Golf: Westwood wary of fight still in Tiger

LEE Westwood insists Tiger Woods should not be written off after deposing the American as world No.?1.

Westwood is Europe's first No.?1 since Nick Faldo in 1994 after Martin Kaymer failed to produce the top-two finish he needed in the Andalucia Masters to claim top spot himself.

But Woods, Kaymer and Phil Mickelson could all make Westwood's reign at the top a matter of days rather than weeks at this week's WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, where all four players are in action.

And Westwood knows it would be foolish to write off 14-time major champion Woods, who has struggled badly ever since a sex scandal in November last year ended in his divorce.

"I would not write Tiger off as quickly as that," Westwood said. "He has gone away and come back before. He will be there or thereabouts. If anyone can put a run together it's so close they could take the number one spot."

n Defending champions Scotland finished a creditable fifth behind title-winners France in the weather-hit men's world amateur team golf championship for the Eisenhower Trophy at Buenos Aires, Argentina yesterday. Scotland's total of 436 was made up of rounds returned entirely by James Byrne (Banchory) and Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) - 150, 140 and 146 after Ross Kellet became ill.

Denmark were second and the US finished in third place.