Paul Waring rose to the top of the leaderboard at the 2024 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Sunday when he successfully fended off a murderers' row of pursuers to claim a late-season victory. Firing a final-round 66 at Yas Links,

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The nearly man has to wait a little longer, but for the journeyman everything has changed in an instant. While Rory McIlroy’s tie for third here at the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship on Sunday was not quite enough to wrap up the Race to Dubai a week early,

Paul Waring carded a 6-under 66 to win the Abu Dhabi Championship for the biggest victory of his career Sunday. The 229th-ranked Englishman was one stroke ahead overnight and finished at 24 under. He even surprised himself at how smoothly the fourth and final round went.

The Northern Irishman passed up a golden opportunity to claim his sixth Race to Dubai a week early after finishing joint-third at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Sunday, yet still received a lucrat