Abu Dhabi Championship second-round leaderboard
-12 J Rahm (Spa), T Hatton (Eng), F Laporta (Ita); -11 S Bairstow (Eng), R McIlroy (NI), A Meronk (Pol), M Jordan (Eng); -10 B Wiesberger (Aut), D Puig (Spa); -9 M Elvira (Spa), A Scott (Aus); -8 D Hillier (NZ), E Ferguson (Sco), T Fleetwood (Eng)
Chosen others: -7 M Wallace (Eng); -6 A Rai (Eng); -3 E Chacarro (Spa); +1 P Reed (US)
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Rory McIlroy posted 11 birdies in a nine-under-par second-round 63 on the Abu Dhabi Championship to maneuver inside one shot of the lead.
The 37-year-old put the setback of the two-shot penalty he obtained on Thursday behind him as he accomplished the very best spherical of the day to achieve 11 underneath total.
Spain’s Jon Rahm, England’s Tyrell Hatton and Italy’s Francesco Laporta share the lead at 12 underneath, whereas McIlroy is a part of a four-strong group that features the English duo of Sam Bairstow and Matthew Jordan, plus Poland’s Adrian Meronk.
Laporta held the first-round lead at 10 underneath, however has been joined on the high of the leaderboard by Rahm and Hatton, who each outscored him on Friday.
McIlroy had been handed his sanction for bettering his lie in the course of the opening spherical and in consequence completed day one on two underneath par – eight photographs again.
The six-time main winner was penalised after urgent down on the grass behind his ball along with his membership earlier than hitting a chip on the par-four twelfth at Yas Hyperlinks.
