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Westwood carded four bogeys and a double-bogey in his first six holes at a damp and windswept Carnoustie, and even a birdie on the ninth was only good enough to take him out in 41.

From joint sixth overnight, the Ryder Cup star was suddenly outside the top 40 - but the 35-year-old dug in on the back nine to pick up two more birdies and complete a round of 76, four over par.

With only a handful of players under par for the day in the tough conditions at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and St Andrews, that lifted Westwood back up to a share of 14th place when he finished, six shots off the lead currently held by Germany's Martin Kaymer.

More importantly, however, it was also only two shots behind his Ryder Cup team-mate, and main rival for the Order of Merit title, Padraig Harrington.

The Open and USPGA champion currently heads the money list by £180,000 from Westwood, who would have been £100,000 closer if he had beaten Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano in a play-off for the Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry last Sunday.

Sweden's Robert Karlsson is third in the standings, another £100,000 behind Westwood, but with a first prize of £432,000 on Sunday, the race remains wide open.