Rory McIlroy's charge at the Abu Dhabi Championship faltered when he found water off his drive and made double bogey on the last hole on Saturday, leaving him five shots off the lead held by Paul Waring heading into the final round.

Rory McIlroy had everything going for him on Friday Abu Dhabi, but then a triple bogey on the 17th hole soured his round.

Tommy Fleetwood’s mission here on Sunday is to bolster his reputation as a United Arab Emirates specialist and, at the very least, make Rory McIlroy work for his sixth Order of Merit next week.

Try as he might, Rory McIlroy just cannot do boring. Even if he has been some way short of his spectacular best so far at Yas Links this week, he has had the chance to put the Race to Dubai title to bed with a week still to run.

Rory McIlroy was left to rue a triple bogey on the 17th during his second round of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai as he slipped six shots off the lead

Rory McIlroy's bid for victory at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship suffered a significant setback after a costly triple bogey on the 17th hole derailed his otherwise impressive second round.The world number three had been cruising at seven-under through 16 holes before disaster struck at the par-3 17th.