Tiger loses No.1 spot to Lee
Paris, Oct. 31: Lee Westwood’s consecration on Sunday as the world’s top golfer bears testament to the consistency and sheer perseverance of the popular and down-to-earth Englishman.
Typically, his capture of the world number one spot from Tiger Woods was a low-key affair with Westwood not even playing this week as he recovers from a calf muscle injury that has dogged him for the last two months. Ideally he would have wanted to take the top spot on the course, but the vagaries of the rolling two-year system operated by the world rankings meant he did not have to wait until then.
“I’ll take it any way,” the 37-year-old commented last week on the prospect of topping the rankings while not actually playing.
“I’ve had a great year up until getting injured (even after that he came second at The Open). Look at all of the world ranking points I’ve won — I was leading that by a mile before I got my injury,” he said.
Such dizzy heights are all a long way from nine years ago when Westwood’s form had slumped so dramatically that his world ranking had fallen outside the top 250.
Westwood took an extended break from the game in late 2001 following the birth of his first son and underwent a drastic overhaul of his swing, employing the talents of golfing guru David Leadbetter.
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