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Sunday 18 April 2010

Why the Tiger Woods scandal will help Lee Westwood win a major

Lee Westwood insists he is on the brink of major glory, despite thedisappointment of yet another tale of what might have been at theMasters.

And the man he believes will give him the edge over Tiger Woods andthe rest of the field is his caddie, Englishman Billy Foster, who wastipped to benefit most from the scandal surrounding the world No 1.

During the height of the controversy surrounding Woods' serialwomanising, one of the strongest reports to sweep the golfing communitywas that, in a purge of his staff, Steve Williams would be sacked ashis caddie and replaced by Foster, who carried Tiger's bag at the 2005President's Cup.

But as the American continued to insist that he alone knew of hissecret life, New Zealander Williams kept his job and provided helpfulcounselling when the shamed golfer stepped back into the public arena.



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