DOHA, Qatar – Patrick Reed stored a clear card on the Qatar Masters on Saturday with a 2-under 70. He elevated his lead barely on this spherical and gained numerous confidence heading into his second European Tour title in three weeks.
Reed’s solely birdies have been a 6-foot putt on the second gap and a easy up-and-down on the par-5 tenth gap. He fell behind Joakim Lagergren on the entrance 9, however the Swede suffered 4 bogeys in his last 11 holes to fall again.
The lead was 14-under 202, two strokes forward of former British Beginner champion Jacob Skov Olesen (Denmark), who shot a 68.
Reed had just one birdie on the par-5 at Doha Golf Membership, a three-putt par from 95 ft on the finish of the opening. What happy him was his recreation, particularly his management with the irons.
“I felt like I hit the ball higher in the present day than I did the previous two days…properly, in comparison with yesterday, I hit it a pair worse. So it is an attention-grabbing recreation,” Reed mentioned. “I felt good, strong and constant in my golf recreation, so I’m simply going to maintain my foot on the fuel tomorrow.”
This would be the 35-year-old American’s fourth consecutive week within the Center East and a career-changing month for the 2018 Masters champion.
Reid gained his first European Tour title with a victory over a robust opponent on the Dubai Desert Traditional, however revealed that he had not but renewed his contract with Saudi-funded LIV Golf, and subsequently left the league after failing to conform to a brand new contract.
In the meantime, Reid misplaced in a play-off in Bahrain final week, main the Race to Dubai and now one spherical away from clinching the European Tour title and breaking into the highest 20 on the earth rankings for the primary time since September 2021.
It will additionally successfully lock up 2027 PGA Tour playing cards from the highest 10 gamers on the European Tour who aren’t but exempt. Reed will likely be approaching the purpose complete that earned him a PGA Tour card final yr, however he nonetheless has 4 main occasions and 5 Rolex Sequence occasions left to play.
The PGA Tour introduced that Reed might return as early as September, a yr after his final LIV occasion.
