Lee Westwood’s game is ‘coming along nicely’

Lee Westwood: Malaysian return. Picture: SNS

Lee Westwood will look to shake off the disappointment of another missed major opportunity – not to mention the 
jet-lag – in an event which provided one of his earliest professional victories.

Westwood flew to Kuala Lumpur for the Maybank Malaysian Open straight after finishing seventh in the US Masters at the weekend, his 64th major championship without a win.

But the 40-year-old was buoyed by recording his best finish of the season at Augusta National and will look to give himself an early birthday present – he turns 41 next Thursday – with a 13th victory in Asia. “My game’s coming along nicely,” said 
Westwood, who was three shots off the lead going into the final round on Sunday, but played the first four holes in three over par.