Westwood wins in superb style

Westwood: "One of the best rounds of my career"

Lee Westwood clinched the Deutsche Bank Open title in Hamburg after a superb final round of 64 - beating Tiger Woods who took a two-shot lead into the final day.

A week after saying his game was at its lowest ebb since he turned professional, the 27-year-old Englishman bounced back with eight birdies in the final 18 holes which allowed him to win by three strokes from Italy's Emanuele Canonica.

Ian Woosnam and Open runner-up Jean Van de Velde shared third spot with Woods one further back.

It is only the second time in his professional career that Woods has sqandered a last-day lead.

To shoot 64 in this company must be one of the best rounds of my career

Lee Westwood

Colin Montgomerie, having moved into joint second place during the exciting final round, had to be content with joint sixth.

After his victory, Westwood said: "I haven't been playing that well and I found something that made it click this week.

"To shoot 64 in this company today must be one of the best rounds of my career.

"I thought if I got a good start this morning it would put pressure on those in the lead, such as Tiger and that's what I managed to do.

"When I hit the second shot on 17 and Emmanuel didn't make birdie I figured I could handle a three-shot lead.

"A lot of it is to do with confidence. I think the old Lee Westwood is back."

Collated final scores

273 L Westwood 71 69 69 64
276 E Canonica (Ita) 69 69 71 67
277 I Woosnam 71 71 69 66, J Van de Velde (Fra) 69 71 70 67, T Woods (USA) 70 70 67 70
278 C Montgomerie 73 70 68 67, MA Jimenez (Spa) 67 69 73 69, G Ogilvy (Aus) 72 71 66 69
279 D Howell 71 69 72 67, G Orr 73 66 72 68, P McGinley 73 65 72 69, S Kjeldsen (Den) 77 67 66 69
280 B Davis 72 68 72 68, R Goosen (Rsa) 68 71 71 70
281 P Lawrie 68 73 70 70
282 I Poulter 71 70 72 69, N Price (Zim) 72 71 70 69, P Harrington 73 70 69 70, MA Martin (Spa) 69 71 71 71, P Baker 71 69 71 71, P Mitchell 71 72 67 72
283 S Webster 72 67 73 71, J Parnevik (Swe) 70 73 68 72, A Cabrera (Arg) 75 69 67 72
284 B Teilleria (Fra) 70 75 70 69, M James 74 70 70 70, J Haeggman (Swe) 69 71 73 71, M Campbell (Nzl) 74 66 71 73, R Jacquelin (Fra) 71 72 68 73
285 P Quirici (Swi) 70 73 71 71, P O'Malley (Aus) 72 72 70 71, S Garcia (Spa) 72 70 71 72, D Hospital (Spa) 69 74 69 73 286 T Bjorn (Den) 75 70 73 68, D Lynn 74 68 74 70, D Carter 72 73 71 70, G Turner (Nzl) 73 72 70 71, J Bickerton 72 73 70 71, M Gronberg (Swe) 71 74 70 71, JM Olazabal (Spa) 75 65 74 72, S Leaney (Aus) 70 70 74 72, R Chapman 68 74 72 72, R Rafferty 72 71 69 74
287 S Struver (Ger) 72 71 74 70, G Murphy 74 69 73 71, R Johnson (Swe) 72 69 73 73, M Brier (Aut) 72 73 69 73, P Golding 72 73 69 73, B May (USA) 71 68 74 74, P Price 72 69 71 75
288 A Cejka (Ger) 73 69 78 68, J Skold (Swe) 72 73 73 70, E Darcy 71 72 74 71, P Eales 75 68 74 71, N Vanhootegem (Bel) 70 74 73 71, J Spence 73 72 71 72, V Phillips 73 70 71 74, M McNulty (Zim) 70 74 70 74
289 J Robinson 74 71 78 66, N O'Hern (Aus) 72 70 75 72, J Berendt (Arg) 72 73 72 72, R Davis (Aus) 72 71 73 73, S Allan (Aus) 69 74 73 73
290 I Garrido (Spa) 72 73 72 73, J Sandelin (Swe) 74 71 70 75
291 M Farry (Fra) 71 73 72 75, C Hainline (USA) 73 72 71 75, L Parsons (Aus) 71 72 67 81 292 C Rocca (Ita) 71 73 74 74, R Gonzalez (Arg) 72 73 72 75
293 M Jonzon (Swe) 72 73 74 74, K Storgaard (Den) 71 72 75 75, D Robertson 71 72 74 76
295 T Johnstone (Zim) 71 74 72 78
296 A Hansen (Den) 75 70 77 74 303 S McGregor 72 73 77 81