“I thought I played well this week,” he said. “I hit one good shot yesterday on the par five and got an unlucky break and made six, and instead of going one in front I went two behind, and that halted my momentum a bit. Today I didn’t hit it close enough really. I kept hitting it to 30-35 feet and didn’t make any putts. I didn’t make many bogeys this week and you aren’t going to make many when you are playing well.”
Aside from the golf itself, the tournament also left a lasting legacy in the Newcastle region, raising £472,500 for the official charity, the Graham Wylie Foundation, which Westwood is a patron of. The money will help educate and inspire children and young people of the north east, with the funds raised specifically being used to build a music therapy centre in Newcastle.
“I thought I played well this week,” he said. “I hit one good shot yesterday on the par five and got an unlucky break and made six, and instead of going one in front I went two behind, and that halted my momentum a bit. Today I didn’t hit it close enough really. I kept hitting it to 30-35 feet and didn’t make any putts. I didn’t make many bogeys this week and you aren’t going to make many when you are playing well.”
Aside from the golf itself, the tournament also left a lasting legacy in the Newcastle region, raising £472,500 for the official charity, the Graham Wylie Foundation, which Westwood is a patron of. The money will help educate and inspire children and young people of the north east, with the funds raised specifically being used to build a music therapy centre in Newcastle.
“I’ve enjoy being the tournament host,” said the former World Number One, who has been attached to Close House since 2011. “It gave me another view of a tournament and an appreciation of what goes on leading up to a tournament and during the tournament. Special thanks to Graham Wylie and his team at Close House for doing fantastic job and the European Tour for putting a great event on. I’m glad I did it and hopefully everybody had a good time.
“The Hero Challenge on Tuesday was a nice way to start the week off with bit of fireworks, and there have been great things going on all week with the Junior Masters, the Pro-Am, the Race night on Friday – it’s been a packed week and successful one with a fantastic finish.”
Although he couldn’t quite manage to add the tournament trophy to his victory in the Hero Challenge – the European Tour’s one-hole shootout under floodlights - on Tuesday, a creditable tied 15th place also gave him plenty of positives to take into the end of season events.
“I thought I played well this week,” he said. “I hit one good shot yesterday on the par five and got an unlucky break and made six, and instead of going one in front I went two behind, and that halted my momentum a bit. Today I didn’t hit it close enough really. I kept hitting it to 30-35 feet and didn’t make any putts. I didn’t make many bogeys this week and you aren’t going to make many when you are playing well.”
Aside from the golf itself, the tournament also left a lasting legacy in the Newcastle region, raising £472,500 for the official charity, the Graham Wylie Foundation, which Westwood is a patron of. The money will help educate and inspire children and young people of the north east, with the funds raised specifically being used to build a music therapy centre in Newcastle.
