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Lee Westwood

Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. This game does not have any fixed standard playing area, but an ideal measurement can be decided as per the availability of space and number of players involved. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. Although often viewed as an elite pastime, golf is now becoming an increasingly popular sport across all sections of society. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play.

Lee John Westwood was born on April 24, 1973 in Worksop, England. His height is six foot and weight is 205 pounds. He won Professional Golfers' Association, PGA, Tour Victories in 1998 Freeport McDermott Classic. He won International victories in 1996 Volvo Scandinavian Masters, Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters.

Lee’s Westwood best PGA tour Finishes 1 is in 1998 Freeport-McDermott Classic and Best 2005 PGA Tour Finishes T17 Accenture Match Play Championship T17 PGA Championship. In 1997, he won the Volvo Masters Andalucia on the European Tour. In 1996, he picked up first European Tour win at the Volvo Scandinavian Masters in a playoff. In 1994 he finished 43^rd on the European Tour's Order of Merit in his rookie season. In 1998 he made his big breakthrough in the United States when he captured the Freeport McDermott Classic. He also won four times on the European Tour and finished third behind Montgomerie and Clarke.

Lee Westwood with all his dedication and devotion in his play achieved many goals in his overall athletic career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of golf.

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