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DOHA, Qatar – Anton Haig and Lee Westwood each shot 5-under 67s Thursday to share the lead after the first round of the Qatar Masters.

Westwood, current leader of the European Tour’s Order of Merit, and Haig lead a group of seven players by two strokes at the Doha Golf Club – Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia, Paul Broadhurst, Marcel Siem, Johan Edfors, Alexander Noren and Henrik Stenson.

Haig had six birdies, including four on the first nine holes. The South African finished with one bogey.

“It is all about confidence I have right now,” the 22-year-old Haig said. “I just started out with a few rhythm drills and then hit the ball pretty decent. I putted really well.”

Westwood, who tied for second last week at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, had five birdies in his round.

“I am in much better physical condition now, thanks to my visits to the gym. I feel alive and I am not lethargic at all,” the Englishman said. “Last week, I was a bit rusty, but now I feel better.”

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Scores with relation to par from the first round of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters, played Jan. 24 at the par-72, 7,388-yard Doha (Qatar) Golf Club (Note: a-amateur):

1. Anton Haig	67		-5
1. Lee Westwood	67		-5
3. Paul Broadhurst	69		-3
3. Johan Edfors	69		-3
3. Sergio Garcia	69		-3
3. Alexander Noren	69		-3
3. Adam Scott	69		-3
3. Marcel Siem	69		-3
3. Henrik Stenson	69		-3
10. Gregory Bourdy	70		-2
10. Andrew Coltart	70		-2
10. Luke Donald	70		-2
10. Gonzalo Fdez-Castano	70		-2
10. David Howell	70		-2
10. Soren Kjeldsen	70		-2
10. Graeme McDowell	70		-2
10. Ross McGowan	70		-2
10. Jyoti Randhawa	70		-2
10. Charl Schwartzel	70		-2
10. Sam Walker	70		-2
21. Phillip Archer	71		-1
21. Christian Cevaer	71		-1
21. Pelle Edberg	71		-1
21. Jean-Baptiste Gonnet	71		-1
21. Raphael Jacquelin	71		-1
21. Thongchai Jaidee	71		-1
21. Robert Karlsson	71		-1
21. Jose Manuel Lara	71		-1
21. Jean-François Lucquin	71		-1
21. Rory McIlroy	71		-1
21. Francesco Molinari	71		-1
21. Colin Montgomerie	71		-1
21. Scott Strange	71		-1
21. Anthony Wall	71		-1
35. Seve Benson	72		E
35. John Bickerton	72		E
35. Thomas Bjorn	72		E
35. Ariel Canete	72		E
35. Paul Casey	72		E
35. Nick Dougherty	72		E
35. Scott Drummond	72		E
35. Simon Dyson	72		E
35. Martin Erlandsson	72		E
35. Richard Finch	72		E
35. Oliver Fisher	72		E
35. Mark Foster	72		E
35. Marcus Fraser	72		E
35. Joakim Haeggman	72		E
35. Anders Hansen	72		E
35. Soren Hansen	72		E
35. Peter Hedblom	72		E
35. Damien McGrane	72		E
35. Peter O'Malley	72		E
35. Louis Oosthuizen	72		E
35. Jean-Francois Remesy	72		E
35. Simon Wakefield	72		E
35. Steve Webster	72		E
35. Oliver Wilson	72		E
59. Michael Campbell	73	+	1
59. Emanuele Canonica	73	+	1
59. Bradley Dredge	73	+	1
59. Gregory Havret	73	+	1
59. Garry Houston	73	+	1
59. Mikko Ilonen	73	+	1
59. Shiv Kapur	73	+	1
59. Simon Khan	73	+	1
59. Barry Lane	73	+	1
59. Paul Lawrie	73	+	1
59. Peter Lawrie	73	+	1
59. Jose-Filipe Lima	73	+	1
59. Jonathan Moore	73	+	1
59. Rolf Muntz	73	+	1
59. Chapchai Nirat	73	+	1
59. Phillip Price	73	+	1
59. Miles Tunnicliff	73	+	1
59. Jean Van De Velde	73	+	1
59. Tom Whitehouse	73	+	1
78. Robert-Jan Derksen	74	+	2
78. Niclas Fasth	74	+	2
78. Ross Fisher	74	+	2
78. David Frost	74	+	2
78. Stephen Gallacher	74	+	2
78. Ricardo Gonzalez	74	+	2
78. Miguel Angel Jimenez	74	+	2
78. Per-Ulrik Johansson	74	+	2
78. Thomas Levet	74	+	2
78. Henrik Nystrom	74	+	2
78. Carlos Rodiles	74	+	2
78. Jeev Milkha Singh	74	+	2
78. Marc Warren	74	+	2
91. Alastair Forsyth	75	+	3
91. Ignacio Garrido	75	+	3
91. Richard Green	75	+	3
91. David Griffiths	75	+	3
91. Peter Hanson	75	+	3
91. Simon Hurd	75	+	3
91. Martin Kaymer	75	+	3
91. Maarten Lafeber	75	+	3
91. Sam Little	75	+	3
91. Andrew McLardy	75	+	3
91. Ian Poulter	75	+	3
91. Zane Scotland	75	+	3
91. Lee Slattery	75	+	3
91. Daniel Vancsik	75	+	3
105. Fredrik Andersson Hed	76	+	4
105. Benn Barham	76	+	4
105. David Lynn	76	+	4
105. Alvaro Quiros Garcia	76	+	4
109. Julien Clement	77	+	5
109. Stephen Dodd	77	+	5
109. Paul McGinley	77	+	5
109. Gary Murphy	77	+	5
109. Graeme Storm	77	+	5
109. Carl Suneson	77	+	5
109. Mads Vibe-Hastrup	77	+	5
116. Markus Brier	78	+	6
116. Pablo Martin	78	+	6
116. Scott Verplank	78	+	6
119. Mardan Mamat	79	+	7
120. a-Othman Almulla	80	+	8

Posted: 1/24/2008

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