Lee Westwood One Shot Off The Lead In Shanghai

Lee Westwood is just one shot off the lead at the HSBC World Championship in Shanghai as he plays for the first time as world number one.

Westwood ended Tiger Woods' 281 week reign at the top spot on Monday and played through the pain yesterday as Franceso Molinari led the field on seven under par.

Westwood is playing in his first tournament since he helped Europe lift the Ryder Cup after being sideline with the injury.

The new world number one sunk seven birdies, dropping just one shot at the seventh, to finish the round at six under par.

Speaking to the London Evening Standard Westwood said: "I didn't really go out there with any particular thought to perform like the world No1.

"You get there as a result of good performances but it's nice show everybody there is a reason why I got to this stage. I did that today."

And while Westwood is only one shot off the lead he admits that his calf is still giving him some problems.

"As the round goes on, it starts to ache and I lose control and power a bit. I have to continually remind myself when I'm swinging out there to sort of reinforce it."

Yuta Ikeda, Henrik Stenson and South Korea's Seung-yul Noh are two shots off the pace while Woods and Luke Donald are a further one shot back on four under.

It was a rusty middle of the round for Woods as he bogeyed the tenth before sinking a trio of birdies to move back into contention.

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