Who is leading the 2024 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship after day 2? Leaderboard explored

The second round of the 2024 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship was played on Friday (Nov. 8) at Yas Links in the United Arab Emirates. The day ended with another record score and a new leader.

Paul Waring has moved to the top of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship leaderboard with a score of 19 under. The Englishman set a new course record and took a five-shot lead over the runner-up.

2024 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Day 2 leaderboard

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

1 WARING, Paul -19
T2 VEERMAN, Johannes -14
T2 NORGAARD, Niklas -14
T2 FLEETWOOD, Tommy -14
T2 OLESEN, Thorbjørn -14
T6 CANTER, Laurie -12
T6 COUSSAUD, Ugo -12
T6 HATTON, Tyrrell -12
T6 WALLACE, Matt -12
T10 SÖDERBERG, Sebastian -11
T10 MACINTYRE, Robert -11
T10 LAPORTA, Francesco -11
T10 LAWRENCE, Thriston -11
T14 GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo -10
T14 WIESBERGER, Bernd -10
T14 MCILROY, Rory -10
T17 MANSELL, Richard -9
T17 PAUL, Yannik -9
T17 SMITH, Jordan -9
T17 FERGUSON, Ewen -9
T17 LOWRY, Shane -9
T17 OTAEGUI, Adrian -9
T17 SADDIER, Adrien -9
T17 NAKAJIMA, Keita -9
T17 HIDALGO, Angel -9
T26 LEE, Min Woo -8
T26 SIEM, Marcel -8
T26 LUITEN, Joost -8
T26 SULLIVAN, Andy -8
T26 JORDAN, Matthew -8
T26 STONE, Brandon -8
T26 DEL REY, Alejandro -8
T26 HØJGAARD, Nicolai -8
T26 SVENSSON, Jesper -8
T35 LANGASQUE, Romain -7
T35 ELVIRA, Nacho -7
T35 MCKIBBIN, Tom -7
T35 MICHELUZZI, David -7
T39 FITZPATRICK, Alex -6
T39 ROZNER, Antoine -6
T39 HOSHINO, Rikuya -6
T39 JARVIS, Casey -6
T39 SCOTT, Adam -6
T39 WINTHER, Jeff -6
T39 NIEMANN, Joaquin -6
T39 DEAN, Joe -6
T39 HØJGAARD, Rasmus -6
T48 SCHAPER, Jayden -5
T48 BALDWIN, Matthew -5
T48 CAMPILLO, Jorge -5
T48 MIGLIOZZI, Guido -5

Paul Waring had a bogey-free round with one eagle and nine birdies for an 11-under 61. The score broke the course record of 62 set by Sami Valimaki in 2023 and equaled by Tommy Fleetwood on Thursday.

The score is also the lowest of Waring's DP World Tour career. Following his performance, the new Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship leader had this to say to the Tour's news service:

"Obviously feel great, swinging it great. Putter is behaving... I’ve got a nice lead at the moment but even before I tee off tomorrow, someone might have caught me. So if I’m going to be involved on Sunday afternoon I’ve still got to keep going the way I am."

Paul Waring has only one win (2018 Nordea Masters) in 331 starts on the DP World Tour. He is currently ranked 48th in the Race to Dubai, with his best result to date being a 22nd place finish in 2019.

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