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Lee Westwood will
try to put the Ryder Cup out of his mind and will not be distracted by
the prospect of becoming world number one when he tees off in this
week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

The Briton, a key
member of Europe’s victorious Ryder Cup team, will knock Tiger Woods
off the top of the rankings if he finishes first or second in a
tournament he won in 2003.

“The thing this
week to do is to concentrate on the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
as it’s easy to get distracted and not be able to refocus after last
week,” Westwood told reporters on Wednesday.

“Going to number two on Monday and having a chance to go to number one, I could get drawn towards that as well.

“But obviously if I
take care of business on the golf course this week at the Dunhill Links
then the world No. 1 ranking takes care of itself.”

Great performance

Westwood arrived in
Scotland on Tuesday evening after celebrating well into the morning
following Europe’s stunning one-point victory over the U.S. at Celtic
Manor.

“Everybody was obviously very happy on Monday evening and why not?,” he said.

“It was an incredible Ryder Cup, just about everything and the result in the end showed how close the two teams were.

“The weather almost
added to the drama. Fortunately the result turned out in our favour
through some gritty play. I suppose G-Mac (Graeme McDowell) is the one
that’s been highlighted the most with it being the winning putt, but I
thought it was a great team performance overall.”

The Ryder Cup
finished on a Monday for the first time due to bad weather in Wales and
Westwood said consideration should be given to staging the 2014 event
at Gleneagles, Scotland in September.

“The Ryder Cup is so prestigious and such a big event now that priority should be given to it with regards to dates,” he said.

“Common sense has
to be used somewhere along the line. You can’t know how unreliable the
weather is. Just any help would be good I think. Shift it forward a
couple of weeks. I think September is generally a good month.”

Westwood, 37, is bidding to become the third British player to get
to the top of the world rankings, after Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam.