Westwood "will be fit" for the ryder cup

taken from bbc sport website

Lee Westwood is "ahead of schedule" in his recovery from injury and is set to be fit for the Ryder Cup next month, according to his management team.

The world number three ruptured the plantaris muscle in his right calf at the French Open in July and has not played since early last month.

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, who has been a key member of the European team for six Ryder Cup campaigns against the United States, pulled out of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in America in August after two rounds because he was finding it hard to put weight on his right leg.

The 37-year-old missed the final major of the year, the USPGA Championship, last month and will not play Tour golf until the Ryder Cup begins at Celtic Manor on 1 October.

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

"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."

Westwood had been in impressive form before his injury setback, finishing second in the Masters and the Open as well as winning the St Jude Classic after beating American Robert Garrigus and Swede Robert Karlsson in a play-off.