Westwood's Agency Fights Back: Our Man Is Chipping And Putting, Up To Five-Irons!

Reading the reports of Paul Casey's rise to No. 7 and his emergence on the Ryder Cup replacement radar, Mark Orlovac reports that Westwood's recovery is a few days ahead of schedule. According to his agency.

But an International Sports Management (ISM) spokesman told BBC Sport: "Lee will be at the Ryder Cup.

"He is a few days ahead of schedule and everything is progressing very well."

Westwood's management team said the 37-year-old will play at a charity event hosted by Ryder Cup vice-captain Darren Clarke and cricket legend Sir Ian Botham at Archerfield Golf Club in Scotland early next week.

Not quite contending to win the FedEx Cup is it?

"Lee started chipping and putting last week and is hitting up to five irons," added the ISM spokesman. "There have been no setbacks.

"He is expecting to be through the bag at the weekend and on Friday week he will be playing 36 holes just to make sure he is capable of playing two rounds in one day if he is called to do so in the Ryder Cup.

"Everything is going according to plan. He is in the gym every day. He's confident he will be ready, he was confident when he stopped playing last month that he would be."

Yes, but is anyone else in Europe as confident?