Reed Seeks To End His 32-Week Competition Season On A Saudi High

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For 32 weeks or eight months of this year Patrick Reed has been travelling the world plying his trade.

The Texan has competed in 30 tournaments, over 18 countries (including Emirates) and on three tours.

Reed began with a solid T10th result in January’s Hero Desert Classic while he was runner-up two months later in the International Series Macua, T7th in LIV Golf Miami and then headed to Augusta Natonal a week later to be third in the Masters where he reigned triumphant in 2018.

A fortnight later, Reed journeyed to Seoul for a T4th finish in LIV Golf Korea and then returned home to his beloved Lone Star State where in the last week of June he captured LIV Golf Dallas, his maiden LIV triumph and the 11th win of his pro career.

Then under the nose of most of the European Team Ryder Cup stars Reed shared third in September’s DP World Tour’s flagship at Tour HQ in Wentworth.  Reed had been in the UK in late July for a seventh in UK LIV Golf.

Reed then mixed the next couple of months with the closing pair of LIV Golf fixtures and the final six on the DP World Tour that were staged in four countries and two Emirates.

Now after rounds of a pair of 70s and a third day 67 the 35-year-old is naturally looking forward to winding-up his 2025 season with a strong showing at the PIF Saudi International in Riyadh.

“It was okay today for the most part. I felt like I actually drove the ball better earlier this week, but the good thing is I hit a lot of quality iron shots, gave myself a lot of opportunities,” he said of his third day’s play that included five birdies and just the one bogey.

“I kept hitting it close, giving myself chances, and still felt like I left a ton out there. Missed a 4 1/2 footer for birdie on 9 and a 5 footer for birdie on 13. So I still missed a couple putts that I felt like I should have made, but it was good to feel like I got nothing out of the round and still shoot 4-under.

“It’s moving in the right direction. Hopefully tomorrow I can get off to a fast start and make the putts rather than miss them. It could have been something really special. You never know. I could go out and shoot a low one tomorrow and have a decent finish in the event and carry the momentum into next year”.

GolfByTourMiss has just highlighted Reed’s season and he was asked in Riyadh if he could regflect on his season.

“The form has been getting a lot better. I feel like the form has been solid, but it’s just one of those things where one day you’re hitting it well, and you’re hitting it well that day and it seems like you’re burning edges on putts, and then the next day you’re hitting it sideways but then you’re making all your putts.

“Golf’s a funny game. It’s one of those things you have to keep plugging along and keep on grinding and stay with it, and it will all click at some point. It’s very close. It’s very close to being really, really good.

“Finally got the irons, and I feel like I’m hitting the ball how I want to. Now I just need the putter to cooperate and the balls to go in.”

And having detailed the extent of his travelling this past year, Reed was also asked his thoughts on this aspect of his golfing make-up, an aspect that many golf fans would like to see fellow Texan Scottie Scheffler would bring into his career.

“I think basically with traveling worldwide, especially on these IS events and playing, what it does is it makes you have to adapt and learn how to play golf at all different places — different grasses, different altitudes, different temperatures, all these little things.” said Reed.

“Obviously with the time zone changes and getting yourself to adapt, it just shows a lot on kind of what you need to work on in your golf game and also what it is that is really traveling and doing well.”

Now come early evening tomorrow (Saturday) there is only one destination on Reed’s mine and that to be home in Texas with his family.

“Going home and take ome time off obviously”, said Reed.

“I feel like it’s well deserved. It’s 32 weeks this year already I’ve played. Go back, kind of reflect on some things, talk with my coaches, figure out what it is we want to work on in the off-season and kind of get ready for January because I’ll probably head over and play some of the events in Dubai, DP World Tour to get ready for starting up here in Saudi for LIV”.

Great season Patrick.  It’s been great catching-up you this past season and hope to see next January in Dubai … Bernie

 



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