Lee Westwood is one of four players who can automatically capture the Race to Dubai with a victory this week at the DP World Tour Championship, but he isn’t fully healthy.
Westwood said he’s been dealing with a back injury that has affected his preparation for the European Tour’s season finale. The injury was enough to knock him out of last week’s tuneup start in Dubai, and he said he likely would have sat out the season-ender if there wasn’t so much at stake.
Westwood is bidding to become the European No. 1 for the third time, and first since 2009.