Lee Westwood believes LIV Golf is his sport’s equivalent of T20 cricket – but it’s the Ashes he has his eyes on rivalling for the nation’s attention this summer.
The 50-year-old was among the first players to sign up for the breakaway Tour last year and featured at its opening event at the Centurion Club in St Albans.
In the 12 months since, Westwood has been joined by a growing list of notable names who continue to make their mark at majors, with Brooks Koepka backing up his near miss at the master’s by claiming May’s PGA Championship.
Koepka will bid for more major success at the Open and is set to tune up at LIV London, an event Westwood hopes will make its mark in a packed sporting schedule. “The strides they have made, and the amount LIV Golf has come on inside a year, are incredible,” he said. “A new Tour has taken off and it’s what everyone is talking about.