Lee Westwood found inspiration in past performances as he looked to put his Ryder Cup disappointment behind him with a second victory in the British Masters.Westwood feels he let down good friend and captain Darren Clarke after failing to win any of his three matches as Europe suffered their heaviest defeat for 35 years at Hazeltine.The former world No. 1 then followed that disappointing performance by missing the cut in last weeks Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, thanks largely to a second round of 82 at Kingsbarns.However, Westwood was back to something approaching his best at The Grove, carding six birdies and two bogeys in a four-under-par 67 which left him a shot behind the lead shared by compatriot Tommy Fleetwood, Scotlands Marc Warren, Finlands Mikko Ilonen and South Africas Richard Sterne.Im really pleased, its the best Ive played in quite a while, said Westwood, who will succeed Luke Donald as tournament host next year, with Close House in Northumberland expected to be announced as the venue shortly.My driving has not been great but I drove it really well today, didnt miss a fairway, and gave myself a lot of chances. Ive been working on a couple of things on the swing, looking at old videos when I was getting in good positions.Its a swing thought Ive used for 20 years, just set my right arm a bit faster and a little bit better and it gives me a bit more room on the way down.Probably the only poor shot I hit was on the seventh, when Billy [Foster, his caddie] told me left of the green wasnt good and I managed to hit it there anyway.Warrens only dropped shot of the day came on the ninth, his final hole, after four birdies and an eagle on the par-five second when his five-wood approach from 235 yards finished just six inches short of the pin.The 35-year-old started last weeks event 125th on the Race to Dubai, with only the top 110 after next week keeping their cards for next season, but finished fifth at St Andrews on Sunday to move up 55 places.The last couple of months have been tough, trying first and foremost to keep my card, so I was delighted to do that and carry that good form into this week, Warren said.The wind was picking up as we were going round so Im really pleased to get in with a 66. I was not really under too much stress at any time so it was a very enjoyable round of golf. Its not very often you get to walk up and tap-in for eagle, which was pretty sweet.Dunhill Links winner Tyrrell Hatton also continued his good form with an opening 68 matched by Graeme McDowell, Shane Lowry and Chris Wood, while defending champion Matt Fitzpatrick had to settle for a 70 after two bogeys in his last seven holes.Tournament host Donald struggled to a six-over-par 77, while Masters champion Danny Willett was forced to withdraw before starting his round, the 29-year-old suffering from the recurrence of a back injury.Willett, who did not win a point on his Ryder Cup debut at Hazeltine, wrote on Twitter:?There was better news for former Ryder Cup star Jose Maria Olazabal, who carded a 73 in his first competitive round since missing the cut in the Masters last April.Olazabal, 50, admitted he hit rock bottom last December as be battled rheumatoid arthritis, but also hopes to play next weeks Portugal Masters before a possible career on the Champions Tour. 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That counts as a quasi-victory for the players, but its a reminder of just how big a victory the 2011 lockout was for the owners. They got what they wanted and felt they needed at that time, even if it took away about two months of the season.The amicable nature and accelerated pace of negotiations this time around made it seem as if the owners took a look at the dessert menu after a satisfying meal and said, Nahhh, were good.Their big achievement in 2011 was lowering the players share of basketball-related revenue from 57 percent to around 50 percent. It was a victory that grew in magnitude when the new national TV deals came in at $24 billion over nine years. The 6 percent difference was worth an extra $1.4 billion to the owners from the ESPN and TNT contracts alone.Five years ago, the owners were willing to lose two months worth of games and push the start of the season back to Christmas Day in order to get what they wanted. The players were willing to make the same sacrifices in an attempt to hold off the changes, until both sides averted the Armageddon of a lost season by reaching a deal. They missed games because ultimately they could afford to do so. They werent even punished by the fans, as regular-season television ratings actually increased during the shortened season.Even though history told both sides they could have gotten away with another work stoppage, they had no desire this time. There might have been points worth arguing but nothing that escalated into a fight. A league that has always been image-conscious (e.g., the dress code) also realized it would be a bad look to squabble over money at a time when franchise values and player contracts had soared.The rush to make a deal also meant that some of the unpopular practices of the league wont be addressed at the highest possible level, via the collective bargaining agreement. 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But we wont see the dramatic step of shortening the regular season.Its interesting to keep in mind that while the 82-game season might be difficult to change without high-level negotiations, the ability to lighten the players workload by changing the playoffs is not. The 2003 decision to extend the first round from best-of-five to best-of-seven not only happened mid-CBA -- it happened midseason. But good luck trying to take playoff games away from the networks shelling out all of those billions.What is left to be seen are the unintended consequences of the new agreement. For example, in the expiring CBA, the rules made it financially beneficial for a player to hit free agency rather than sign a contract extension, even if he had no desire to leave his current team, a loophole thats been addressed in the new deal.That CBA also failed to anticipate the impact that a huge jump in television revenue would have on the salary cap, which led to the one-time spike this summer that facilitated the contract explosion and allowed the Warriors to sign Kevin Durant. Surely there will be some kinks in the new deal that even the brightest negotiators and best-paid lawyers didnt anticipate.And as always, any built-in attempts to prevent the formation of superteams can be undone by players willingness to take less money.For now, though, there are no major complaints from either side. Any professional sports work stoppage is a failure by the richest members of a lucrative industry to realize how good they have it.That isnt the case in the NBA right now. The message they sent by reaching this agreement is that theyre appreciative. We all can appreciate that. ' ' '