Lee John Westwood is an English professional golfer and from few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. Get Lee Westwood Wiki Information and Photos.
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Full name: Lee John Westwood
Nickname: Lefty Lee
Born: 24 April 1973 (age 36)
Born place: Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Interests: Films, snooker, cars, football - Nottingham Forest supporter
Weight: 196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Nationality: England
Residence: Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Weblink: www.leewestwood.com
Family: Wife, Laurae. Children, Samuel Bevan and Poppy Grace
Tours: Asian Tour, European Tour, Pga Tour, Sunshine Tour
Lightning learner Lee John Westwood was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire started to play golf just at the age of 13. Then his grandparents gave him a half set of clubs, and within two years he was crowned junior champion of home county Nottinghamshire. Father John, a math teacher encouraged him for the game at the same time. Lee played rugby, cricket and football at school and became known as a talented sportsman.
The first amateur tournament the Peter McEvoy Trophy was won by him in 1990. He named as player of the year for the 1998, 2000 and 2009 seasons. In 1993, He turned pro after winning the British Youth Championship and it has been ascending from there.
18 events have been won during his successful career by him on the European Tour as well as in America, Africa, Asia and Australia. In 2000, he won 7 tournaments worldwide and on the European Order of Merit he was ranked first, ending Colin Montgomerie's long run of European Tour dominance, while his Official World Golf Ranking peaked at 4th.
Since last six successive competitions, Lee has played as a regular on the Ryder Cup team. Lee exaggerated his further magnificent Ryder Cup record in 2006 and for the second successive time, he remained victorious in all five matches.
In 2007, Lee has enjoyed a fantastic return to form by winning the Valle Romano Open de Andalucia and The Quinn Direct British Masters. Now, Lee is the joint second most prolific English winner with 18 European Tour that titled with his name.
‘Target World Challenge’ was the fourth successive ended by lee time that hosted by Tiger Woods and by this he became the world’s best golfer, and cemented his place in Nick Faldo’s 2008 Ryder Cup team.
From Nottingham Trent University, he was presented with honorary degree of Doctor of Science on November 24, 2007. He is also enthusiastic fan of local football team Nottingham Forest. According to ISM Chief Executive Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler, Lee’s manager believes that Lee has re-established himself among the current golfing greats and is now ready to win a major, on base of, he won the inaugural European Tour Race to Dubai, the Portugal Masters and the Dubai World Championship in 2009.
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