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McIlroy out of Abu Dhabi C’ship with rib injury

By our correspondents
January 18, 2017

BELFAST, Northern Ireland: World number two Rory McIlroy has withdrawn from the Abu Dhabi Championship after tests on Monday showed he picked up a rib injury in South Africa last week, the European Tour said.

The Northern Irishman had intense physiotherapy treatment and took pain-killers over the weekend at the South Africa Open after struggling through much of Friday’s second round. The four-time major champion will start a rehabilitation programme for the stress fracture.