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Lee Westwood will look to draw on the experiences of his near misses at previous majors when he tees it up at the US Open on Thursday.

Westwood is regarded as one of the finest players in golf and has won a host of tournaments on both tours, but a major win is still missing from his CV.

The world No. 3 has had chances to break his duck in the past, most notably at The Open last year, and he is looking to avoid a repeat of the costly errors when he begins his quest at Pebble Beach.

Reflecting on his near misses, he said: "There's a couple of things I would change. I would change the outcome of all of them for starters, but there's only really The Open Championship that I feel like I've let it slip, let slip a chance. With my own doing or let one go.

"The 16th last year, I probably got stuck between clubs and hit the wrong club. But 15 I felt like I hit a good shot and 18 I made a mental error. But I felt like at Augusta, Phil [Mickelson] won it fair and square. And Hazeltine there, I wasn't really there for me to win it, I just had a good last round and got into third spot.

"I suppose I made a couple of slight errors at Torrey Pines, which in an ideal world I would try not to do. But all in all I think I've played pretty good the last rounds of the majors, haven't quite done enough, really."

Westwood goes into the second major of the year on the back of a win at the St Jude Classic and the Briton admits he will head to Pebble Beach with a spring in his step.

"It gives you a lot of confidence obviously but it's practicing playing under pressure and having to make putts when it counts," he said. "And obviously to come out on top last week is a big confidence boost going into a major championship."

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