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Lee Westwood fired seven birdies on his way to the top of the leaderboard on Thursday.

AUGUSTA, Ga. » Tiger Woods toured Augusta National looking like his old self — the one with a tendency to misfire into the trees. Phil Mickelson went traipsing through into the “jungle” for a ball he had to declare lost.

FIRST-DAY LEADERS

Lee Westwood	32-35 — 67
Louis Oosthuizen	35-33 — 68
Peter Hanson	35-33 — 68
Paul Lawrie	37-32 — 69
Miguel Angel Jimenez	35-34 — 69
Ben Crane	36-33 — 69
Francesco Molinari	35-34 — 69
Jason Dufner	33-36 — 69
Bubba Watson	33-36 — 69

One minute Henrik Stenson was leading the Masters, the next he shared the record for worst closing hole.

In several forms, Masters disaster lurked all around the ol’ tree nursery Thursday.

Somehow, Lee Westwood managed to stay out of the fray.

The English pro matched his best day at Augusta National with a 5-under-par 67, good enough for a one-stroke lead as calamity swirled all about.

“There was no weakness out there in my game,” said Westwood. “I was pretty confident, but trying not to let myself get carried away or anything.”

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Westwood inherited the lead just as Stenson finished an otherwise stellar round with a quadruple bogey. Westwood wound up with seven birdies on the day, staying a step ahead of 2010 British Open champ Louis Oosthuizen and Sweden’s Peter Hanson.

Rory McIlroy started his day auspiciously with a double bogey but kept things from unraveling. A birdie-birdie finish gave him a 71 to stand four shots back.

A bogey-bogey finish left Woods at even par. Mickelson’s opening 74 was blemished by a triple bogey at No.10 that sent him into the foliage after a wild drive left of the target.

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MASTERS SCORES

Thursday
At Augusta (Ga.) National Golf Club
Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 (36-36)
First Round
(a-amateur)

Lee Westwood	32-35—67
Louis Oosthuizen	35-33—68
Peter Hanson	35-33—68
Paul Lawrie	37-32—69
Miguel Angel Jimenez	35-34—69
Ben Crane	36-33—69
Francesco Molinari	35-34—69
Jason Dufner	33-36—69
Bubba Watson	33-36—69
Jim Furyk	35-35—70
Zach Johnson	35-35—70
Vijay Singh	36-34—70
Scott Stallings	35-35—70
Aaron Baddeley	36-35—71
Keegan Bradley	36-35—71
Angel Cabrera	36-35—71
a-Patrick Cantlay	35-36—71
Kevin Chappell	36-35—71
Stewart Cink	35-36—71
Ross Fisher	36-35—71
Padraig Harrington	35-36—71
Matt Kuchar	37-34—71
a-Hideki Matsuyama	35-36—71
Rory McIlroy	35-36—71
Kevin Na	35-36—71
Henrik Stenson	31-40—71
Steve Stricker	38-33—71
Nick Watney	35-36—71
Jonthan Byrd	37-35—72
Fred Couples	35-37—72
Sergio Garcia	37-35—72
Bill Haas	35-37—72
Charles Howell III	38-34—72
Martin Kaymer	34-38—72
Bernhard Langer	36-36—72
Hunter Mahan	35-37—72
Ian Poulter	35-37—72
Justin Rose	36-36—72
Brandt Snedeker	36-36—72
Rory Sabbatini	36-36—72
Webb Simpson	35-37—72
Charl Schwartzel	35-37—72
Mike Weir	37-35—72
Tiger Woods	35-37—72
Thomas Bjorn	36-37—73
Tim Clark	36-37—73
Darren Clarke	38-35—73
Harrison Frazar	36-37—73
Sean O’Hair	36-37—73
Bo Van Pelt	36-37—73
David Toms	37-36—73
Gary Woodland	37-36—73
Y.E. Yang	37-36—73
Scott Verplank	34-39—73
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	36-38—74
Rickie Fowler	36-38—74
a-Kelly Kraft	39-35—74
Geoff Oglilvy	39-35—74
Robert Karlsson	39-35—74
K.T. Kim	36-38—74
Phil Mickelson	37-37—74
a-Corbin Mills	36-38—74
John Senden	36-38—74
Sang-Moon Bae	40-35—75
Luke Donald	38-37—75
Edoardo Molinari	37-38—75
Lucas Glover	39-36—75
Jose Maria Olazabal	38-37—75
Graeme McDowell	37-38—75
Ryan Palmer	38-37—75
Adam Scott	39-36—75
Kyle Stanley	39-36—75
Paul Casey	38-38—76
Ben Crenshaw	39-37—76
Jason Day	37-39—76
Anders Hansen	38-38—76
Ryo Ishikawa	38-38—76
Martin Laird	39-37—76
Fredrik Jacobson	37-39—76
Brendan Steele	36-40—76
Larry Mize	36-40—76
Mark Wilson	38-38—76
K.J. Choi	37-40—77
Robert Garrigus	38-39—77
a-Bryden MacPherson	40-37—77
Tom Watson	39-38—77
Ian Woosnam	38-39—77
Simon Dyson	38-40—78
Trevor Immelman	40-38—78
Alvaro Quiros	40-38—78
Chez Reavie	42-37—79
Johnson Wagner	37-42—79
Craig Stadler	42-39—81
a-Randal Lewis	40-41—81
Sandy Lyle	46-40—86
Mark O’Meara	WD