Lee Westwood Net Worth

What is Lee Westwood's Net Worth?

Lee Westwood is an English professional golfer who has a net worth of $40 million. Lee Westwood was number one in the Official World Golf Ranking between 2010 and 2011. Notably, he is one of just a few golfers to have won tournaments on five continents and on all six of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Westwood has also played for the European team in several Ryder Cups, winning seven titles in total.

Early Life and Education

Lee Westwood was born on April 24, 1973 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. As a youth, he was educated at Sir Edmund Hillary Primary School and Valley Comprehensive School, where he excelled in rugby, football, and cricket. At the encouragement of his father, a mathematics teacher, Westwood began golfing when he was 13.

Amateur Career

Westwood had a successful amateur golfing career, becoming the junior champion of Nottinghamshire and winning the 1991 Peter McEvoy Trophy. He also played for England in the European Boys' Team Championship and for both Great Britain and Ireland in the Jacques Léglise Trophy, winning the latter competition in 1990 and 1991. Westwood concluded his amateur career by winning the 1993 British Youths Open Championship.

Professional Career, Part 1

Westwood turned professional in 1993 and joined the European Tour. He won his first professional tournament, the Volvo Scandinavian Masters, in 1996. Shortly after that, on the PGA of Japan Tour, he won the Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters. In 1997, Westwood defended his Japanese title while adding wins at the Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open, the Volvo Masters, and the Holden Australian Open. He went on to have his best season yet in 1998, winning four events on the European Tour, defending his Japanese title for the third consecutive year, and winning his first PGA Tour event, the Freeport-McDermott Classic. Westwood continued his success in 1999 by winning three European Tour events and his first Asian Tour event, the Macau Open.

Westwood had his single most successful season in 2000, winning seven tournaments worldwide and rising to first place on the European Order of Merit. Moreover, with his win at the Dimension Data Pro-Am on the South African Sunshine Tour, he became the first golfer ever to win events on all six of the International Federation of PGA Tours. After the birth of his first son in 2001, Westwood took a hiatus from professional golf. Returning in 2003, he won his 25th career tournament. He didn't claim another title until 2007, at the Valle Romano Open de Andalucía. Later that year, Westwood won the Quinn Direct British Masters. In 2008, he came in third at the US Open, and in 2009 he came in T3 at both the US Open and the PGA Championship. Westwood concluded the decade by winning the Portugal Masters and the Dubai World Championship.

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Professional Career, Part 2

Westwood had one of his most memorable seasons in 2010, marked by second-place finishes at both the Masters and the Open Championship. He also won the St. Jude Classic, which was his first PGA Tour title in over 12 years, and won the Nedbank Golf Challenge on the Sunshine Tour. On October 31, 2010, Westwood reached number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, a position he held for a total of 22 weeks. After winning three titles in 2011, he won two in 2012, including his third career Nordea Masters. Westwood's next tournament wins were in 2014, at the Maybank Malaysian Open and the Thailand Golf Championship. The following year, he won his third career Indonesian Masters. In 2016, Westwood finished T2 at the Masters, and in the process set the record for the most major championship appearances without a win.

After three years without a tournament win, Westwood won the Nedbank Golf Challenge in 2018. His next win was at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in early 2020. At the end of that year, Westwood won his third career Race to Dubai title by coming in second at the DP World Tour Championship. In 2021, he recorded runner-up finishes at two big PGA Tour events: the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players Championship. For the latter, Westwood received over $1.6 million, the largest official purse of his career to date. After being suspended from the PGA Tour in 2022 for playing in an LIV Golf event, Westwood resigned from the European Tour in 2023. Having turned 50, he applied for entry to the 2023 Senior Open Championship, but was turned down due to outstanding fines he owed to the European Tour.

European and National Teams

Westwood has played for the European team in several Ryder Cups, starting in 1997, when the team defeated the American team. He went on to win the Ryder Cup with Europe in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, and 2014. Westwood also represented Europe in the Royal Trophy and the EurAsia Cup, winning the former in 2007 and the latter in 2016. Elsewhere, he played for England in the Alfred Dunhill Cup and for Great Britain and Ireland in the Seve Trophy, winning the latter tournament in 2002, 2003, and 2011.

Other Endeavors

In 2010, Westwood announced the creation of the Lee Westwood Golf School for young golfers. The same year, he launched the Junior Lee Westwood Golf Tour and the Lee Westwood Golf Camps.

Beyond golf, Westwood is passionate about horse racing, football, snooker, cinema, and automobiles. He supports the football clubs Nottingham Forest, Worksop Town, and Queen of the South.

Personal Life

In early 1999, Westwood married Laurae Coltart. They had two children named Samuel and Poppy, and eventually divorced in 2017. Westwood went on to marry Helen Storey in 2021; they live in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne.

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