Shane Lowry in tie for the lead as Rory McIlroy made to rue double-bogey on 18

England's Sam Horsfield, a two-time winner on the European Tour last year also impressed during Friday's play hitting sharing the lead with Lowry and American John Catlin

Shane Lowry: Tied for the lead

Rory McIlroy slipped a shot off the pace in the DP World Tour Championship after a costly double bogey on the final hole in Dubai.

McIlroy held a two-shot lead following an opening 65 and was still one in front when he drove into a fairway bunker on the par-five 18th on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates.