Abu Dhabi Championship: McIlroy shoots 63 to move into contention on day two
Rory McIlroy shot a nine-under 63 with 11 birdies in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Championship to take the clubhouse lead. He is chasing a fifth straight Race to Dubai crown and an eighth in total.
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Rory McIlroy respondeu à penalidade de dois tacadas de quinta-feira com um brilhante 63, nove abaixo do par, e 11 birdies na segunda rodada do Abu Dhabi Championship.
A sanção, aplicada depois de ele pressionar o taco na grama atrás da bola antes de dar a tacada no par-4 do 12º, no Yas Links, o havia deixado com dois abaixo e oito atrás do italiano Francesco Laporta no primeiro dia.
Na sexta-feira, o seis vezes campeão de majors disparou para 11 abaixo e assumiu a liderança no clubhouse enquanto vários rivais ainda terminavam.
Um bogey no primeiro foi seguido por birdies no segundo, no quarto e no sétimo, e depois cinco seguidos do nono ao 13º. Ele devolveu uma tacada no 14º, mas ganhou outras duas no 17 e no 18.
Nunca antes McIlroy havia feito 11 birdies em uma rodada de um torneio do DP World Tour.
Agora com 37 anos, ele busca o quinto título consecutivo e o oitavo no total da Race to Dubai, o que igualaria o escocês Colin Montgomerie. Ele começou a semana em terceiro na classificação, atrás de Eugenio Chacarra e Patrick Reed.
Reed liderou a Race to Dubai por um longo período depois de vencer os eventos da Rolex Series em Dubai e no Catar, mas Chacarra o ultrapassou ao vencer pela terceira vez no ano, no DP World India Championship. O 71 de Chacarra na segunda rodada o deixou com três abaixo; Reed repetiu a marca e está um acima.
O campo em Abu Dhabi reúne os 70 melhores nomes disponíveis na classificação da Race to Dubai, e os 50 primeiros avançam para a final da temporada na próxima semana, o DP World Tour Championship, em Dubai.
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