AFTER one of the biggest wins of the European Tour season Lee Westwood is now thinking big.

Lee Westwood was confident of taking a step closer to his 17th European Tour title today after blowing off a bit of steam.

DARREN CLARKE returns after a month away from the competitive arena for this week’s €4 million Dunhill Links Championship, starting over the great links of St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns on Thursday.

British amateur champion Brian McElhinney feels his short game will be the deciding factor in whether he goes one better than last year and makes the cut at this year’s Open at St Andrews.

THE year was 1997 and Ernie Els was bidding to capture the US Open at Congressional near Washington.

Lee Westwood is happy for it to be known that he is now a fan of the Home of Golf – four years after describing it as “not among the top 200 courses in Fife”.

Brian Davis gave himself the chance to turn a mediocre season into a fantastic one when he took a share of the lead in the Dunhill Links championship.