Lee Westwood has just shown South Africa why he is the New World No.1 by winning the 2010 Nedbank Golf Challenge by 8 shots on Sunday claiming the US$1 250 000 prize money. Tiger Woods is going to find it very difficult to get his No.1 spot back from Lee who is in great form [...]

Molinari Holds Of Westwood In Shanghai – Francesco Molinari claimed a stunning wire-to-wire victory at the World Golf Championships – HSBC Champions following a titanic battle with World Number One Lee Westwood. WGC – HSBC Champions Final Leaderboard 1.F Molinari -19 2.L Westwood -18 T3.L Donald -9 T3.R Ramsay 5.R McIlroy -8 T6.T Woods -7 [...]

Lee Westwood had little reason to think one year ago he could be No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, a position that looked “unattainable” the way Tiger Woods had been dominating golf for so much of the decade. Golf can take some peculiar turns, though, which Westwood knows better than most. Westwood reached [...]

Westwood in line to become world No.1 – RYDER CUP hero Lee Westwood is set to become world No.1 for the first time at the end of the month, despite taking the rest of it off to recuperate.

Just as he was closing in on No. 1 in the world and possibly his first major, Lee Westwood of England withdrew Friday from the PGA Championship with an injury that even puts the Ryder Cup in doubt. Westwood, a runner-up at the Masters and the British Open this year, suffered a calf injury at [...]

Westwood wins St. Jude Classic for second PGA title – Lee Westwood came here for the first time in his career to sharpen himself for the U.S. Open. He wound up putting in a little overtime. Westwood won the St. Jude Classic for his second career PGA Tour victory and first since 1998, beating Swede [...]

Lee Westwood Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Westwood began to play golf aged 13 with a half set bought by his grandparents. His father John, a maths teacher, took up the game at the same time to encourage his son.