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01/26/2012 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rory McIlroy and Robert Karlsson both fired rounds of five-under 67 on Thursday to share the opening- round lead of the Abu Dhabi Championship.
Tiger Woods made his 2012 debut and played decently enough with a two-under 70. Woods, who ended his 2011 campaign with an unofficial win at the Chevron World Challenge, his first anywhere in two years, hit the ball well on Thursday, but the flat stick let him down.
Woods hit 10 of 14 fairways and 17 greens in regulation, but needed 35 putts in round one.
"I just had a hard time getting a feel for these greens. It was difficult and my speed was off," said Woods, who is tied for ninth place.
Woods, despite a fall in the world rankings to 25th, still made headlines with his season debut, but he was not the only big star to open his season in the Gulf.
World No. 1 Luke Donald had a one-under 71 in his first outing of the year. Donald played with McIlroy, also making his first start of 2012, and Woods in round one and will again on Friday.
World No. 2 Lee Westwood managed an even-par 72.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of Thursday's first round was the poor performance of the fourth-ranked player in the world.
Martin Kaymer, the two-time defending champion and three-time winner, struggled badly on Thursday. He went out in 39, came back in 38 and signed for a five-over 77.
The German has won this event three times with a runner-up finish in the last four years.
That's an amazing record, but McIlroy is no slouch at Abu Dhabi. He's tied for fifth, took third and finished second in his last three appearances at this event.
"I feel it suits me really well. Just one problem -- it suits Martin Kaymer even better," said McIlroy.
The reigning U.S. Open champion started on the 10th tee Thursday and went on a great run almost immediately after teeing off. McIlroy ran home a nine-footer for birdie at 11, a 12-footer for birdie at 12 and capped off his run with a three-foot birdie putt at the 13th.
McIlroy dropped a shot at the 14th, then again at No. 17, but rebounded at the par-five 18th, despite hitting a tent with his second shot. The Northern Irishman got back to three-under par thanks to a short birdie putt at the par- five second.
McIlroy inched up the leaderboard late in his second nine. He knocked his tee ball inside four feet to set up a birdie at the par-three seventh, then chipped in for a birdie at the par-five eighth.
It was not a statistically beautiful round for the world No. 3. He missed eight fairways and six greens in regulation, but he scrambled well and is atop the leaderboard.
"It was a good score and a great way to start 2012, but I don't feel I drove the ball particularly well and it's something I've got to work on," said McIlroy. "It was nothing that a good practice session won't fix."
Karlsson also began on the 10th tee in round one, but he endured an up-and- down start. He traded two birdies and two bogeys over his first four holes, then parred his next three.
The tall Swede birdied 17 and 18 to make the turn at two-under par. Karlsson parred his first three holes on his second side, then rattled off three birdies in five holes to join McIlroy in the lead.
Gareth Maybin, Richard Finch and Jean-Baptiste Gonnet are knotted in third place at four-under 68.
Nicolas Colsaerts, Robert Rock and Richie Ramsay share sixth at 69.
Woods was joined in ninth by a large group highlighted by reigning Masters winner Charl Schwartzel and former British Open champion Paul Lawrie.
NOTES: Sergio Garcia recorded his first ace on the European Tour Thursday at the 12th. The Spaniard shot a one-under 71...Branden Grace, who won the last two European Tour events, shot a three-over 75 and shares 89th.
<< Mallon named 2013 U.S. Solheim Cup team captain
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Meg Mallon was named captain of the 2013
United States Solheim Cup team on Thursday at the PGA Merchandise Show.
She will have the task of trying to win back the Cup after the Americans lost
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<< Bryans reach eighth Aussie doubles final
Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The world No. 1 twin Bryan brothers,
Bob and Mike, were come-from-behind semifinal winners Thursday at the
Australian Open.
The Bryans saved a match point and overcame a 2-5 deficit in
<< Nadal beats Federer to reach Aussie final
Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two of the all-time greats did
battle in a Grand Slam event once again on Thursday, and once again it was
Rafael Nadal beating his fellow former world No. 1 star Roger Federer, this
time in the Austral
<< Azarenka, Sharapova to clash in Aussie final
Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova
will square off in Saturday's women's Australian Open final after they both
survived tense three-set semifinal matches on Thursday.
Azarenka, seeded third, e
Top-25 foes collide in Big Ten brawl >>
Madison, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A top-25 showdown is on tap in Madison this
evening, as the 25th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers play host to the 16th-ranked
Indiana Hoosiers in Big Ten action from the Kohl Center.
Tom Crean's Hoosiers were one of t
No.7 Tar Heels take on rival Wolfpack >>
Chapel Hill, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Instate rivals collide in ACC action in
Chapel Hill this evening, as the seventh-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels
welcome the NC State Wolfpack to the Smith Center.
The Tar Heels were handed their worst loss
Cavs and Eagles meet in ACC affair >>
Charlottesville, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 19th-ranked Virginia Cavaliers will
look to bounce back from its first home loss of the season as they host the
Boston College Eagles for an Atlantic Coast Conference battle at the John Paul
Jones Aren
Gaels take on Lions in City of Angels >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 21st-ranked Saint Mary's-CA Gaels look
to stay unbeaten in West Coast Conference action as they hit the road to
square off with the Loyola Marymount Lions at the Gersten Pavilion.
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