WESTWOOD SCORES FIRST EURO
TOUR WIN FOR FOUR YEARS IN
OPEN DE ANDALUCIA

Four years is a long time to go without a win at the top level of professional golf ... but Lee Westwood says he never doubted his ability to win again by breaking his long no-success spell in the Valle Romano Open de Andalucia on Spain's Costa del Sol.
The Englishman survived a nail-biting finish to card a final-round 67 at Aloha Golf Club for a 20-under-par total of 268, two shots ahead of compatriot Phillip Archer (65) and Sweden's Fredrik Andersson (66).
Westwood said: "It's great to win again, although it looked like it might be a lot easier than I made it in the end. I never really thought about going so long without a win. I've still been playing pretty well and I knew that winning is fickle, sometimes you just don't get across the line first."
The world No. 63 looked set for an easy stroll to his 17th European Tour victory after racing to the turn in 31 and leading by five with just eight holes to play.
But three dropped shots in the next five holes, coupled with eagles on the 16th from Archer and Andersson, saw the Ryder Cup star's lead cut to just one shot.
The 34-year-old responded with a birdie on the 16th to edge two clear and eventually holed from 40ft for par on the 18th to ensure he took the winner's cheque for £113,612.
"Winning was very important, it wouldn't have felt good coming off with second or third after getting in such a good position," he said.
"I won so often in the late 90s that if I had a spell where I didn't win, people were always going to highlight it and get on my case about it. But I was never going to get on my own case."

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
Players from GB&I unless stated.
268 Lee Westwood 72 64 65 67 (£113,612)
270 Phillip Archer 69 70 66 65, Fredrik Andersson (Swe) 69 71 64 66 (£59,214 each)
272 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 67 69 69, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 69 68 66 69 (£31,494 each)
273 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 71 69 66 67 (£23,859)
274 Chris Gane 67 71 68 68, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 67 68 67 72
276 David Lynn 70 71 68 67, Gareth Davies 69 71 68 68, Robert Rock 70 73 65 68, Matthew Zions (Aus) 65 70 70 71
277 Garry Houston 71 67 72 67, Jamie Donaldson 70 69 70 68, Soren Hansen (Den) 70 68 70 69, Sam Walker 69 69 70 69, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 69 66 72 70
278 Richard McEvoy 69 68 73 68, Paul Broadhurst 70 70 70 68, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 66 73 70 69, David Higgins 69 68 70 71, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 67 71 69 71
279 Johan Axgren (Swe) 74 68 69 68
280 Shaun Webster 74 67 70 69, Oliver Fisher 70 69 71 70, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 72 69 68 71, Carl Suneson (Spa) 69 68 71 72, David Griffiths 68 72 68 72, Steve Jones (US) 69 67 71 73, Alvaro Salto (Spa) 70 69 68 73
281 Sven Struver (Ger) 71 71 71 68, Gary Lockerbie 67 72 70 72, Santiago Luna (Spa) 72 69 68 72
282 Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 73 68 70 71, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 73 71 68 70, Scott Strange (Aus) 72 71 69 70, Notah Begay (US) 71 70 71 70, Thomas Levet (Fra) 74 66 70 72, Andrew Butterfield 70 73 67 72
283 Rafael Echenique (Arg) 73 71 68 71, Philip Golding 74 69 69 71, Ian Garbutt 72 70 71 70, Sam Little 71 69 74 69
284 James Hepworth 72 68 71 73, Paul McGinley 71 72 68 73, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 71 71 71 71, Sion Bebb 70 74 70 70, James Heath 75 67 72 70, Carlos Aguilar (Spa) 76 67 72 69, Simon Dyson 70 74 77 73
285 Wade Ormsby (Aus) 73 70 69 73, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 72 71 69 73, Marcus Higley 70 71 69 75, Peter Fowler (Aus) 73 71 70 71
286 Juan Parron (Spa) 72 71 70 73, YE Yang (Kor) 74 69 70 73, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 72 69 72 73, Anthony Wall 72 72 71 71
287 Sebastian Fernandez (Arg) 70 70 72 75, Pedro Linhart (Spa) 72 70 71 74, Damien McGrane 72 70 73 72, Adrien Mork (Fra) 71 73 72 71, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 73 70 74 70
288 Eduardo de la Riva (Spa) 68 73 70 77, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 69 73 72 74, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 68 73 74 73
289 Martin Maritz (SAf) 72 72 70 75, Carlos Balmaseda (Spa) 71 71 73 74, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 72 72 73 72, Daniel Quiros (Spa) 72 72 74 71, Diego Borrego (Spa) 73 71 74 71
290 Gary Emerson 71 72 73 74, Jorge Benedetti (Col) 71 73 74 72
291 Matthew Millar (Aus) 68 73 72 78