McIlroy penalty dents title hopes

Rory McIlroy incurred a careless two-stroke penalty today to put a big dent in his title hopes at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2012 - 11:00

Rory McIlroy incurred a careless two-stroke penalty today to put a big dent in his title hopes at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Joint top overnight with Swede Robert Karlsson, the US Open champion had come back from a shaky start with three birdies when his rules blunder came on the 456-yard ninth.

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