Patrick Reed registered his first win on any tour in over 4 years when profitable the Asian Tour’s Hong Kong Open by three pictures.
After firing an 11-under-par 59 within the third spherical on the Hong Kong Golf Membership yesterday, the 2018 Masters champion signed off with 66 to complete on 22-under within the closing spherical, pulling away from New Zealand’s Ben Campbell, the defending champion.
Campbell ended his defence with a 65, whereas Japan’s Kazuki Higa shot a 63 to assert third, one other shot again. Australian Wade Ormsby, a winner right here in 2017 and 2020, shared fourth with Thailand’s Sadom Kaewkanjana.
Any considerations that Reed, who began the day three forward, would have issue taking pictures one other low spherical following yesterday’s heroics have been rapidly dispelled when he birdied 4 in a row from the third for a six-shot cushion.
And on the flip he had a gaping seven-shot benefit to be in full management. Dropped pictures on 15 and the final, whereas his nearest challengers have been making birdies, closed the hole, however the outcome remained a foregone conclusion.
“There’s nothing like coming to a spot that I do know fairly nicely and love the golf course,” mentioned the 34-year-old Texan, who plans to play within the closing two occasions of the Asian Tour season – subsequent week’s Worldwide Sequence Qatar and the PIF Saudi Worldwide the week after.
“I like the way it makes me take into consideration pictures and it’s important to be inventive round this place. So to have the ability to come out and play the way in which like I did on the weekend means loads. It helped taking pictures 59 yesterday, however the largest factor, the toughest half, was getting it carried out right this moment.”
