Westwood in the mood

Lee Westwood remained on course to regain his world number one crown when he cruised into the quarter-finals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play championship in Arizona last night.

The 38-year-old from Worksop eased to a 3&2 win over the promising American Nick Watney and will now face Scotland’s Martin Laird in the last eight.

With Luke Donald exiting in the first round in Tucson this week, world number three Westwood and second-ranked Rory McIlroy both have a chance to go to number one with victory here tomorrow.