ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Charl Schwartzel had an 8-under-par 64 Thursday in grabbing the first-round lead at the European Tour's Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.
Schwartzel, who won last week's Joburg Open, had nine birdies and a 17th-hole bogey at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club. He's one stroke up on Padraig Harrington, whose bogey-free round included a chip-in for an eagle at the 597-yard, par-5 eighth hole.