Westwood battles on

Lee Westwood is refusing to give up on his South Africa Open challenge, even though a back injury caused him “a lot of pain” in his first round at the Humewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth.

Westwood, who just last week returned from eight weeks on the sidelines, shot a 68 today to be one off the pace of the leaders, who include home hero Ernie Els and another Englishman, Andrew Raitt.