Reeds extend lead at Race to Dubai

Gulf Today Report

Patrick 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 battle 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.

The former Masters champion, who finished second behind Francesco Molinari on the Race to Dubai Rankings in 2018, shot 68,68,71 and 72 at Augusta National to finish on nine under par at the delayed tournament which was moved from its original spot in April.

The American managed 24 birdies over 72 holes at Augusta National but finished 11 strokes behind champion Dustin Johnson, who broke the scoring record with his 20 under par total.

Former Race to Dubai champion Tommy Fleetwood finished on six under par which saw him bank 118.5 Race to Dubai points. The 29 year old has finished in the top three on the Race to Dubai Rankings for the last three years and is in a strong position again going into the end of the season as he cemented his spot in second.

Meanwhile, Victor Perez moved up one place to fifth in the Rankings after collecting 54 points with a share of 47th in Georgia.

This year’s US$8 million DP World Tour Championship - the final Rolex Series event of 2020 - is only three weeks away with some of the world’s best players set to take on the Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates from December 10-13.

“Following the Masters Tournament, we are now focused on the final four weeks of the European Tour season, with three tournaments in South Africa and a double-header in Dubai, with the Golf in Dubai Championship presented by DP World followed by our season-ending DP World Tour Championship,” said Tom Phillips, Head of European Tour Middle East. “We are all set for another exciting finale and we look forward to welcoming the players back to Dubai next month.”