USPGA Championship: Lee Westwood still hopeful of breaking major duck at Oak Hill

After the disappointment of the Open Championship, Lee Westwood could be forgiven for thinking that the last thing he needed was another major just around the corner.

In the 20th year of his career, time would not appear to be on Westwood's side, but he does not need to look far for proof that golf is certainly not just a young man's game. His close friend and stablemate Darren Clarke won the Open in 2011 at the age of 42, the same age at which Ernie Els lifted the Claret Jug 12 months later. Mickelson of course was even older, 43, when he won at Muirfield on his 20th Open appearance, while Jack Nicklaus won the Masters in 1986 aged 46 and the oldest major winner of all time, Julius Boros, was 48 when he won the 1968 USPGA. "It's something like seven or eight top-threes in my last 20 majors, or something like that, so it's a pretty good record," Westwood continued. "I am giving myself chances regularly, so hopefully one day I will do enough and win one." The USPGA Championship has not been kind to Englishmen over the years, with Jim Barnes the last and only winner in 1916 and 1919. Both England and Westwood are long overdue.