Major-less Westwood takes caddie's sage advice to heart

Red-hot putter gives Englishman the lead after first round of PGA Championship

There were plenty of reasons to believe the window was fast closing on Lee Westwood's sometimes heartbreaking campaign to win a major.

But the Englishman cracked it wide open again on Thursday at the PGA Championship, piling nine birdies atop a double bogey at the first hole for a 6-under 65 and a share of the first-round lead with Kevin Chappell and Ryan Palmer.