Lee Westwood snubs Ryder Cup captaincy as the Saudi-backed golf revolution gathers pace… while Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell and Henrik Stenson are all in the frame for European job for 2023
- Lee Westwood has ruled himself out of captaining Europe at the 2023 Ryder Cup
- He is one of the players targeted to join a new series fronted by Greg Norman
- Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell and Henrik Stenson in the running for the job
Less than three months have passed since Lee Westwood collared David Park, player relations manager for the European Tour.
In front of half a dozen golf writers, he told Park emphatically that he would like to throw his hat into the ring to become the 2023 Ryder Cup captain.
Now Westwood has again ruled himself out of a job that he has publicly coveted for years, and appeared a certainty to do after completing a tearful singles victory at the last Ryder Cup in September.
England’s Lee Westwood has ruled himself out of captaining Europe at the 2023 Ryder Cup
What could possibly have happened to make him think again? On the one hand, his comments to the Telegraph made perfect sense. He spoke about it being a full-time job and not one for a man still ranked among the world’s top 40.
At the age of 48, and in a year when Phil Mickelson won a major at 50, who could blame Westy for wanting to see how far he can push the envelope?
‘The Ryder Cup is very close to my heart and I would only take on the role if I could give it 100 per cent,’ he said.
Luke Donald (above), Graeme McDowell and Henrik Stenson are in the running for the 2023 job
Left unspoken, though, was the subject dominating too many golfing conversations these days — the Saudi…
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