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Patrick Reed continues Gulf domination with victory at Qatar Masters

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Published 4 months ago

Patrick Reed continued his impressive cruise around the Gulf as he won the Qatar Masters by two strokes on Sunday.

[p]The American, who won the European Tour event in Dubai two weeks ago and was tied for second after a three-way playoff in Bahrain last week, led from the first round in Doha.[/p][p]"[b]This little run I've had, two wins and a second, it's awesome[/b]," said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/reed-patrick/OtRhqCKL/"]Reed[/a].[/p][p]"[b]It's special, to come out here especially to get two wins early on in the season[/b]."[/p][p]Reed started the final round two shots ahead of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olesen-jacob-skov/SWXicjzB/"]Jacob Skov Olesen[/a] and the two were paired.[/p][p]After the Dane birdied the first hole and Reed bogeyed the second the pair were tied at the top.[/p][p]Finn [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindell-oliver/xIQgEN0n/"]Oliver Lindell[/a] caught and passed them after making six birdies and two bogeys in the first eight holes.[/p][p]Lindell bogeyed 12 and 13 as Reed picked up shots on 10 and 11 to move two ahead again.[/p][embed guid="e5ebfdba-045d-4af0-997f-dd0488721aaa" url="https://x.com/DPWorldTour/status/2020490450897908065" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]It wasn't looking very good there on the front nine[/b]," said Reed. "[b]To lose the lead like that and then to be able to kind of flip the switch there on the back nine obviously felt amazing[/b]."[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hill-calum/je157F3F/"]Calum Hill[/a], who finished in a tie for second with Reed a week earlier, claimed second again. He eagled the tenth and then made four straight birdies from 14 to shoot a 67 while Olesen was one under on the back nine.[/p][p]"[b]Golf feels good at the minute[/b]," said Hill. "[b]I feel like I did a lot of things well and if you put me in that position again I feel like I could convert from there.[/b]"[/p][p]Olesen and American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/veerman-johannes/4Sh0efZk/"]Johannes Veerman[/a] shared third.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harrington-padraig/S655xYS4/"]Padraig Harrington[/a], a 54-year-old three-time major winner, played his 500th DP World Tour event and was under par in every round to finish five under in a tie for 34th.[/p]

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