Today, Lowry carded a 69, which included five birdies, two bogies, a double bogey and an eagle.
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The Offaly man had a steady front nine with no dropped shot and a birdie on two. Another birdie came on the 10th, followed by what he regarded as a somewhat fortuitous eagle on the par-five 11th hole.
An eventful run to the finish saw a birdie on 13 before his first dropped shots of the day, a double bogey on 14. He recovered with birdies on 15 and 16, only to close the day with bogeys on holes 17 and 18.
Lowry was tied for fifth by the end of his round, on 11 under overall, three shots off leader Tommy Fleetwood, who followed his opening round of 64 with a 66 today.
Fleetwood now shares the lead with Aaron Rai who shot a 64 today.
Rory McIlroy finished his round on four under, which leaves the Holywood man on eight under overall, sharing 20th position in the leaderboard.
Meanwhile on the PGA Tour, Seamus Power is in a tie for 15th after his second round at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico.
Power carded a second round of six-under 66 to leave him at 10-under overall. The Waterford native had seven birdies on his round, including five in his first seven holes after teeing off on the 10th, while hisonly dropped shot arrived on the par-three 9th.
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Shane Lowry slips back leaderboard at Abu Dhabi Championships
LAST UPDATE | 7 Nov 2025
SHANE LOWRY slipped back the leaderboard slightly today after an up and down second round at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links.
The 2019 champion played himself into a tie for the lead yesterday, when he had an opening-day round of 64.
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Today, Lowry carded a 69, which included five birdies, two bogies, a double bogey and an eagle.
The Offaly man had a steady front nine with no dropped shot and a birdie on two. Another birdie came on the 10th, followed by what he regarded as a somewhat fortuitous eagle on the par-five 11th hole.
An eventful run to the finish saw a birdie on 13 before his first dropped shots of the day, a double bogey on 14. He recovered with birdies on 15 and 16, only to close the day with bogeys on holes 17 and 18.
Lowry was tied for fifth by the end of his round, on 11 under overall, three shots off leader Tommy Fleetwood, who followed his opening round of 64 with a 66 today.
Fleetwood now shares the lead with Aaron Rai who shot a 64 today.
Rory McIlroy finished his round on four under, which leaves the Holywood man on eight under overall, sharing 20th position in the leaderboard.
Meanwhile on the PGA Tour, Seamus Power is in a tie for 15th after his second round at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico.
Power carded a second round of six-under 66 to leave him at 10-under overall. The Waterford native had seven birdies on his round, including five in his first seven holes after teeing off on the 10th, while hisonly dropped shot arrived on the par-three 9th.
Nick Dunlap is currently the leader on -17.
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