Westwood confident of PGA Tour success on favourite course


  • Golf
  • Wednesday, 29 Oct 2014

European Ryder Cup player Lee Westwood hits out a bunker on the eighth hole during his fourballs 40th Ryder Cup match at Gleneagles in Scotland September 27, 2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Lee Westwood ended a two-year European Tour title drought at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in April and he is confident the venue can also help him return to the PGA Tour's winners circle this week.

The $7 million CIMB Classic begins on Thursday at the KLGCC after organisers opted to move away from the short Mines Course to the more taxing layout where the former world number one romped to a big win at the Malaysian Open in April.

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