Lee Westwood Quotes

• You’re the only one in control over your golf ball. It’s not like tennis: you’re hitting a shot and somebody’s hitting it back at you.

  Lee Westwood

• You don’t win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

  Lee Westwood

• Yes, a Major would mean so much to me but I’m a great believer that if you work hard and in the right way, you will get what you deserve.

  Lee Westwood

• Yeah, two or three weeks ago I was fairly snappy. I’ve never been injured before and this year it feels like I’ve hardly played.

  Lee Westwood

• Yeah, I feel good. Good about my game and my life.

  Lee Westwood

• The story of the week is you have got to putt well to win the Masters and I haven’t putted well.

  Lee Westwood

• The Singapore Open is the flagship event of the Asian Tour, it is a massive event and it is being played in a great place. I love coming here and it is good to be back.

  Lee Westwood

• The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.

  Lee Westwood

• Sometimes Americans don’t quite get my sense of humor. My good ol’ British sarcasm seems to go over their heads.

  Lee Westwood

• Race horses are like golfers, you’re never sure how they’re going to come out of the stalls. It’s just – hopefully the horses come out of the race all right, just fit and ready to go again in the near future, but 3rd was good. It’s paid for its hay.

  Lee Westwood

• Probably the best caddies are the smartest ones and the ones that are switched on mentally more than some of the others maybe.

  Lee Westwood

• People mature at different stages and I feel I’m learning a lot.

  Lee Westwood

• People confuse being world No. 1 with winning a Major championship.

  Lee Westwood

• People always say golfers don’t smile. But there is so much psychology in golf so we have to be a bit robotic.

  Lee Westwood

• Now I’m giving up a little in the week-to-week tournaments but reaping the benefits in the majors.

  Lee Westwood

• No, I don’t have any problems leaving disappointments behind. I’ve had lots of good days at golf and a few disappointments, so you never know what’s around the corner.

  Lee Westwood

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  My dad said: ‘It looks like you’ll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.’

   

  Lee Westwood

• Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.

  Lee Westwood

• Just because I keep getting close and don’t win these Majors, I must not panic.

  Lee Westwood

• It’s such a psychological and mental game, golf, that the smallest wrong thing at the wrong time can distract you from what you’re trying to achieve.

  Lee Westwood

Lee Westwood (36)

Birth:	24th April, 1973
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Golfer

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