Golf Channel · Mar 18, 2019
Westwood nabs final WGC-Match Play spot via OWGR
Lee Westwood has reason to smile even though he didn't hit a shot at TPC Sawgrass.
The former world No. 1 was not in the field for The Players Championship, but a week off only dropped Westwood from No. 62 to No. 64 in the latest installment of the Official World Golf Ranking. That means that he hung on to the final spot in the 64-man field for next week's WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, with the rankings cutoff made following the PGA Tour's flagship event.
Westwood, who hasn't teed it up since a T-33 finish at the WGC-Mexico Championship, will be making just his second start in a WGC event since August 2017.