Worksop: Mixed start to The Open for Lee Westwood

Lee Westwood has made a mixed start to his Open Championship campaign at the Royal Liverpool course at Hoylake after posting three birdies and two bogeys in his opening nine holes.
Lee Westwood has enjoyed a mixed start to the OpenLee Westwood has enjoyed a mixed start to the Open
Lee Westwood has enjoyed a mixed start to the Open

The Worksop man got himself to two-under par early on after back-to-back birdies at the fourth and fifth holes.

He gave a shot back at the seventh after finding a bunker and then missing a difficult par putt.

He bounced back straight away on the eighth by sinking a long birdie putt.

But he missed the green to the right of the par-three ninth and then missed the par putt to go back to one-under at the halfway point of his round, five shots off the lead held by his Ryder Cup team-mate Rory McIllroy after the Northern Irishman carded a round of 66 earlier in the day.

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