London: Lee Westwood must banish the memory of one of his worst displays of the year when he goes in search of the European order of merit title at this week's season-ending Dubai World Championship.
The 36-year-old Briton was all at sea on the greens in last week's Hong Kong Open and finished down the field in joint 54th position on his first visit to Fanling.
Apart from missing the cut in the PGA Championship at Wentworth, the only other time the consistent Westwood has been outside the top 50 this season was when he was tied 61st at the WGC-CA Championship in Florida in March.
"Last week was a bit of an off week, nothing really went for me and I couldn't get anything going," the world number five told reporters.
"I don't think it will have an effect on me. I am fairly optimistic and I have been playing this game long enough not to let one (bad) week bother me."
Westwood is one of four players with a chance of winning Europe's inaugural Race to Dubai.
The Englishman led the money list going into the Hong Kong Open but Rory McIlroy's second-place finish in Hong Kong took the 20-year-old from Northern Ireland more than 128,000 euros (USD 190,700) clear at the top.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 10:43