His success continued in 1997, defending his Japanese title and winning the Malaysian Open, the Volvo Masters in Spain, and the Holden Australian Open, beating Greg Norman in a playoff.
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In 1996, Westwood won his first professional tournament, the Volvo Scandinavian Masters, closely followed by the Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters in Japan. In 1993 he won the British Youths Open Amateur Championship and turned professional. In 1991 he won his first important amateur tournament, the Peter McEvoy Trophy. He played for England in the Boys Home Internationals in August 1989, and played for Great Britain and Ireland boys team in the Jacques Léglise Trophy in both 19. Westwood had a later start at the game than many future tournament professionals, but less than two years later he was the junior champion of Nottinghamshire. A talented sportsman at school, Lee played rugby, cricket and football. His father John, a mathematics teacher, took up the game at the same time to encourage his son. Westwood began to play golf aged 13 with a half set bought by grandparents. 11 Career earnings and year-end ranking by yearīorn in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Westwood attended Sir Edmund Hillary Primary School and Valley Comprehensive School (now an Outwood Grange Academies Trust school) in his youth.He holds the record of playing in the most major championships without winning one. Westwood and fellow countryman Luke Donald share the distinction of reaching the number one world ranking despite never winning a major. He held the number one position for a total of 22 weeks. In October 2010, Westwood became the World number one golfer, ending the reign of Tiger Woods, and becoming the first British golfer since Nick Faldo in 1994 to hold that position. He has represented Europe in ten Ryder Cups. Westwood has frequently been mentioned as one of the best golfers without a major championship victory, with several near misses including three runner-up finishes. He has won the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit, and the renamed 20 Race to Dubai. Westwood was named European Tour Golfer of the Year for the 1998, 2000, 20 seasons. Westwood has also won tournaments in four decades, the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania – including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. Lee John Westwood OBE (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer.
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