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* Westwood equals 36-hole Asian Tour record
* Briton shoots 64 to lead by 11
Dec 16 (Reuters) - World series 3 Lee Westwood
continued his stimulating form by sharpened an eight-under-par 64
at a Thailand Golf Championship on Friday to tie a lowest
36-hole sum during an Asian Tour event.
The Englishman followed adult his career-best 12-under-par 60
on Thursday with 8 birdies in a bogey-free turn to equal
the Asian Tour record set by Thailand's Chapchai Nirat during the
2009 Sail Open in India.
Westwood's 124 sum gave him a hall lead of 14 shots
before U.S. Masters champion Charl Schwartzel shot a 66 in the
afternoon to cut a lead to 11.
"It's 14 now, vast isn't it?" Westwood told reporters
at a Amata Spring Country Club, 80 kilometres easterly of Bangkok,
after his round.
"It's still a prolonged proceed to go. But during a same time, I'm
looking brazen to a weekend. I'm personification good and I'm
feeling in sum control. Every aspect of my persion feels good.
"Strange really. Today roughly felt improved than yesterday. It
was utterly tough out there. The scoring is flattering tricky. 64 is a
really good score; not that 60 wasn't a good measure yesterday.
"I strike a lot of good shots again and strike it close. (I am)
delighted with dual days' work."
Westwood pronounced there would be no change in his proceed over
the weekend as he attempted to tighten out a win during a $1-million
inaugural contest and explain a third success in Asia this year
after his victories during a Ballantine's Championship in South
Korea and a Indonesian Masters.
"I'll still try to play a same and try to win the
tournament. I'll try to keep a lead irrelevant and keep on
playing as I've been playing. I'm personification flattering good and we want
to say that and keep creation birdies and no bogeys."
RARE MISTAKE
The Englishman started a day with a five-shot lead over
American John Daly and non-stop his second turn with a standard four
on his first, a 10th, before 3 birdies in his subsequent four
holes set him on his way.
Another birdie came during a par-four 18th, his ninth, to go
out in 32 as his lead swelled to 10 shots over Daly.
Further birdies came during a second, fifth, seventh and
eighth, before he rolled in a wily standard putt on a ninth, his
last, after a singular mistake when he missed a immature with his
approach.
"The many gratifying shot of a day was creation that eight
or nine-footer we holed during a final to keep a spook off the
card a final dual days," Westwood said.
The subsequent record in Westwood's sights is that of a biggest
winning domain on a Asian Tour that is hold by South African
Ernie Els, who won a 2005 Asian Open in China by 13 shots.
However, South African Schwartzel will be carefree of closing
the opening after a clever turn featuring 6 birdies and an eagle.
Schwartzel was assimilated in second place by American Michael
Thompson (66) with twice vital leader Daly fourth during 6 under
after a unsatisfactory 73.
(Reporting by Patrick Johnston in Singapore; Editing by Peter
Rutherford and Clare Fallon; To query or criticism on this story
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