{"id":249042,"date":"2025-10-29T16:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/249042\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:45:07","slug":"reed-burning-edges-ahead-of-link-hong-kong-open-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/249042\/","title":{"rendered":"Reed \u2018burning edges\u2019 ahead of Link Hong Kong Open defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnd when you win golf tournaments and you finish up really high, instead of lipping out they seem to lip in. So no, the golf game feels like it\u2019s in a pretty good spot. Just need to kind of just reset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel confident where the game is. Just need to go out and execute. And really just kind of pull those vibes from last time I was in Hong Kong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He won by three shots from defending champion Ben Campbell from New Zealand last year for maiden title on the Asian Tour and The International Series.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what is the key to playing Hong Kong Golf Club he explained: \u201cThe biggest thing for me is not to get ahead of myself. It\u2019s pretty easy to kind of sit there and kind of look at the leaderboard, see the guys going low. You have little pockets throughout that golf course that you can really attack and get going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd really, that place is for me. It\u2019s just kind of go out there and just kind of allow it to come to me and allow it to happen. Because I kind of know what to do around that place. The biggest thing is just kind of going out there and executing, rather than trying to press and push on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last player to win this week\u2019s event back-to-back was Spain\u2019s Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez in 2013 \u2013 which took his haul of Hong Kong Open titles to four, the joint most.<\/p>\n<p>Reed has been paired with England\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/paul-casey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Casey<\/a> and Filipino Miguel Tabuena, last week\u2019s winner, in the first two rounds.<\/p>\n<p>How does last year\u2019s win compare with his other 11 victories in the pro game?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it was awesome, has to definitely be up there. I mean, just because obviously the first time ever shooting in the 50s, and then having to back it up on Sunday, and still gotta go out there and win the golf tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally kind of going out there and attacking those first seven holes, kind of getting a huge lead, and just kind of be able to kind of enjoy it. I feel like that was first time I won where I actually got to be able to just kind of sit back and enjoy the round of golf, especially that back nine. Because normally it\u2019s always a sprint to the finish, and I think I got up to seven up at one point. So, you know, I kind of was able to kind of coast and just kind of enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of the International Series\/Asian Tour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAnd when you win golf tournaments and you finish up really high, instead of lipping out they seem&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-249042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}