Rory McIlroy assessed two-stroke penalty for improving lie, cards quadruple bogey in Abu Dhabi

Source: Golf Channel · 05 de novembro de 2026 às 15:30 · 16 h ago

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McIlroy struggled on the par-4 12th Thursday but what he thought was an ugly '6' turned out to be a little worse.

The report was published on 05 de novembro de 2026 às 15:30 by Golf Channel and is part of the World news coverage.

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