* Westwood ends dramatic day one stroke clear
* Oosthuizen birdies final hole for a 68
* Woods trails by five after bogey-bogey finish
(Updates at end of round)
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 5 (Reuters) – British world number
three Lee Westwood ended a day of high drama and tumultuous
swings of fortune by grabbing a one-shot lead in Thursday’s
opening round of the Masters.
The straight-hitting Englishman, who has yet to win a major
title, fired a five-under-par 67 at a rain-softened Augusta
National where tough pin positions posed all sorts of problems
for the game’s leading players.
Westwood birdied the par-four 17th, then parred the
difficult 18th to edge one ahead of South African Louis
Oosthuizen, who stormed up the leaderboard with four birdies in
the last five holes, and ice-cool Swede Peter Hanson.
Pony-tailed Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, Italy’s Francesco
Molinari, Britain’s Paul Lawrie, Americans Ben Crane, Bubba
Watson and Jason Dufner carded 69s while tournament favourite
Tiger Woods eked out a level-par 72 after bogeying 17 and 18.
Westwood, who finished second here in 2010 when he also
opened with a 67, was delighted with his strong start in the
year’s first major.
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