Fleetwood, McIlroy lead at The Players

ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP

2017 Race to Dubai winner Tommy Fleetwood and two-time Omega Dubai Desert Classic champion Rory McIlroy are tied for the lead at the halfway stage of The Players.

The duo are three shots ahead of four players including Ian Poulter and Jim Furyk.

Meanwhile Tiger Woods is nine shots off the pace after carding a quadruple bogey on the iconic par three 17th.

 

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