Wentworth test boosts Craig Lee's self-confidence

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Craig Lee believes he has emerged stronger and more confident after his game was put to the test during four tough rounds at Wentworth.
The Scot, who with Neil Cheetham was one of the two PGA pros to make the cut at the BMW PGA Championship, fired a final round 72 to sign off on a positive note.

It followed opening rounds of 69, 76 and 75 to leave him eight over for the tournament, two better than Cheetham who signed off with a 73 including birdies on the first and last holes.

"I was pleased with the round, I hit the ball quite nicely and putted pretty good," said Lee.

"It would have been nice to get under par. I had some chances but didn't quite take them."

Lee, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, hopes to use the experience as a springboard towards further improvement in his game and is targeting a top 30 finish in the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond in July.
The 32-year-old still harbours Tour hopes having played on it two years ago and has made changes to equip himself for the challenge.
"2008 was a massive learning curve for me," he added.
"I had to work on certain parts of my game and put them into practice. This was another opportunity to put them under examination at a big championship and see how I perform.
"I'm delighted with some of the changes I have made and how they stood up. I'll work on a few things for Loch Lomond and look to progress with a top 30 finish rather than just thinking about making the cut.
"I've got a Europro Tour event next and I'll try and take the confidence I've gained from Wentworth and hope it snowballs into that."
Meanwhile Lee also hailed the new lay-out at Wentworth as 'tremendous' although he admits the eighth hole will give him a few nightmares.
"The eighth is a seriously good hole. You have to hit the golf shot, you can't bail out anywhere you have to commit to it 100 per cent," he said.
"Ironically I did the hard part today but then three putted it. It's a very tough green, not one you look forward too so once you get past it you can relax a little bit."
"I like pretty much all the changes," he added. "The 18th is a pretty tough par five and there's no reason why it should be straightforward.
"The changes are tremendous. It still has the Wentworth appearance and personality but they've also modernised it and brought into the 21st Century. You can stick some of the pins away and make it nasty - yesterday proved that - and I'm a fan of that."
Dore & Totley's Cheetham meanwhile will hope to build on his Wentworth exploits during forthcoming Tour appearances at the Madrid Masters and Wales Open.