Dubai Desert Classic leaderboard<\/p>\n
Pos<\/p>\n
Player<\/p>\n
Score<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
Patrick Reed<\/p>\n
-14<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
Andy Sullivan<\/p>\n
-10<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
David Puig<\/p>\n
-9<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
Julien Guerrier<\/p>\n
-9<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
Jayden Schaper<\/p>\n
-8<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
Nicolai H\u00f8jgaard<\/p>\n
-8<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
Francesco Molinari<\/p>\n
-8<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
Ricardo Gouveia<\/p>\n
-7<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
Marcus Armitage<\/p>\n
-7<\/p>\n
10<\/p>\n
Christian Maas<\/p>\n
-6<\/p>\n
10<\/p>\n
Thorbj\u00f8rn Olesen<\/p>\n
-6<\/p>\n
10<\/p>\n
Darius van Driel<\/p>\n
-6<\/p>\n
10<\/p>\n
Martin Couvra<\/p>\n
-6<\/p>\n
View full leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n Patrick Reed cruised to his fourth DP World Tour title at the Dubai Desert Classic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n A final round of level par 72 was enough for the LIV Golf<\/a> man to win the first Rolex Series event of the year by four shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n American Reed<\/a>, 35, finished on a 72-hole total of 14-under par at Emirates Golf Club.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Spain’s David Puig, also a LIV recruit, was primed for a showdown with the former Masters champion after an excellent moving day – but an error-strewn three-over 75 saw him drop down the leaderboard and finish in a share of seventh on seven-under.\u00a0<\/p>\n English veteran Andy Sullivan took solo second on 10-under, with Julien Guerrier, Nicolai Hojgaard, Francesco Molinari, Jayden Schaper, Ricardo Gouveia and Marcus Armitage rounding out the top-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n “It hasn’t fully set in yet,” Reed told Sky Sports in the immediate aftermath of victory .”Today was a lot harder than expected, I knew it was going to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I just couldn’t get anything going on the front nine, I think I learned a lot about the round today.<\/p>\n “Instead of keeping my foot on the gas early, I tried to protect that four-shot lead and then David goes and birdied eight and nine, and shut it down to two.”<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n “Kess (Reed’s caddie) was like, ‘It’s a dogfight, now let’s get going and shoot under par on the back nine and no-one will beat you’.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We were able to get that birdie there on 13 to get to one-under and he (Puig) gave me a gift there by bogeying, from there on it was hit fairways, hit greens and make no mistakes.”<\/p>\n