LEE Westwood has complained that the Oakland Hills course for the USPGA Championship was set up unfairly – and blasted organisers for taking the fun out of the competition.
The Worksop golfer came into the final major of the year last weekend after tying for second in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
However, he could not duplicate his form and, after shooting a seven-over-par first round, an angry Westwood said: "
I didn't do a lot wrong."
"The fairways are narrow, if you miss the semi-rough by a foot you are worse off than if you miss by 20 yards."
Westwood's biggest cause of contention was the overnight decision to brush back the rough towards the tees.
"It is a difficult course with the greens and the pin positions to protect it," he told the BBC.
"I am not sure you need rough as long as it is, and you certainly don't need to sweep it back towards the tee the night before the tournament when we have played it as it is in the practice rounds."
"I can't recall it happening before and can't think of a reason why they would do it, other than to irritate the players. That is all it does."
Westwood went on to miss the cut with a second round 78 to leave him at 15 over.
The Worksop golfer will now take a break from competition until September.
Westwood's Ryder Cup team-mate Padraig Harrington triumphed to take his second major title in a row, after winning the 137th Open at Royal Birkdale.
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