Westwood and McIlroy drawn together in Shanghai event

LEE WESTWOOD will play with Rory McIlroy in Shanghai today less than a week after describing the 22-year-old’s move to a different management company as a “bizarre decision”.

World number three McIlroy and world number two Westwood have been drawn together for the opening round of the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters, a 30-man event offering a record first prize of £1.25million (€1.43m.

The pair were stablemates until US Open champion McIlroy told manager Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler that he was moving away and joining Ryder Cup partner Graeme McDowell at Dublin-based Horizon.