Golf: Westwood blasts shocking rule

Lee Westwood looked certain to crash out of the Players Championship in Florida yesterday after finishing his second round with a quadruple bogey eight.

Lee Westwood, only four shots off the lead after a brilliant front nine, looked certain to crash out of the Players Championship in Florida yesterday after finishing his second round with a quadruple bogey eight.

Last season’s European number one then described as ‘‘shocking’’ the decision by organisers of golf’s richest event total prize money is £4.3million not to allow placing on the fairways.