LEE'S AMATEUR DAYS... (World Amateur Golf Ranking is on line - click here)

CLIVE GREAVES of Littlestone, Kent says, " I met Lee in 1992 when he was a leading amateur and I was Secretary at Royal Cinque Ports GC, Deal , Kent. Lee won our tournament that year and on the following day won at Royal St. Georges. I was very impressed by the way he handled himself. He spoke well at the prize ceremonies and unlike some of his fellow competitors obeyed, without any fuss, the requirements of both clubs by putting on jacket and tie when in the club house. He struck me as an example to other young golfers. I have followed his career since that time".

THE KEEPMOAT - LEE WESTWOOD TROPHY

The Keepmoat -Lee Westwood Trophy is an annual World Amateur Golf ranking PING/E.G.U order of merit, 72 hole strokeplay event, that takes place at Rotherham Golf Club.

The event, which takes place over three days (36 holes on the final day) in August, attracts overseas players from South Africa, Australia, Holland, as well as England international players, and has gone from strength to strength over the years.

The course record at Rotherham, of 65 which was held jointly for 10 years by Lee  and Ian Garbutt, was broken in the 2005 event by Simon Coumbes of Pontefract GC.

Rotherham Golf Club is a parkland course situated in South Yorkshire and easily accessible via the motorway system. In 1993 it hosted the National Club Championship and in 2003 was the venue for the McGregor Trophy. The course is 6327 yds with a par of 70 and has a magnificent 19th century club house with all the usual practice facilities.