Lee Westwood Wins Big At Cheltenham...Again!

The 24-time European Tour winner won £48k on day one at Cheltenham Festival

Lee Westwood Wins Big At Cheltenham

The 24-time European Tour winner won £48k on Wednesday at the Cheltenham Festival

Lee Westwood Wins Big At Cheltenham...Again!

For the second-straight year, Lee Westwood took the bookies to the cleaners at the Cheltenham Festival.

The former World Number One successfully picked 11 winners last time out and this year won a massive £48k off of a £240 'Super Heinz'.

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Westwood staked £240 on the races and returned over £48,200, writing on Instagram - 'Boom I love @betfair'.

He was at the festival with his girlfriend and caddie Helen Storey once again, with Westy describing Cheltenham as 'Christmas in March'.

Westwood pictured at Cheltenham last year

The 45-year-old backed every single winning horse on day one of the Cheltenham Festival last year to pocket around £22k.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live at the time, “I put £128 on the tote [totejackpot] and it paid just under £22,000.”

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The Englishman is currently 62nd in the world having won his first title in three years last December at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

He recorded a T7th finish at the Dubai Desert Classic after a T16 in Abu Dhabi, and was T33rd at the recent WGC-Mexico Championship.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV