DEFENDING CHAMPION TOMMY Fleetwood made a flawless start to the 2018 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship this morning, carding a bogey-free six-under par total to hold a one-shot lead.
Victory at Abu Dhabi Golf Club put the English golfer on the path to winning the Race to Dubai last year and he started the 2018 event with three birdies on the front nine, before matching that feat coming home.
His six-under par total leaves him one shot clear of Paraguay’s Fabrizio Zanotti and two ahead of the Scottish pair of Richie Ramsey and Stephen Gallagher, as well as Finland’s Miko Ilonen.
Rory McIlroy is one of six players a shot further back on -3. Like Fleetwood, he birdied three of his opening eight holes but had to settle for 10 pars in a row to close out his round.
Ireland’s Paul Dunne is -1 through his opening four holes.
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C’mon the Pool!
@Gerry Peyton: it’s a little cold to be going to the pool.. Maybe around summer time come back to me
Hooray defence has changed a little.
Liverpool starting XI: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Can, Lovren, Robertson, Henderson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Coutinho, Salah, Firmino. Subs: Karius, Klavan, Grujic, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mane, Solanke, Sturridge.
Some good news finally.
@Hank_Scorpio: Emre Can at centre Half?
@Ronan Rafferty: at this stage I take a traffic cone over some of the centre halves.
@Ronan Rafferty: plus it’s good to see No 23 back in the defence.
Brighton to Win and Shane Duffy to score a header..
@Colin Floyd: you are a header
@Colin Floyd: threw himself to the ground for that peno, our Shane.
Come on Hendo Cano Dumo Robo Salo Gimpo Harpo Gypo and Kloppo . Majestic !
@powerfix: whatever your in to, we won’t judge.
A Brighton win here wouldnt surprise me….if they contain and mark Salah, then they should score and take the points…i’m a big fan of Chris Houghton who was very hard done by at Norwich..
And on to more important news…well done Chelsea another 3 points and the gap is closing….ish !!!!
@dannyboy: Hard done by at Newcastle too. The man gets no respect from up high but players have never had a bad word to say. Excellent football man, terrible footballing politician. Unfortunately that’s the same as every other walk of life. Big Sam, anyone?
@dannyboy: Houghton?? Wasn’t he yer man that put the ball in the back of the English net?
@dannyboy: Great prediction, you must be a real football man, Lol!
3-3 anyone ?
@powerfix: yeah maybe in 10 years