Friday cover: Lee Westwood turns back the clock at Earth Course

Lee Westwood makes the cover of The National Sport on Friday, November 18, 2016 after the Englishman carded a first-round score of six-under-par 66 on Thursday to top the leaderboard at Jumeirah Golf Estates at the end of Round 1.

Westwood, the inaugural winner of both the Race to Dubai and the DP World Tour Championship in 2009 said of the Earth Course, venue of those twin triumphs: "Any time you play a golf course that you've got good memories on and you've played well on in the past, you remember certain shots you've hit and it helps with certain flags they put out.

“You get familiar with the golf course, certain flags, and the breeze will be blowing from a certain direction. You know you don’t want to miss it in certain spots, and you learn that through years of playing.”

See also:

• Round 1: Leader Lee Westwood in bullish mood

• In pictures: Willett, Garcia, Westwood and McIlroy tackle Earth Course

• Race to Dubai: How did Stenson, Willett, Noren and McIlroy do on Day 1?

• The field: Rory McIlroy gets his toes wet but Sergio Garcia on the charge

• Round 2 tee times: Andy Sullivan and Rory McIlroy out first

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