Lee Westwood, over the course of his career, is a solid golfer that has had success. He has had success in reaching the top 3 in every Major Championship tournament at some point in his career, although he has never won a major. This includes the British Open, otherwise known as “The Open Championship.”
Lee Westwood, in 2009, just last year, recorded the best finish that he has ever seen at the British Open. In 2008, at the tournament, he had managed just a 67th place finish and had not had success since 2004 where he finished fourth overall. Despite his struggles in the previous four years, somehow he managed to pull things together and bring home a 3rd place finish.
At the British Open, this is typical of Westwood. He has a tendency of putting up awful showings one year and then having a great tournament the next, throughout his career. Westwood has missed the cut 4 times at the British Open over the course of his career. He missed the cut in 1996 and 2003, but managed to bounce back the following year with a top 10 finish each time.
Westwood has finished 64th or worse 8 times out of 15 career tries at the British Open, over the course of his career. He has also had three top 10 finishes at the same tournament, on the other hand.
In the end, one thing is true: Nobody will ever know what to expect from Lee Westwood, when it comes to the British Open.