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Highlights: Rory's magic; Sergio's hole-in-one (2:58)
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Rory McIlroy shot an opening 67 at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and is currently tied at the top with Robert Karlsson at 5 under par. Steve Burkowski brings you the Round 1 action.
TRANSCRIPTS
-Off to the Middle East for first round highlights of
the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. And, we're going to
waste no time. We're going to show you the shot
of the day right out of the game. At the
par of 3, 12th, 193 yards, Sergio Garcia with his
7-iron and this shot by El Niño with a perfect
score. An ace for Garcia. Part of an opening round
of 100 par of 71 and perhaps surprisingly the first
hole-in-one in his European Tour career. A lot of eyes
on world number one Luke Donald. This for birdie at
the first. Donald gets it to go. He too opened
up with a round of 1-under par at 71. A
lot of eyes around him and his playing competitor as
well. Tiger Woods for birdie at the 11th. Tiger had
two birdies on the day. This was one of them.
Part of the bogey-free 2-under par in a round of
70 for Tiger Woods. How about Robert Karlsson? He ranked
27th in the world. This for birdie at the fourth.
And, Karlsson gets it to go. So, he would move
to 3-under par. And after a par at the 5th,
Karlsson at the 6th for yet another birdie. Oh, the
putter was rolling on day number one for Robert Karlsson.
He would open up with a round of 5-under par
of 67. The third member of that marky group and
along with Woods and Donald was this young man, Rory
McIlroy. After a birdie at 11th, he would back it
up with another at 12th. So, McIlroy out of the
gates surely at 2-under through his first three holes as
he teed off on the back nine. Then, at the
13th, his second to the short par of 4. A
wonderful approach there by McIlroy. So, he would move to
3-under par. He would drop one on the outward nine
so he'd make a turn in 34. He'll pick them
up in the second. His third in the par of
5. He's still 2-under par at this point but not
for long. Wonderfully judged out at the rough. That short
one would lead to yet another birdie for McIlroy. He
would move to 3-under par. And then when we pick
him up at the 8th, he is 4-under. This his
four shot at the par of 5, 8th. Oh, and
of course perfection for McIlroy. He shoot 5-under 67 as
well and caught up with Tim Barter. -Rory, 5-under par
on your first competitive round of the year. How do
you feel about the way you play today? -It was
a good score. You know, 67 is a great way
to-- to start 2012. I didn't-- I didn't feel like
I drove the ball particularly well. I didn't hit it
in the fairway enough. So, it's something I got to
really work on this afternoon. I want to try, you
know, to hit the ball in the fairway but more
tomorrow and-- and for the next three days. But, you
know, a 5-under start is-- is very nice and I
felt like I-- I scored really well right there. -McIlroy,
Donald and Woods will be in our broadcast window from
start to finish on Friday morning in the second round
action of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. You can
see it all on Friday morning, 3 a.m. right here
on Golf Channel.
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