Young Italian triumphs as European Tour resumesWestwood explains why he would be uncomfortable visiting USAfter a highly successful hosting of the
British Masters, it would never have been the intention of Lee Westwood to overshadow a comprehensive success for the young Italian Renato Paratore. Yet as the game adapts to its new normal, Westwood’s refusal to travel to the
United States for upcoming and significant events naturally turned heads.
Quarantine restrictions as eased on Friday mean players arriving from Europe for a World
golf Championship in Memphis – beginning on Thursday – or the following week’s US PGA Championship will not have to spend 14 days in isolation. If the theory would be Westwood and company would now leap across the Atlantic, the 47-year-old rebuffed such a notion.