 BMW International Open, Dunhill Links Championship

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Other professional wins

• 1996 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (Japan)
• 1997 Malaysian Open, Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (Japan), Holden Australian Open
• 1998 Freeport McDermott Classic (PGA Tour), Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (Japan), Dunlop Phoenix (Japan)
• 1999 Macau Open
• 2000 Dimension Data Pro-Am (South Africa), Cisco World Match Play Championship (England - not an official European Tour event at that time)
• 2003 Nelson Mandela Invitational (with Simon Hobday)

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Results in major championships

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
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Team appearances

• Ryder Cup: 1997 (winners), 1999, 2002 (winners), 2004 (winners)
• Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
• The Seve Trophy: 2000, 2002 (winners), 2003 (winners)

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Amateur wins

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

External links

• Official site
• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles