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Lee Westwood (ENG)

Birthdate:April 24, 1973

Birthplace:Worksop, England

Age:35

Height:6-0

Weight:205

Home:Worksop, England

Turned Professional:1993

U.S. OPEN 2008 SCORES

POSITION: 3STATUS: EVENHOLE: F

ROUND:	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
SCORES:	70	71	70	73	284

U.S. OPEN HISTORY

First U.S. Open:1997 (Congressional)
U.S. Open Plays:8
Best Round:R1-68 (2005 Pinehurst)
Best Finish:T5 (2000 Pebble Beach)
Money:$389,966
Exemption Codes:11, 17

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PERSONAL NOTES & STAT HISTORY

PERSONAL NOTES

Two years after watching Jack Nicklaus win his sixth Masters in 1986, Westwood started playing at the age of 13 with a set bought by his grandparents

Member of European Ryder Cup teams in 1997, '99, 2002, '04 and '06

Went unbeaten in all five matches at 2006 Ryder Cup (3-0-2)

Ended Colin Montgomerie's seven-year Order of Merit reign on the European Tour in 2000 by posting six victories

During school days, played rugby, soccer and cricket

STATISTICS

PGA TOUR

DATE

TOURNAMENT NAME

POS

ROUNDS

TOTAL
SCORE

TO
PAR

OFFICIAL
MONEY

2/17/08

Northern Trust Open

CUT

152

+10

2/24/08

World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship

T17

$90,000

3/16/08

Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard

T17

278

-2

$84,100

3/23/08

World Golf Championships-CA Championship

T34

283

-5

$57,500

4/13/08

Masters Tournament

T11

288

$172,500

5/11/08

THE PLAYERS Championship

CUT

151

Bold = scores par or better * = Unofficial Event
Events
Played Finish FedExCup
1st 2nd 3rd TOP 10 TOP 25 Made Cut Cut WD Money Points Standing
6 -- -- -- -- 3 4 2 -- $404,100 1,390 124th

European Tour Results

Tournament	Pos	Prize Money	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	Par
HSBC Champions	2T	$469,205	70	74	67	67	278	-10
Abu Dhabi Golf Championship	2T	$183,791	69	73	65	70	277	-11
Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy	5	$113,463	67	70	73	65	275	-13
Dubai Desert Classic	10T	$47,780	69	71	68	73	281	-7
MAPFRE Open de Andalucía by Valle Romano	3	$97,938	65	73	66	71	275	-13
Irish Open	3T	$185,784	75	70	64	72	281	-7
BMW PGA Championship	149T		77				77	+5