Big Lee's Mr Chips.LEE WESTWOOD Lee John Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer. Career outline Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Westwood began to play golf aged 13 with a half set bought by grandparents. produced the chip shot of the season to end a two-year winless drought and go top of the Race to Dubai money list with victory in golf's Portugal Masters The Portugal Masters is a European Tour men's professional golf tournament which will be played for the first time on 18-21 October 2007. It will have a prize fund of €3 million, making it the richest golf tournament in the country, and comfortably in the top half of European yesterday. Westwood conjured up a stunning shot overs trees, water and spectators at the penultimate hole inVilamoura, landing the ball to within tap-in distance for a birdie in a round of 66 for a 23-under tally of 265. Italy's Francesco Molinari Francesco Molinari (born 8 November, 1982) is an Italian golfer. Molinari became a professional in 2004, and, at that season's qualifying school, earned full status on the PGA European Tour for the 2005 season, in which he ultimately finished in eighty-sixth place in the Tour's spoilt his chance with a seventh-hole double bogey but still shot a 70 for 267 and second place with Padraig Harrington (67) third on 269. Westwood, whose win earned him pounds 460,000, said:"All I could see at 17 for my third was trees and water and a really tight lie but I put the shot down to my coach, Pete Cowan, and all the work we do on the chipping green." Scott Drummond finished the best of the Scots after a last-round 67 for 272. Colin Montgomerie had a 68 for 276, while Alastair Forsyth shot 72 for 282 after putting balls into the water at the final two holes. |
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