Lee will be upset he rose to the bait on Twitter

Lee Westwood’s Twitter outburst after last week’s US PGA was an unfortunate sign of just how much pressure he feels under to win a Major.

He apologised later, but he’ll be so upset that he rose to the bait.

All the questions about his failure to win one of the big prizes have never provoked him before, but this time he snapped.

Lee was doing quite nicely at Oak Hill, but once he slipped out of contention on Sunday, it was so difficult for him to keep going.

However, I’m still very optimistic about Lee’s Major chances. I’ve seen plenty of improvements in his game this year, especially around the greens.

With another Florida winter behind him, the 40-year-old can come out firing in the New Year.

He can take inspiration from guys like Tom Kite and Mark O’Meara, who were both serial winners and older than Lee now, when they eventually broke the Major barrier.

While the pressure got to Lee, it was a different story for the new PGA Champion Jason Dufner.

The American seems to take the meaning of laid back to another level!

He admitted that he was churning up inside, but you’d never have known from watching him on the course.

Jason may not be a potential superstar like fellow 2013 new Major winners Adam Scott and Justin Rose, but he could become a cult figure.

That’s definitely the case if you’ve seen the video of him falling asleep at a prizegiving event at a primary school!

I watched him at the Ryder Cup last year when he made Peter Hanson take the shortest putt I’ve ever seen in matchplay.

With some players, you would think it was gamesmanship. But I honestly believe Dufner was so wrapped up in his own thoughts, he didn’t realise what was going on!

Cult he may be, but the guy is a fine player.

He showed he’d learned from throwing away the PGA two years ago when he was five shots clear, and he didn’t make the same mistake again.

His game is almost a throwback from a different era and ordinary fans can relate to how he plays.

He’s not a long hitter and he’s susceptible to missing short putts, but his relentless accuracy is so effective on tight courses.

My only worry would be his waggling.

On the positive side, it does break the tension and keep you relaxed, as Ben Hogan and Sam Snead used to do it.

But if you become fixated on waggling the club, it can ruin your game because you never quite know when to pull the trigger.

However, Dufner’s PGA success will have been well received by US Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson.

The 36-year-old from Ohio should be a key man at Gleneagles next September and he could partner anybody in the foursomes and fourballs.

He could even solve the troublesome problem of who to pair with Tiger Woods.