Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood will be on opposite sides at the Ryder Cup. (Getty Images) This one might go up on the U.S. Ryder Cup team bulletin board — if they still have such things — at Hazeltine National next week. Lee Westwood, who will be making his 10th consecutive Ryder Cup appearance for […]
Report: Darren Clarke to add Westwood, Kaymer, Donald to Ryder Cup team
August 30, 2016 by
Luke Donald would be a surprise pick for the Ryder Cup team. (Getty Images) They call them wild-card picks for a reason. Sometimes, they’re unexpected, and signs point to European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke reaching deep down the points list to find one of his three captain’s picks. According to multiple reports, including from […]
At 43, Lee Westwood contending for a first major golf title
July 11, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. OAKMONT, Pa. — The best player to have never won a major is in contention to win his first here at the U.S. Open. I’m not talking about Dustin Johnson. I’m talking about Lee Westwood. The 43-year-old came back on Friday to an Oakmont that had been drenched on […]
Lee Westwood eyes 2020 European Ryder Cup captaincy
April 1, 2016 by
Lee Westwood has eyes on becoming the European Ryder Cup captain in 2020. The soon-to-be 43-year-old thinks that he’d make a great leader for the biennial matches by the time the series gets to Whistling Straits, site of last year’s PGA Championship, in four years. “It’s four years away, but I’d love to do it,” Westwood […]
Lee Westwood looking for consecutive Malaysian Open wins
February 7, 2015 by
Lee Westwood has been atop the leaderboard after each of the last six rounds of the Malaysian Open. A year ago, Westwood went wire-to-wire in winning the co-sanctioned European Tour and Asian Tour event, taking the trophy by a seven-shot margin. This week, he returned to defend his title and hasn’t relinquished the lead yet. […]
Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter mock Ryder Cup task force on Twitter
October 15, 2014 by
The idea of forming a committee to try to figure out how to win a biennial exhibition match seems kind of silly, so maybe that’s why European Ryder Cup stalwarts had no problem mocking PGA of America’s announcement of its Ryder Cup task force. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk and Rickie Fowler are among […]
Westwood: Europe can’t rely on Poulter dramatics at Ryder Cup
September 21, 2014 by
Ian Poulter has been a part of four Ryder Cup teams and won 80 percent of his matches. Almost single-handedly, he inspired the 2012 comeback now known as the Miracle at Medinah. He birdied the final five holes of his Saturday fourballs match with Rory McIlroy to beat a shocked Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson. […]
Paul McGinley finalizes the European Ryder Cup team with Stephen Gallacher, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter
September 2, 2014 by
Paul McGinley took the stage at Wentworth on Tuesday to announce his three wild-card picks for the 2014 Ryder Cup, and the picks just added to the stacked lineup that will go up against the Americans later this month. McGinley went with Stephen Gallacher, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood with his three available picks, surprising […]
Check out Lee Westwood, Justin Rose and others attempt to hit a green from the 22nd floor of the Atlantis Hotel
November 12, 2013 by
The PGA Tour might be the most popular golf tour in the world, but it can’t compete with what the European Tour does with YouTube. Their latest video features some of the biggest names in the game hitting golf shots from the 22nd floor of the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai, an easy challenge if you […]
