Lee Westwood
Looking for someone on cruise control? Check out world No. 2 Lee Westwood.
How does 68 with a tee shot into the water at the fifth and two more bogeys grab you? Or seven birdies?
"It felt like seven birdies," he said, "Without holing a putt.”
He followed the errant tee shot at the fifth with a birdie, another bogey, then, "I got it going.” As in birdies on five of the next eight holes.
He hit it to four feet at the ninth, stiff at the 11th, to 5 feet at 12, seven feet at the 13th for the best run of the day. Then he hit maybe his best shot of the year at the 18th – 212 yards out in a fairway bunker to 6 ½ feet for birdie.
"It was one of the best shots of the year, so far," he said. "It was pretty good stuff all day. The 68 was the worst I could have shot."
And, no, the birdie at six wasn’t really a catalyst. "It was just being confident, calm and calculated," Westwood said. "This is the time of year when you just have to stand back and let it happen. You can’t force it. Especially here and next week. Both weeks are weeks for patience."
