Lee Westwood
Big Lee Westwood, all 15 stone of him, settled onto the IGWT sofa for the latest round of our devilishly tricky pop quiz which proves how much golf’s stars know – or don’t know – about themselves. Surely Westwood must be aware, at age 34 and with 29 wins worldwide in a 14-year career, that he is dangerously close to that uncomfortable zone of “best player to have not won a major.” However, we were too kind to ask him that one. Instead, we found the Worksop-born Westwood in surprisingly good form for our excruciatingly challenging puzzler, which has brought at least two major champions to their knees. Here’s how Lee got on:
IGWT: What interests are listed on your profile on the European Tour website?
LW: Films, snooker, cars, Nottingham Forest FC.
4 out of 4
IGWT: Exactly! … and in that order … Who are Nottingham Forest playing the weekend?
LW: Uhhhh… racking my brains now. I’ve seen it as well. I saw it on Tuesday. Can’t remember.
IGWT: Doncaster Rovers. Home or away?
LW: Umm… let me think. Oh yes, home.
0 out of 1
IGWT: You’ve been sponsored by Quorn for a few years now, but do you know what it’s made of?
LW: No.
IGWT: I’ll give you three possibilities. Soya, TVS or mycoprotein.
LW: Mycoprotein.
1 out of 1
IGWT: In 1994, on your first year on tour, what was your best finish?
LW: Fourth.
IGWT: And name either event at which you achieved it.
LW: Open de France.
IGWT: You’re on fire. The other was the Turespana Open de Baleares.
2 out of 2
IGWT: In the year 2000, you finished top of the European Order of Merit, winning five times in the process. Can you name the five tournaments you were victorious in?
LW: Deutsche Bank, Belgium Open, Scandinavian Masters … I think I won six times actually. I won the World Match Play, I beat Monty on the 20th hole. European Grand Prix. What’s the other one??
IGWT: Want a hint?
LW: Just tell me if it was before or after the Open.
IGWT: Before.
LW: Might be the European Open. Yeah, let’s go with the European Open.
IGWT: Correct.
LW: Hey, I want a bonus point for the Match Play ...
IGWT: No “official money” or world ranking points for the Match Play. So no bonus points. Greedy!
5 out of 5
IGWT: And how much did you win to within 100,000 euros?
LW: 2.8 million?
IGWT: 3,125,147.
LW: I was going to say 3.2 million, but I choked.
0 out of 1
IGWT: In 1995, you had your worst year on the order of merit. How much did you win within 10,000 pounds?
LW: 75,000.
IGWT: Pretty good. It was 80,434.
LW: The extra must have been pro-am prizes then, ha ha!
1 out of 1
IGWT: Why might you be concerned about hot wooden jewels?
LW: No idea.
IGWT: Any guesses?
LW: No.
IGWT: It’s an anagram of Lee John Westwood.
LW: Oh !!
0 out of 1
IGWT: Which stat do you trump Tiger Woods on in this years PGA Tour statistics?
LW: No idea.
IGWT: Take a guess.
LW: Fairways?
IGWT: No, driving distance. What has been your average driving distance this year on the PGA Tour?
LW: In America?
IGWT: Yes.
LW: 295 yards?
IGWT: 303.1 yards. Tiger’s average is 302.4, so you got him by 0.7 yards.
0 out of 2
IGWT: What do you have in common with Akon, Paula Radcliffe and Monica Lewinsky?
LW: All born on the same day?
IGWT: No.
LW: All Taurus?
IGWT: No, you’re all born in the same year.
LW: God, is Akon really that old?
0 out of 1
IGWT: Your win in the Valle Romano Open de Andalucia was your first in four years on the tour, but can you remember your scores that week?
LW: Yeah, 72-64-65-67.
IGWT: Perfect. Thanks very much for you time.
LW: You’re welcome. Cheers.
