Reigning race

DP World India Championship: Fresh from his win in the inaugural DP World India Championship, Tommy Fleetwood got into a five-way lead at the 2025 Abu Dhabi Championship after opening with a stunning 64. This is the penultimate event on the DP World Tour.

Fleetwood was in shared lead with Ryder Cup teammate Shane Lowry, who was also in India last month. The other three were New Zealand's Kazuma Kobori, South African Richard Sterne and Frenchman Adrien Saddier on eight under par.

Reigning Race to Dubai champion and current Rankings leader Rory McIlroy, who like Fleetwood and Lowry played in India, started the DP World Tour Play-Offs with a four under par 68, as did his Ryder Cup team mate, Ludvig Åberg, with the highlight of the Swede's round his hole-in-one on the par-three eighth.