Dubai Desert Classic, final round standings
-14 P Reed (USA); -10 Sullivan (English); -9 J Guerrier (France); -8 F Molinari (Italy), N Hojgaard (Denmark), J Schaper (South Africa); -7 D Puig (Spar), M Armitage (England), R Gouveia (Boll).
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Selected Others: -5 V Hovland (Norway); -4 T McKibbin (NIR); -3 S Lowry (Ireland); -2 R McIlroy(NIR), T Hatton(Eng); -1 T. Fleetwood (England).
American Patrick Reed shot a final-round 72 to easily win the Dubai Desert Classic by four strokes.
The 35-year-old LIV golfer finished at 14 under par to earn his first Rolex Series victory on the DP World Tour.
Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, started the final round with a four-stroke lead over Spaniard David Puig of LIV, and he maintained that advantage early in the match despite not having a birdie on the front nine.
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Puig briefly cut his partner’s lead with birdies on the eighth and ninth holes, before the pair birdied the 10th and bogeyed the 11th.
The former world No. 6 ended the match in simple fashion when the Spaniard bogeyed No. 13 and Reed recorded his second birdie of the day on the same hole.
“I couldn’t make any progress on the front nine and it was a bit tough today,” Reid told Sky Sports.
“I wasn’t accelerating early, just trying to protect a four-shot lead. I don’t think I hit it that hard, I just couldn’t get close to anything.
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“When you’re trying to belay, sometimes instead of looking at the flag, you look away, and then you misjudge the direction of the wind and all of a sudden you’re 50 feet away. That’s what happens.”
Puig was Reed’s closest challenger for much of the day, with a double bogey on the 18th leaving him tied for seventh and allowing Englishman Andy Sullivan to finish with a pair of birdies to finish second at 10 under.
After shooting an impressive 65 on Saturday, Norway’s world No. 14 Viktor Hovland endured a frustrating final round with three double bogeys in a 4-over 76.
That dropped the 28-year-old from third to a tie for 14th, which remains the best finish among his 2025 Ryder Cup teammates.
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Sean Lowry of the Republic of Ireland shot a final round 70 to finish tied for 26th at 3 under par, with world No. 2 Rory McIlroy and England’s Tyrrell Hatton one shot and seven spots behind.
World No. 3 Tommy Fleetwood’s 69 on Sunday was enough to jump 20 spots in the leaderboard and tie for 41st at one under.