The American accomplished one other spectacular week on the DP World Tour as he added victory at Doha Golf Membership to his current success on the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional.
After beginning the ultimate spherical with a two shot lead, he was compelled to dig deep to complete on sixteen below par and maintain off robust challenges from Calum Hill and Oliver Lindell.
Last spherical drama in Doha
An early wobble noticed Jacob Skov Olesen birdie the primary gap whereas the American dropped a shot on the second, shortly bringing the chasing pack into rivalry. Lindell quickly joined the lead and briefly moved one forward after a blistering begin that featured six birdies and two bogeys earlier than his first par of the day got here on the ninth.
The Finn birdied the eleventh however momentum swung once more as again to again three putt bogeys adopted. On the identical time the eventual winner discovered birdies on the tenth and eleventh to regain management of the match.
Olesen additionally remained within the hunt regardless of dropped photographs on the third and fifth. Birdies on the ninth and tenth lifted him again to 13 below, the place he was joined by Lindell and Dan Bradbury after the Englishman picked up his fifth birdie of the day.
Earlier within the clubhouse Jayden Schaper had set the tempo with a bogey free seven below par sixty 5 to succeed in eleven below, a mark later surpassed by Johannes Veerman who holed an extended birdie putt on the final to publish 13 below following a closing sixty eight.
Hill mounts late cost
Hill produced one of many moments of the day when he chipped in for eagle on the tenth, then caught hearth with 4 birdies in a row from the fourteenth. An outstanding tee shot over the water on the par three seventeenth moved him to 14 below and inside one of many lead.
He emerged as the primary risk after Bradbury missed a brief par putt on the seventeenth and Lindell bumped into hassle on the fifteenth, leading to a pricey double bogey.
The Scot couldn’t fairly full the comeback after discovering rocks together with his tee shot on the final and needed to accept par and second place on fourteen below, his second consecutive runner up end following final weeks play off defeat in Bahrain.
Reed seals fifth DP World Tour win
The chief steadied himself with a birdie on the fourteenth after which selected a conservative line into the penultimate inexperienced, safely navigating the water hazard. A composed two putt for par there left him needing solely a routine end on the final to safe his fifth DP World Tour title.
Afterwards he mirrored on one other memorable week. He mentioned the current run of type with two wins and a second place end felt unbelievable and that he couldn’t have requested for rather more from the beginning of the season.
He admitted the entrance 9 had been a battle however was happy with how he responded, trusting his placing and committing absolutely as soon as he reached the again 9. Regardless of the strain he felt assured in his recreation and believed the most effective might nonetheless be to come back.
Eire’s Padraig Harrington marked his 5 hundredth DP World Tour look with a one below par seventy one to complete the week on 5 below, making it 4 consecutive rounds below par for the three time main champion.
