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After a fog delay of more than three hours - long enough to make him miss his daughter Poppy playing a scarecrow in a harvest festival - Westwood added a 70 to his opening 68 for a six-under-par total of 138.

With half the field in on "Pink Friday" - the players were helping to raise money for breast cancer charities - he led in the clubhouse by one from Scotland's Marc Warren and Spaniard Alejandro Canizares.

Colin Montgomerie improved 12 strokes on his opening 81, but on six over was still looking at his seventh missed cut of the season.

Westwood will not know until Saturday morning where his score leaves him at halfway as the hold-up at the start of the day prevented the second round being completed by the end of it.

One of only two members of last week's beaten Ryder Cup team playing in the event - Graeme McDowell is the other and after a tired-looking 75 for three over, he had to wait to discover whether he had made the cut - Westwood has a great opportunity to close in on Padraig Harrington at the top of the Order of Merit.

An Order of Merit that could have added spice to it next season when the likes of Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh, the number two and three players in the world, could be involved.

Next year's money-list race culminates in the Dubai World Championship, golf's richest-ever event with a prize fund of US dollars 10million.

To be eligible for that, however, players have to become European Tour members and as things stand, have to compete in at least 11 events.

Family man Westwood, who has given up his US Tour membership, will welcome it if some of the game's leading lights also alter their schedules to fit in more European-counting tournaments.