The Spanish starred again in a stellar day start with four birdies in his first five holes
Patrick Reed with the World Cup trophy.
The most hated player in world golf raised his arms in Mexico in the achievement of his second World Championship, his eighth victory in the PGA Tour. Patrick Reed qualified as a cheater by several of his teammates, after an incident in a tournament last December, he won with -18 and a blow of advantage over Bryson Dechambeau and three over Jon Rahm who shared third place.
The Spanish starred in a stellar day start with four birdies in his first five holes. In the six, par five, sent the ball to the water, but in a sample more of claw it took out a spectacular pair. Arriving at hole 8 I was already tied at the top of the ranking and at times it became virtual number one in the World. Rahm had recovered 11 disadvantage strokes in just 26 holes. But on the 11th hole, par five, maybe the negative turning point came when he committed bogey in a potential pit of birdie. The final lap was a constant struggle to despair; birdie in par three hole 13, bogey in the 14th and a putt from eagle in 15 he escaped by millimeters and that would have put him in the fight again. Nor will any of the good opportunities of birdies in the last three holes, but the thick type of poa grass of the Chapultepec Golf Club ended up despairing the 25-year-old Spaniard, who misses his third attempt to assault the center of world golf, will have to settle for overtaking Brooks Koepka and starting from Tomorrow will be the number two in the world, the second time he occupies that position in his career.
Cheater accusations
Only three months ago Patrick Reed was sanctioned in the Hero World Challenge for breaking the rules of the game 'cleaning' the back of your ball with sand in a bunker to improve the hitting angle. It seems that some of his companions have not forgiven the incident and in the previous days Brooks Koepka recalled that Patrick Reed “likes to build sandcastles.” Peter Kostis, an American television analyst, commented in the previous tournament that he can say that he saw Reed improve his ball position in tournaments “up to four different occasions.” With this storm of accusations, the American Reed did not want to go into answers and simply replied that he is only in Mexico to win. I kept his promise.
Finally, with respect to the rest of Spanish, Rafa Cabrera-Bello He finished the tournament in 16th place with a total of seven under par and a final lap of 68 strokes. Sergio Garca closed the best performance of the week and thanks to his 66 hits scale up to 37th place. In more delayed places Pablo Larrazbal (+6) and Jorge Campillo (+11) finished
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