Patrick Reed kept his cool to complete a comfortable four-shot victory at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. A conservative front nine saw him card eight pars and a bogey as David Puig halved the deficit thanks to birdies at the eighth and ninth. Reed finally found his first birdie at the 10th, but playing partner Puig rolled in his third in a row at the same hole to remain a threat. However, Reed regained his four-shot lead when he birdied the 13th and his Spanish playing partner bogeyed the same hole. "Instead of keeping my foot on the gas early, I tried to protect that four-shot lead and then David goes and birdied eight and nine, and shut it down to two.

Source: Irish Examiner January 25, 2026 15:21 UTC