Irish golfers well placed

Rory McIlroy and Tom McKibbin are 1 under par going into their second rounds at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

Matthieu Pavon, Julien Guerrier and Nicolai Hojgaard were the overnight leaders on 5-under par.

Shane Lowry is level par.

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Leona Maguire is five off the lead ahead of today’s second round at the CME Group Tour Championship.

The Cavan golfer opened with a 4-under par round of 68 in Florida.

Japan’s Nasa Hataoka and China’s Ruoning Yin jointly lead on 9-under.