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Swede fed off Augusta patrons' affection for Mickelson

Hanson fired a four-under 68 to sit in joint second alongside South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen - just one behind early pacesetter Lee Westwood. The Swede finished the day six shots better off than Mickelson who - thanks to a closing birdie - signed for a 74, but Hanson acknowledged the patrons' affection for the three-time champion had helped his own bid.

"I kind of walked pretty close to Phil through all of these tight, roped areas, in between greens and tees. Kind of just enjoying it," said Hanson. "The crowd, they love Phil, and I can pretty much understand why, being such a fantastic player and having won here three times. "So it was kind of nice to get a little bit of that. Even if it was not meant for me, I was kind of taking it on a bit and I enjoyed it."

Hanson missed the cut in his first and only other Masters appearance to date last year and admits he will have to work to maintain his early momentum. "I think my biggest challenge for the next three days is going to stay in the same mental presence I did today, keep playing aggressive," he continued. "It's kind of a scary golf course in one way, because you don't have to put your foot too much wrong to end up making bogeys or doubles. "I will just try to be aggressive and go out there and enjoy the moment on Friday, as well, playing with Phil again, and so I'm looking forward to that. "I need to get a bit more comfortable around the greens here, chipping and maybe learn a little bit from Phil and Ollie (Jose Maria Olazabal) and the guys that are really good at that kind of game. "But I feel I'll slowly get better and better, and hopefully I can feel comfortable out here on Friday".

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Westwood and Donald insist championship is wide open



Lee Westwood and Luke Donald have both insisted it would be "naïve" to think this year's Masters will boil down to a two-horse race between Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

With Woods rediscovering his winning touch at Bay Hill a couple of weeks back and McIlroy also having chalked up a PGA Tour win in Florida recently, many observers are predicting that the first major of the season could develop into a private shoot-out.But English duo Westwood and Donald, who sit either side of McIlroy in the world rankings, are adamant there are plenty of players capable of walking away with the Green Jacket this weekend.Westwood said: "Rory's never won here, Tiger's not won here since 2005 so I think everybody in this room would have to be naïve to think it was a two-horse race wouldn't they.

"There's more, Phil might have a little bit of something to say about that and Luke might, I might."Donald was equally forthright in his views and claimed the quality of the field would make it tough to predict a winner with any certainty."Everyone wants to make that kind of rivalry, and obviously those two guys garner the most attention right now," said Donald, who became the first player to win the money list titles on both sides of the Atlantic last year."It's a little naive to say that they are the only two that have a chance to win around here. Just in the last, what, three or four years of majors, I don't think there's been a multiple winner."So obviously without one or two people dominating, I think there's a chance for a lot of people to win this week."

Lee Westwood admits his confidence is high going into the Masters as he looks to win his first title at Augusta National.







The 38-year-old has yet to win a major and the closest he has come to winning the Masters was a second-place finish behind Phil Mickelson in 2010.The Englishman led the field going into the final round but could not hold off the surging American and had to settle for the silver medal once more.Despite failing to land one of the big-four events, the Worksop-born star has enjoyed decent results in the majors with six top-10 finishes in his last 10 outings.But it is a win that he craves and the world number three believes that he might finally have come to terms with how to approach the famous course at the Georgia venue.



"I've always been fairly aggressive and gone at a lot of flags, probably more than I should have done," he told reporters. "And it is a golf course you have to be very strategic on and play patiently."You learn it fairly quickly, but if you are stupid sometimes, like me, it takes a while to sink in."Westwood could only manage a joint-21st place finish in last week's Houston Open but he feels in decent nick for a tilt at Masters glory this week."Hopefully I'll win. I think this year could be it," he added. "I'm certainly playing well enough and getting my game together."