Shane Lowry feeling good about his game as he breaks course record to lead in Abu Dhabi

Shane Lowry has had a great start to 2019.

Practice made perfect for Shane Lowry as he equalled the course record with a stunning 62 in the first round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Lowry carded 10 birdies and no bogeys to set a daunting clubhouse target of 10 under par, with France's Mike Lorenzo-Vera and the South African pair of Louis Oosthuizen and Richard Sterne his nearest challengers on seven under.