The veteran of nine European campaigns who has won 21 points against the US wants to lead the team when he begins winding down his playing careerSadness at the scaling down of Lee Westwood’s career contrasts with anticipation of the contribution he may make to golf away from the greens. He has now pinpointed the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits as the juncture at which he would like to captain Europe.
Westwood probably has not received the plaudits he is due for a career which has returned more than 40 professional wins, a combined 22 weeks as the top ranked player in the world and routine Ryder Cup brilliance. Golfers with considerably less talent than Westwood acquire claimed major championships; it is that inability to capture one of his sport’s mountainous four that unfortunately shapes the narrative around the Englishman all too often.
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Source: theguardian.com