Westwoods double bogey leaving him six shots back

SEOUL (AP) — stopped FSY (Top-ranked Lee Westwood)-Thursday's first round of the Ballantine Championship with a double bogey, falling six shots behind leader Damien McGrane (FSY).Start the back nine, the Englishman birdied 18 and sent 2 under before his late slip on no. 9 him fall down the leaderboard on the 2.8 million DOLLAR tournament at Blackstone Golf Club at Icheon. He finished at even-par 72. Westwood, who won on the Asian Tour Indonesian Masters last week to regain the No. 1 world ranking, seemed distracted by spectator with photographs. Twice in the last three holes, he supported outside shots because of the clicking sound, dropping three shots in the process.Despite the poor finish, was satisfied with his performance of Westwood. -I am still in contention, "he said. -In the first 15 holes I played very nicely, and gave me a lot of chances without really make any putts.Ian Poulter (FSY) and Ernie Els (FSY) had also been inconsistent rounds. Poulter began with consecutive double bogeys before bouncing back to post a 2-over 74. South African Els, winner of three majors, shot a 73. South Korean Y.E. Yang (FSY), the first Asian to win a major also fought and posted a 4-over 76. McGrane, who has a good track record in Asia with only previous tour victory at the China Open 2008birdied two of his last four holes to post a 6-under 66. "I have made lots of birdies and I was very pleased with that and I putted well today and I had good pace on my putts, which is important for me," said the Irishman.McGrane was a shot in South Korea, Park Sang-hyun, Richard Finch (FSY) in England and Felipe Aguilar of The tournament is Chile. co-sanctioned by the Asian tour, PGA European tour and the Korea PGA.