McIlroy makes his move
Rory McIlroy made inroads into Henrik Stenson's Dubai Desert Classic lead on Saturday as the Northern Irish teenager moved to within two shots of the Dubai-based Swede midway through his delayed second round at Emirates Golf Club.
First round leader McIlroy was only able to play three holes of his second round on Friday with six hours lost to fog over the opening two days and briefly slipped back to seven-under-par after dropping a shot at the first.
But after play started on time this morning, the 19-year-old picked up two shots in four holes around the turn to move onto nine under through 11.
Stenson leapt to the top of the leaderboard on Thursday after carding a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to edge ahead of the equally impressive Richard Green.
Green, like Stenson a former Dubai champion, blazed a flawless nine under 63 to sit a shot behind the Swede at 10-under-par.
World number two Sergio Garcia sits two strokes further back also in the clubhouse following a 66.
Louis Oosthuizen, runner up at the last two events in Abu Dhabi and Qatar, joined Garcia at eight under after 12 holes of his second round courtesy of a hole-in-one at the 168-yard 11th which helped the South African pick up four shot in the three holes after the turn.
Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Frenchman Gregory Havret and English duo Justin Rose and Graeme Storm moved onto seven under midway through their second rounds.
Asian number one Jeev Milka Singh was already safely in the clubhouse at seven under after carding a four under 68 on Friday.
After play got underway on time on Saturday, tournament officials will be hopeful of completing a full 72 hole event on schedule although the likes of Stenson and Green will likely have to play at least 27 holes on Sunday.
