{
  "id": 18735810,
  "title": "Rory McIlroy rues double-bogey as Jon Rahm leads heading into final round in Abu Dhabi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/rory-mcilroy-rues-double-bogey-as-jon-rahm-leads-heading-into-final",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-07T15:22:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rory-mcilroy-rues-double-bogey-152211412.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Leading heading into the final round of the Abu Dhabi Championship, Jon Rahm shot a six-under-par 66, putting himself one shot ahead of Rory McIlroy and Tyrell Hatton, who are tied at 17-under after round three. The 31-year-old Spaniard's performance on the back nine, including an eagle between two birdies on holes 10, 11, and 12, helped him go five-under for the first nine holes. McIlroy, who hit eight birdies during the day, expressed disappointment over a double-bogey on the 10th hole that derailed his bid to match Rahm's lead. Despite the setback, McIlroy praised his fight back and said: \"I played some really good golf out there but I’m also a little rueful. Just the bunker shot came out a lot faster than I anticipated, and then over the green and it was sort of dead from there.\" He added, \"If I can just limit the mistakes, there’s enough good golf. There’s enough birdies. There’s enough opportunities. I can play a clean round of golf tomorrow, I won’t be too far away.\" McIlroy sits five strokes behind leader Rahm, while Adam Scott is in fifth place and David Puig and Matthew Jordan are a shot further back at 14-under.",
  "summary": "McIlroy hit eight birdies on day three but couldn’t finish level with Rahm because of a double-bogey on the 10th",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}