American Patrick Reed shot a level-par 72 in his last spherical to ease to a four-shot victory within the Dubai Desert Basic.
The 35-year-old LIV golfer completed the match at 14 below par to assert what was his first Rolex Collection victory on the DP World Tour.
Reed, the Masters champion in 2018, began the ultimate spherical with a four-shot lead over Spaniard and fellow LIV participant David Puig, a bonus he maintained within the early going regardless of not making a birdie throughout the entrance 9.
Puig birdied the eighth and ninth to briefly minimize into his taking part in associate’s lead, earlier than each birdied the tenth and bogeyed the eleventh.
When the Spaniard bogeyed the thirteenth, and Reed made his second birdie of the day on the identical gap, it was an easy end to the match for the previous world quantity six.
“I could not actually get something happening the entrance 9, it was a little bit of a grind at the moment,” Reed advised Sky Sports activities.
“As an alternative of placing the foot on the gasoline early, I used to be simply making an attempt to guard that four-shot lead. I did not assume I hit it that badly, I simply could not get something shut.
“If you’re making an attempt to guard, generally as a substitute of taking a look at flags, you are trying away and then you definately misjudge the wind and swiftly you are 50 toes away. That is sort of what occurred.”
