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Article: Ryder cup call.
- Article from:
- Worksop Guardian (Worksop, England)
- Article date:
- September 7, 2006
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LEE Westwood has admitted that being named as a wild card for the forthcoming Ryder Cup came as a 'big relief'.
The 33-year-old Worksop golfer found out while flying home from Germany on Sunday night that he was one of European captain Ian Woosnam's two picks to complete the team ahead of the three-day showpiece against the USA at the K Club in Ireland from September 22nd to 24th.
Westwood, a four-time veteran of Ryder Cups, played down his desire to be named as a wild card over recent months in a bid to concentrate on playing his way into the team.
But he told the Guardian from a tournament in Singapore yesterday: "It's a big relief to have ...