Lee Westwood rues triple-bogey finish to second round at US Open
Last Updated: 22/06/15 6:27am
Lee Westwood was left to rue an expensive finish to his second round after completing a disappointing US Open campaign at Chambers Bay.
The English veteran was right in contention on one under par when he arrived at the 18th hole, which was controversially switched to a par-four on Friday having played as a par-five for the opening round.
But Westwood scrapped his way to an ugly triple-bogey seven which turned a possible 66 into a 69, and he plummeted further down the leaderboard after failing to make a single birdie in his third-round 77.
The 42-year-old continued his birdie drought early in his final round, following six opening pars with a double-bogey at the seventh, but he finally made a move in the right direction with birdies at 10, 12 and 16 before rounding off a 70 with a six at the last.
"I played well today, hit a couple of bad shots on seven and 18 which cost me a couple of sixes but other than that hit a lot of good shots all day," Westwood said.
"I also played well on Friday and was disappointed to finish with a triple and that really wrecked my momentum for the tournament. I was one under coming there and right in it and you just can't give away three shots in a US Open type format.
"Today it's very scoreable. They have not gone silly with the flags. Having said that we played early in the day and it will certainly firm up later on, but they have shortened it in certain areas. The 16th is very driveable and [the tee] on 12 is up.
"Eleven, 13 and 15 are three long holes though. I wore my three-iron out on them three."
