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Thu 05 May 2007Sports DigestGOLF:Lee Westwood insists he is not "pulling his hair out" at missing this week's Players - but the same could not be said of his putting as he contests the inaugural Valle Romano Open de Andalucia in Marbella, where the first prize fund is "just" €166,600.The world number 63 will start as one of the favourites to claim a 17th European Tour victory - and first since 2003 - but the sloping greens at Aloha Golf Club will provide a massive test for his shaky short game.