The American completed another impressive week on the DP World Tour as he added victory at Doha Golf Club to his recent success at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.
After starting the final round with a two shot lead, he was forced to dig deep to finish on sixteen under par and hold off strong challenges from Calum Hill and Oliver Lindell.
Final round drama in Doha
An early wobble saw Jacob Skov Olesen birdie the first hole while the American dropped a shot at the second, quickly bringing the chasing pack into contention. Lindell soon joined the lead and briefly moved one ahead after a blistering start that featured six birdies and two bogeys before his first par of the day came at the ninth.
The Finn birdied the eleventh but momentum swung again as back to back three putt bogeys followed. At the same time the eventual winner found birdies at the tenth and eleventh to regain control of the tournament.
Olesen also remained in the hunt despite dropped shots at the third and fifth. Birdies at the ninth and tenth lifted him back to thirteen under, where he was joined by Lindell and Dan Bradbury after the Englishman picked up his fifth birdie of the day.
Earlier in the clubhouse Jayden Schaper had set the pace with a bogey free seven under par sixty five to reach eleven under, a mark later surpassed by Johannes Veerman who holed a long birdie putt at the last to post thirteen under following a closing sixty eight.
Hill mounts late charge
Hill produced one of the moments of the day when he chipped in for eagle at the tenth, then caught fire with four birdies in a row from the fourteenth. A superb tee shot over the water at the par three seventeenth moved him to fourteen under and within one of the lead.
He emerged as the main threat after Bradbury missed a short par putt at the seventeenth and Lindell ran into trouble on the fifteenth, resulting in a costly double bogey.
The Scot could not quite complete the comeback after finding rocks with his tee shot at the last and had to settle for par and second place on fourteen under, his second consecutive runner up finish following last weeks play off defeat in Bahrain.
Reed seals fifth DP World Tour win
The leader steadied himself with a birdie at the fourteenth and then chose a conservative line into the penultimate green, safely navigating the water hazard. A composed two putt for par there left him needing only a routine finish at the last to secure his fifth DP World Tour title.
Afterwards he reflected on another memorable week. He said the recent run of form with two wins and a second place finish felt incredible and that he could not have asked for much more from the start of the season.
He admitted the front nine had been a struggle but was proud of how he responded, trusting his putting and committing fully once he reached the back nine. Despite the pressure he felt confident in his game and believed the best could still be to come.
Ireland’s Padraig Harrington marked his five hundredth DP World Tour appearance with a one under par seventy one to finish the week on five under, making it four consecutive rounds under par for the three time major champion.
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