Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Westwood has calf injury problem ahead of Open

FROM THE BBCSPORT.COM WEBSITE
Britain's world number three Lee Westwood has been told to "have complete rest this week", according to his management company.
"Lee is hopeful [of playing], but they just have to monitor the injury and see how it progresses over the next week," said spokesman Martin Hardy.
Westwood has scrapped plans to practice at St Andrews on Thursday and is now aiming to be there on Monday.
The Englishman, 37, suffered the injury to his right leg while playing in the French Open at the weekend.
He recalled: "I had a three-iron at the third from a ball-below-feet lie and I think I just tweaked it. After that I could hardly put any weight on it."
Tests in a Paris hospital at the weekend proved he did not have a blood clot, and he flew home on Sunday night.
Hardy added: "Lee has got a slight tear in the muscle close to his calf in his right leg and he's been told by his doctor to have complete rest this week."
Westwood had been due to play in the J P McManus Pro-am, along with Woods, in west Ireland on Monday and Tuesday, but he pulled out in order to have an MRI scan.
He missed out on the Open title by only a shot at Turnberry last year, and is second favourite behind Tiger Woods to win his first major at St Andrews.
Westwood has been playing the best golf of his career in recent months, with second place at the US Masters in April and victory at the St Jude Classic in June.

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