Rory McIlroy’s hopes of clinching the Race to Dubai stay within the stability after a promising cost got here to a watery finish on the 18th gap on day three of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
McIlroy had began the day properly adrift of the lead after a late triple-bogey setback within the second spherical, whereas chief Paul Waring set a course file.
The Northern Irishman drove the inexperienced on the 14th with a 346-yard drive earlier than knocking it in for a birdie, and had hauled himself up into rivalry, tieing for fourth place coming coming into the ultimate gap.
Hooking it left, the ball veered in the direction of the ocean, struck a rock on the shore earlier than cannoning straight into the water, ultimately dropping McIlroy again down to a few underneath for the spherical.
“Enjoying the final two holes two over, two days in a row is just not perfect,” stated McIlroy after the spherical.
“The wind bought up a bit of bit this afternoon so the leaders weren’t getting away, which was good, so I used to be making a bit of little bit of a cost.
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“One mistake with that drive on 18 and a lot into the wind, with the third shot the lay-up was very tough to try to tackle the water.
“An premature mistake similar to yesterday on 17 and dug myself a little bit of a gap to get out of. However relying on what the leaders do, I can nonetheless go into tomorrow feeling like I’ve half an opportunity.
“I bogeyed the primary at this time and doubled the final and in between that there was some actually good golf, identical as yesterday. I must put all of it collectively and play the best way I have been enjoying and hold the large errors and the large numbers off my card.
“If I can try this and submit rating, you by no means know.”
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McIlroy stays nearly in rivalry as Waring was not in a position to preserve his record-scoring streak and couldn’t make positive factors to stretch forward.
The Englishman, ranked 229 on this planet, carded two bogeys and noticed his five-stroke lead on the finish of day two trimmed to only one forward of Niklas Horgaard, with McIlroy 5 again from the lead.
Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood share third place together with Thorbjorn Oleson and Sebastian Sodeberg.
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