Lee Westwood parts ways with his coach after the US PGA Championship
The 94th US PGA Championship finally comes to an end. The fighting front for this prestigious event was the Kiawah Island Golf Resort, the Ocean Course. The event started on the 9th of August and being a four-day event, it ended on
the 12th of August.
The best in the world of golf gathered at this tournament to fight for the Championship. Some of the players succeeded to put up a good show for the spectators, while others performed poorly and gave a very disappointing performance.
The number 4 in the official golf ranking is one of the players who gave a bad performance. Westwood, lately, was playing very well and had successfully impressed everyone. This was just a bad tournament for the player.
He had a bad start to the tournament. On the front nine of the first round, he carded four bogeys and no eagles or birdies.
On the back nine, there were signs of improvement. He carded two birdies with only one bogey. These made his score three-over par for the day.
Westwood, on the last day, entered the field thinking to turn his game around. On the front nine, he just had a single birdie on the third hole. The birdie was followed by three bogeys which came towards the end of the front nine.
On the back nine, Westwood carded a birdie but unfortunately for the English professional golfer, he also scored two bogeys and a double bogey as well. These made his score five-over par for the day and his total score rose to eight-over par.
With the total score of eight over par, Westwood was tied at the eighty fifth spot and disappointingly was not able to make the cut.
After the disappointing performance, the Englishman decided to change his coach. As a result, he parted ways with his long term coach Pete Cowen. Westwood got frustrated and took the decisions.
“Lee needs to try something different with his chipping and putting," explained Westwood's manager, Chubby Chandler.
"He's never been the greatest chipper, but his putting also needs work. He knows that. Parting company with Pete is because he's passing on advice to Lee but he's not around to follow it through".
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