Westwood on Ishikawa: 'A bit too intense'
- By Ryan Ballengee
- Dec 17, 2011 3:00 PM ET
After two days of playing together, World No. 3 Lee Westwood believes Japanese superstar Ryo Ishikawa needs more time away from the game.
“I don’t think Ryo really doesn’t have any problems because technically he is pretty sound and everybody has off weeks as we saw this week,” Westwood said Friday at the Thailand Golf Championship.
“But if he did have a weak point I feel he’s maybe a bit too intense. He plays a lot, and he said to me he’s played 33 events this year, and that is a lot."
The Englishman insisted Ishikawa needs to find a release away from practicing and competing. Westwood has found a release in his passion for fitness and training, believing it affords him both a competitive advantage and an escape.
“So in taking a break you come back with the hunger there and that will keep the enjoyment there,” Westwood said.
After narrowly missing the cut on Friday, Ishikawa can take a break – though with a consequence. In order to end the year in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking and earn a spot in the Masters, he would have had to finish in the top 37 in Thailand.
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Tags: Lee Westwood, Ryo Ishikawa
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Ballengee is a GolfChannel.com contributor who writes for GTC and Fantasy Insider.
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