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McIlroy, Fowler in 5-Way Tie for Lead in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Jordan Spieth paced onto the green and marked one of the six balls on or around the putting surface in near-darkness at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Saturday.

Minutes earlier and on the same 9th hole, Rory McIlroy rummaged — in vain — through one bush, then another, on some wasteland for an errant ball belonging to his playing partner and then-tournament leader, Andy Sullivan.

It was an extraordinary end to a fog-hit, third day's play at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club.

The final day promises to be just as dramatic.