{"id":348595,"date":"2011-03-29T22:56:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T22:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/tour-report-westwood-a-win-would-be-nice-pgatour-com\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T22:56:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T22:56:40","slug":"tour-report-westwood-a-win-would-be-nice-pgatour-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/tour-report-westwood-a-win-would-be-nice-pgatour-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour Report: Westwood: A win would be nice (PGATOUR.com)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What does Lee Westwood look for the week before a major?<\/p>\n

\u201cA win would be good,\u201d he said grinning. No joke.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been almost a year since his last win \u2013 at the 2010 St. Jude Classic \u2013 but this is the time of year he normally starts playing well. And, well, he did finish T8 at last year\u2019s Shell Houston Open.<\/p>\n

This week, he\u2019ll play with Phil Mickelson and defending champ Anthony Kim in the first two rounds in the SHO\u2019s power pairing. And, yes, he\u2019s here to win. Even if his mind is already on next week\u2019s Masters.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeriously,\u2019\u2019 said the world No. 2. \u201cTry to win the Shell Houston Open and that would be great and then take a lot of confidence going into next week, to play well, hit a lot of good shots.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake the form that \u2014 the way I\u2019ve been hitting the ball on the range, even the way I\u2019ve been striking, possibly the short game I\u2019ve been working on the last two weeks. I\u2019ve seen a big improvement since the three weeks I was there last. I\u2019ve taken it to the golf course and played solidly.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been in Houston practicing since Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019m playing well, my game is in good shape, all of it seems pretty sharp,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

He did miss the final major last year with an injury, but he finished with a share of third at the 2009 PGA, second at the 2010 Masters and British Open and T-16 at the U.S. Open. And, oh, that little run helped push him to No. 1 in the world last October, a ranking he held until Martin Kaymer leapfrogged him last month.<\/p>\n

He took No. 1 and falling to No. 2 in stride.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at it when you\u2019re No. 1,\u2019\u2019 he said, drawing a laugh. \u201c It really doesn\u2019t have that much relevance. It\u2019s great to go out there. It\u2019s something you see and you\u2019re very proud of it at the time but I think everybody\u2019s attention in that part of the world rankings right now would be towards next week and getting ready for that and being in the best shape possible come Thursday.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

And, yes, people look at you differently when you\u2019re No. 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody mentions it. I think you get to the stage where people want your opinion a lot more on various things, not just golf,\u2019\u2019 he said, laughing. \u201cNot that I\u2019m qualified on much more than golf. It\u2019s very time-consuming.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

One thing to note: He\u2019s thinking of putting a new putter in his bag this week. \u201cI haven\u2019t been particularly happy over the first couple of months of the season with the old one,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cThis one is a bit easier to line up.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2013 Melanie Hauser<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n\n

Shell Houston: Interview schedule<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

There will be two interviews streamed live on PGATOUR.COM on Tuesday from the Shell Houston Open. Tune in to see players answer questions from the media.<\/p>\n

1:45 p.m. ET \u2014 Lee Westwood
4 p.m. ET \u2014 Jhonattan Vegas<\/p>\n

Click here to watch the interviews live<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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