Lee Westwood has enjoyed a fine start to the Masters as a five-under-par round of 67 has put him at the top of the leaderboard at Augusta National in Georgia.

The Englishman moved to one-under after the opening hole before he saved successive shots at six, seven and eight to put him on four-under after the front nine.

Despite dropping a shot on the 10th, the world number three went back to four-under at 13.

It got better for Westwood soon after as he moved to five-under on 17 before making par on the final hole.

"I played very solidly and didn't make many bad shots, but bogied on the four," he said. "It was pretty pain-free round.

"Every hole looked bigger than it has for a while today. I need to pick shots up on the par fives but I could have birdied every hole coming in.

"I have played in enough of these now to know what is going on and 67 has given me a great start."

Westwood's round of 67 was his joint-lowest score at the Masters.