Fleetwood ties course record to grab lead in Abu Dhabi

Tommy Fleetwood equalled the course record with a 10-under-par 62 to take a one-stroke lead at the Abu Dhabi Championship while Rory McIlroy started strongly on Thursday as he bids to seal another Race to Dubai title. Englishman Fleetwood made a flying start at Yas Links with birdies at the first and third holes either […]

Fleetwood ties course record to grab lead in Abu Dhabi

Tommy Fleetwood equalled the course record with a 10-under-par 62 to take a one-stroke lead at the Abu Dhabi Championship while Rory McIlroy started strongly on Thursday as he bids to seal another Race to Dubai title.

Englishman Fleetwood made a flying start at Yas Links with birdies at the first and third holes either side of an eagle and maintained his form throughout the round to finish ahead of Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen and American Johannes Veerman.

Fleetwood picked up another shot on the seventh before making four birdies in five holes after the turn, closing out with his eighth birdie of the day at the last as he got up and down from the bunker.