Who is leading the 2024 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship after day 1? Leaderboard explored

The first round of the 2024 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship was played on Thursday (Nov. 7) at Yas Links in the United Arab Emirates. Tommy Fleetwood leads the event after carding a record score.

Fleetwood tops the leaderboard with a 10-under 62. Nine players are three shots or less behind him.

2024 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Day 1 Leaderboard

Here is the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship leaderboard after the first round. Only the top 50 are included:

1 Tommy Fleetwood -10
T2 Thorbjørn Olesen -9
T2 Johannes Veerman -9
T4 Laurie Canter -8
T4 Francesco Laporta -8
T4 Tyrrell Hatton -8
T4 Paul Waring -8
T8 Marcel Siem -7
T8 Niklas Norgaard -7
T8 Robert MacIntyre -7
T11 Rasmus Højgaard -6
T11 Alex Fitzpatrick -6
T11 Sebastian Söderberg -6
T11 Joaquín Niemann -6
T11 Matthew Jordan -6
T11 Adrian Otaegui -6
T11 Brandon Stone -6
T18 Matt Wallace -5
T18 Angel Hidalgo -5
T18 Rory McIlroy -5
T18 Thriston Lawrence -5
T18 Alfredo Garcia-Heredia -5
T18 Yannik Paul -5
T18 Romain Langasque -5
T18 Adrien Saddier -5
T18 Joost Luiten -5
T18 Keita Nakajima -5
T28 Tom McKibbin -4
T28 Ewen Ferguson -4
T28 Guido Migliozzi -4
T28 Jordan Smith -4
T28 Sean Crocker -4
T28 Ugo Coussaud -4
T28 Bernd Wiesberger -4
T35 Jayden Schaper -3
T35 Gavin Green -3
T35 Matthew Baldwin -3
T35 Justin Rose -3
T35 Min Woo Lee -3
T35 Nacho Elvira -3
T35 Andy Sullivan -3
T35 Sam Bairstow -3
T35 Shane Lowry -3
T35 David Micheluzzi -3
T35 Daniel Brown -3
T35 Aaron Cockerill -3
T35 Frederic LaCroix -3
T48 Jesper Svensson -2
T48 Casey Jarvis -2
T48 Rikuya Hoshino -2
T48 Darius Van Driel -2
T48 Matteo Manassero -2
T48 Dylan Frittelli -2
T48 Alejandro Del Rey -2

Tommy Fleetwood carded an eagle, eight birdies and zero bogeys in the first round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. His score of 10-under 62 equaled the course record set by Sami Valimaki in the 2023 edition of the same event.

Fleetwood had a chance to better the record as he was 9 under with four holes to play. However, he could only manage consecutive pars on 15, 16 and 17, and only matched Valimaki's record with a birdie on 18.

Tommy Fleetwood is seeking his third win at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship (2017, 2018). He had this to say to the DP World Tour News Service after his first-round performance:

"It was a lovely round of golf to play. Putted amazing, felt like I read the greens so well, beautiful pace control and hit a lot of perfect putts and started holing them."

Race to Dubai leader Rory McIlroy carded six birdies and one bogey to tie for 18th, five shots off the lead.

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