Westwood’s Bag at the 2011 U.S. Open

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. 

Colin Montgomerie believes it is now or never for Lee Westwood if he is to win a major championship.

Europe’s last Ryder Cup captain, five times a runner-up in the majors but never a winner, looked ahead to the start of the US Open at Congressional today and said: ‘I do think these next eight majors leading up to Lee’s 40th birthday are critical.

‘If he could just get over the line I could see him winning three or four but he has to get over the line quickly or the danger is, like myself, it will not happen. People often compare Lee to myself and I know better than anyone how much harder it gets.’

Westwood took his range from as far as the greens but could not reproduce the putting display of Saturday. His birdie putt at the second stopped short and seemed to upset his rhythm. A bogey at the par-five sixth drained his momentum and from there he cut a marginal figure.

What’s in his Bag?

DRIVER: Ping G10 Driver(9.0°) with a Aldila PGA Tour Only Prototype XNV6 shaft
FAIRWAY WOOD: Ping i15 (14°) with a UST Mamaya V2 76X shaft, Rapture V2 (19°) with Aldila NV75 Xshaft
IRONS: Ping i10 (3-PW) with Ping JZ stiff shafts
WEDGES: Ping Tour-W (54°, 58°) with Ping JZ stiff shafts
PUTTER: Ping Anser 0
BALL: Titleist Pro V1x