Westwood rues big misses

TURNBERRY, Scotland - Two years. Two putts to get into a playoff. Two misses.

Only this time Lee Westwood didn't know it.

After playing an astonishing shot from a deep fairway bunker at the final hole at Turnberry on Sunday, the 36-year-old Englishman left himself with a long birdie putt he thought he needed to stay in contention for the Open.

At last year's U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, he failed to sink a putt on the final green to miss out on the title. On Sunday, the 36-year-old Englishman watched Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson in a playoff after shooting a 1-over 71 in the final round.

With Watson a shot ahead at 3 under going to the last hole, Cink was already in the clubhouse at 2 under. Westwood believed he had to make the 60-foot putt and attacked the pin. He sent it 10 feet past, missed that and slipped out of contention at 1 under.

"I've gone from frustration to sickness now," Westwood said after tying for third.

"I figured - I thought I'd have to hole it, to be perfectly honest," Westwood said. "I didn't see Tom bogeying the last, since he's such an experienced player. But he obviously got a bogey there."

Five-time British Open winner Watson and Cink were tied at 2-under 278 and headed for the playoff. Westwood, who almost made an 18-foot eagle putt at the 17th, was left to think about another missed chance in

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