After a lengthy weather delay and a suspension of play because of darkness on Thursday, Rory McIlroy returned to the course Friday at the Dubai Desert Classic with three holes remaining in his opening round.
He immediately resumed with a birdie, which was almost a given, since he had marked a 4-foot putt on the par-3 seventh (his 16th) before exiting the evening before.
But those final two holes were plenty exciting. At the par-4 eighth, after driving into a fairway bunker, McIlroy holed out for eagle with a 54-degree wedge from 116 yards.
"I wouldn't say I'm the best fairway bunker player in the world.