Westwood heads to top spot

LEE WESTWOOD will be confirmed as the new world number one today after Martin Kaymer failed to achieve the top-two finish required in the Andalucia Masters.

Kaymer needed to win or share second place with no more than one other player if he, rather than the absent Westwood, was to succeed Tiger Woods when the American’s 281-week reign ends on Monday.

But the USPGA champion never threatened to do so and was outside the top 20 when he signed for a closing 75 at Valderrama.