Patrick Reed hasn't excelled or won in years, so the victory at the Asian Tour's Hong Kong Open made the great golfer happy. The 34-year-old Englishman last celebrated at the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour. Reed succeeded in the fierce competition, in addition to names like Ben Campbell, he came out on top, and his ambitions are to secure a place at LIV Golf next season.
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The 34-year-old excelled with four birdies in a row on Sunday and continued in the same style later. In an interview with the media, he pointed out that it's a great feeling to come to a well-known place and achieve a good result. The Englishman is delighted with the weekend behind him but points out that there was a special accent on Sunday.
"Nothing like coming to a place that I know pretty well and love the golf course. I love how it makes me think about golf shots and you have to be creative around this place.
So, to be able to come out and play the way like I did on the weekend. I mean, it always helps shooting 59 yesterday, but the biggest thing, the hardest part, was today."- Patrick Reed said, as quoted by Golf Monthly.
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This golfer's wishes were to go out, forget about being on the top, and give his best. In addition, Reed wanted to make a few birdies at the very start, in order to gain morale and perform freely in the sequel.
Going out there and forgetting about the 59 and going out, even though I had a three-shot lead, to try to expand on that. And the goal was to go out there and make a couple birdies early quickly, get up on top, so then on the back nine I could just kind of hit fairways and middle of the greens."- he said.
Patrick Reed explained that after he birdied the 13th hole, the game became monotonous and boring, resulting in two errors. However, when it came to the final error, Reed emphasized that he never intended to take the risk and make that mistake.
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Reed reflected on the not-so-good start, stressing that he had one of those days. The Englishman admitted that he had one of the worst warm-ups ever, but tried to forget about it. He spoke to his caddie who tried to motivate him to make a good result. However, Reed was focused and ready to make a good result despite everything. He didn't want anything to get in his way.
"Yeah, you know, it was kind of one those days," he said.
"I got up, I felt a little tight but felt ready to go and got out here and had probably one of the worst warm-ups ever.
I looked at my caddie, and he goes, hey, a warm-up is a warm-up, lets go out and just play golf. He goes, some of your best rounds have come from a poor warm-up. And you know, I stepped up on that first tee and did a great drive, and then from that point on, just quality iron shots."
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The Englishman was pleased with the game, confirming that he was able to make a lot of putts.
Reed explained that the most important thing for him was to concentrate on the execution of each shot, regardless of the noise around him. This great golfer confirmed that the final putt for 59 was challenging, but he knew the key to success was to commit completely to the line and put all the effort into it.
34-year-old felt he played almost without stress, but the final rounds brought special nerves as he had the opportunity to shoot a 59.
Patrick Reed has many matches and great moments behind him, so this golfer knows how to deal with such situations. We'll see how much Patrick can really do in the coming months, and what his limits are.We have already been convinced of his qualities several times.
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Campbell reacts
Campbell stressed he had another frustrating day with his putter. Although he hit the ball well, his putter didn't work properly over the weekend. The 33-year-old had a good score, but he was frustrated that he didn't get a better score. This great golfer felt he should've been closer to the top and challenged Patrick. Campbell understand it was all part of the game, but it was very close.
The Asian Tour will have two more tournaments until the end of the year, with one of the International Series Qatar next week and the Saudi International at Riyadh Golf Club.
Interesting names will be part of these tournaments.
