Reed eyes Race to Dubai crown with DP World Tour C’ship win
DUBAI: Race to Dubai leader Patrick Reed will look to become the first American to win the European Tour Number One by claiming the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
The tournament is et to get under way from Dec.10 and will be preceded by a the inaugural edition of the Golf In Dubai.
Reed extended his lead at the summit of the European Tour’s Race to Dubai despite finishing 10th at the Masters. Reed, who was already leading the pack, extended his advantage as his tally surged to a whopping 2427.7 points.
His nearest rival Tommy Fleetwood has 1967.7 and trails the American by 460 points with just three weeks to go before the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. So Fleetwood has a bit of catching up to do if wants to take the batle down to the wire. European Tour culminates in Dubai.
Player accumulate the points by playing in across different tournaments of the European Tour to emerge winners at the end of the year. The winner runs away with a lump sum cash award of three million dollars.
Reed has made no secret of his aim of winning the Race to Dubai since first taking up European Tour membership in 2015.The current World Number 11 finished runner-up to Danny Willet in 2018 on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates and has also recorded two top tens in four appearances in the Race to Dubai finale.
Reed returned to the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings ater finishing in a share of third place at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, the penultimate Rolex Series event of the 2020 season. He topped the standings earlier in the year ater his victory at the WGCMexico Championship in February, his second World Golf Championship title.
“Winning the Race to Dubai and the European Tours’ Order of Merit has always been a goal of mine. I came close in 2018 and you can bet I will do my best to earn the Number One spot,” said Reed.
“The DP World Tour Championship is an event I’ve been looking forward to since the rescheduled season was announced and it will be a great way to end 2020. Being a worldwide player is certainly at the forefront of my mind as a professional. Experiencing new cultures and playing in different conditions ultimately helps me become a more well-rounded golfer and person.
“I enjoy meeting new fans and traveling to different parts of the world to help grow the game of golf, and I truly enjoy the different cultures and countries that we visit and to be able to play at some of the best courses around the world, is such a git, and something that I am truly grateful to be able to do.”