Friday cover: Fantastic three fire up Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on Day 1

The National’s Sport cover for the Friday, January 22 issue, featuring Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler bringing a buzz to the start of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.

Paul Radley reports on the interaction between the trio during their headline-act-grouping on Thursday:

“Two players shooting for greatness of the all-time variety. And a third not far back, by his own reckoning, in their slipstream.

“Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler. Can you play here every week? Please.”

Instead of a quiet first nine holes, trying to play your way into it, you’re concentrating from the get go,” McIlroy, the world No 3, said.

“It’s very rare to get it, so we’re soaking it in. It’s fun feeding off each other,” Spieth added.

And Fowler summed it up: “Why can’t we play this threesome all the time?”

As for the actual leader, American amateur Bryson DeChambeau, John McAuley has his whole story, too.

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