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Lee Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an
England|English professional golfer.

==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.

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 this year.

As of June 2005 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.

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 defending champions.) Europe
would eventually win 18½â€“9½.

==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

==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)

==Results in major championships==
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1"
style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px;
border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! Tournament !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !!
1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !!
2005
|-
|Masters Tournament
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T24
|align="center"|44
|align="center"|T6
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|44
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|CUT

|-
|U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T19
|align="center"|T7
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T5
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T36
|align="center"|T33

|-
|The Open Championship
|align="center"|T96
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T10
|align="center"|T64
|align="center"|T18
|align="center"|T64
|align="center"|T47
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|CUT

|-
|PGA Championship
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T29
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T16
|align="center"|T15
|align="center"|T44
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T17
|}

DNP = did not play

CUT = missed the half way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

==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)

==Amateur wins==
*1990 Peter McEvoy Trophy
*1992 Lagonda Trophy
*1993 British Youths Championship, Leven Gold
Medal

==External links==
*http://www.westyuk.com/ Official site
*http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlay
erNo=9486 Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
*http://www.golfstarsonline.com/W/Lee_Westwood/
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