Referee: Harrington disqualification 'does not fit crime'

Martin Kaymer is on course to retain the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and take the world number two spot off Tiger Woods after a scintillating second-round 65 today.

Martin Kaymer is on course to retain the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and take the world number two spot off Tiger Woods after a scintillating second-round 65 today.

But that was not the story of the day in the desert. Padraig Harrington’s disqualification when lying in second place was the big talking point – and it might lead to a change in the rules of golf.

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