U.S. PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

As the last Major of the year looms, the seach for an English winner is no nearer being answered, following Lee Westwood’s brainstorm on Turnberry’s 72nd green.  Despite Cink’s deserved victory (he eagled the 71st. and birdied the last in real time), the Turnberry Open will always be remembered as Tom Watson’s Open, as the 69-year-old almost pulled off the impossible. But Lee Westwood will remember it as the Major he threw away by losing his head at a crucial moment.  His explanation that he thought he needed a birdie to take Watson into a play-off was a lame excuse for bolting his putt 10 feet past the hole.  Major winners have the ability to think clearly under pressure. Perhaps Lee has learned from this experience and will go on to beat Woods and co. at Hazeltine. Otherwise, no other Englishman springs to mind as a genuine contender.  Maybe Westwood should follow the lead of Goosen, Els and others, and employ the services of a sports psychologist.

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