Westwood's optimism vanishes

Lee Westwood did not try to conceal his complete and utter frustration today after a day which had promised to reignite his golf career ended in misery.

Four under par and sharing the lead after 16 holes of the six-million-dollar NEC world championship in Akron, Westwood finished with a level par 70 and fell five strokes behind pacesetters Scott Verplank and Open champion Ben Curtis.