McIlroy tied at the top with Karlsson, Woods three back
Rory McIlroy outshone playing partners Tiger Woods and Luke Donald with a five-under-par 67 which earned him a share of the first-round lead at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
The 22-year-old US Open champion ended the opening day at the top of the leaderboard alongside Swede Robert Karlsson thanks to a chip-in birdie on his penultimate hole, while Woods shot a bogey-free 70 and world number one Donald a 71.Live on Sky Sports
McIlroy's ball-striking was not at its best, but like Karlsson he scrambled brilliantly in his first tournament since recovering from suspected Dengue fever.
Woods was playing his first event since ending more than two years without a victory at his Chevron World Challenge event last month and produced a highly consistent display hitting 17 of 18 greens in regulation.
But the 14-time major winner did not make the most of his chances and collected birdies only at the 11th - his second hole of the day - and the short fourth, where he almost holed in one.
Donald, meanwhile, followed eight opening pars with back-to-back birdies, but could not save par from the sand on the 200-yard seventh. - http://www1.skysports.com/
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Rory McIlroy outshone playing partners Tiger Woods and Luke Donald with a five-under-par 67 which earned him a share of the first-round lead at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
The 22-year-old US Open champion ended the opening day at the top of the leaderboard alongside Swede Robert Karlsson thanks to a chip-in birdie on his penultimate hole, while Woods shot a bogey-free 70 and world number one Donald a 71.Live on Sky Sports
McIlroy's ball-striking was not at its best, but like Karlsson he scrambled brilliantly in his first tournament since recovering from suspected Dengue fever.
Woods was playing his first event since ending more than two years without a victory at his Chevron World Challenge event last month and produced a highly consistent display hitting 17 of 18 greens in regulation.
But the 14-time major winner did not make the most of his chances and collected birdies only at the 11th - his second hole of the day - and the short fourth, where he almost holed in one.
Donald, meanwhile, followed eight opening pars with back-to-back birdies, but could not save par from the sand on the 200-yard seventh. - http://www1.skysports.com/
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