‘Best win’ in sight for veteran Lee Westwood at LIV Singapore

The 52-year-old sits atop the leaderboard with Joaquin Niemann heading into the final round. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – Picking a favourite win is hard for veteran golfer Lee Westwood, who boasts 44 victories across different circuits, including two on the PGA Tour,

Among his most memorable is the 1997 Australian Open, where the Englishman, then still relatively unknown, beat home favourite and then world No. 1 Greg Norman in a four-hole play-off to lift the trophy at the Metropolitan Club in Melbourne.

Then, there was his victory at Sun City, South Africa, in 2018, when he claimed the Nedbank Golf Challenge title with his partner Helen Storey on his bag.

Yet the biggest win of the 52-year-old’s career may still lie ahead of him, as he sits atop the leaderboard with Joaquin Niemann heading into the final round of LIV Singapore.

At Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong Course on March 14, the Englishman shot a three-under 68, bringing him to a 10-under 203 total after the third round of the tournament. Westwood and Niemann, who posted a five-under 66, are a stroke ahead of Canadian wild card Richard Lee (69) and American overnight leader Bryson DeChambeau (72).

When asked what it would mean to him to win in Singapore, Westwood said: “I’m 53 on the 24th of April, so at that stage, it would probably be the best win of my career. All of my wins have special memories.“But to still be competitive at my age and up there and having chances to win tournaments like this is validation for driving myself on and doing all the hard work and practice that nobody sees and still being competitive... and having a good enough game to compete against them.”