Paul Waring fired an eagle at the par-4 6th as well as nine birdies to close with a bogey-free 61 and take a five-shot lead into the weekend at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.<\/p>\n
This new course-record is also the lowest round of the Englishman’s DP World Tour career. His 19-under halfway total is the lowest in relation to par in DP World Tour<\/a> history.<\/p>\n \u201cIn total honesty I\u2019m just trying to keep going, keep making birdies. My caddie made the remark a few days ago, we played a little bit golf at Trump over in Dubai and we played the Fire Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates as well and for those two rounds, I actually had 50 per cent birdies,” said Waring.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were having a bit of a laugh yesterday [Thursday] because I had nine birdies so that was 50 per cent, so he said today, right, every round, you\u2019ve got to better 50 per cent birdies.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously feel great, swinging it great. Putter is behaving. That\u2019s I\u2019d say a weak spot for me now and again but I\u2019ve done a lot of work on it, and since moving over to Dubai I\u2019m very used to these style of greens as well.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got a nice lead at the moment but even before I tee off tomorrow, someone might have caught me. So if I\u2019m going to be involved on Sunday afternoon I\u2019ve still got to keep going the way I am.\u201d<\/p>\n