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The 32-year-old from Nuneaton carved out an impressive seven-under-par 65 over the testing Angus links to move into a one shot lead over Scotsman Paul Lawrie, Denmark's Soren Hansen, Hennie Otto of South Africa and Australia's Scott Strange.

Webster, the former Italian Open champion, set the tone for a productive day by holing a 20-foot putt for birdie on the first hole - and followed that up by making gains at both the second and third.

The Englishman, who won the Open silver medal as the top amateur in the 1995 Open at St Andrews, picked up a further birdie at the sixth and.

He dropped shot at 11, before reeling off four birdies in his closing seven holes to hoist himself to the front.

Webster has not played on the tour since the KLM Open over a month ago due to a niggling back injury, but he said: "I was struggling a bit with the back.

"It was really sore down the right side and it's still a bit sore now. But I'm delighted with this start. I didn't think I've ever broken 70 in this tournament so it's a bit of a breakthrough for me. Let's hope it keeps going."

Former Open champion Lawrie illuminated an otherwise disappointing season with a neatly assembled six-under 66 over the Old course as he barged into a share of second.