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Rory McIlroy enjoys greens to take lead in Abu Dhabi as Thomas struggles – The Guardian

Rory McIlroy took the lead after his first-round 64 in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and said ‘it was a lovely way to start the year’

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This was one way for Rory McIlroy to divert unwanted attention away from his good friend Justin Thomas. Whereas pre-tournament discussion at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship surrounded a homophobic slur muttered by Thomas at a recent event in Hawaii, McIlroy took 18 holes to alter the narrative as an eight-under-par 64, his lowest score in Abu Dhabi, planted him atop the leaderboard.
It was easy to infer Thomas is still suffering the after-effects of his PGA Tour outburst as, playing alongside McIlroy,…

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