DP World Tour: Patrick Reed two shots clear at Qatar Masters ahead of final round, targeting second title of season

Patrick Reed will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Qatar Masters as he targets a second DP World Tour title in three weeks.

The American – now playing regularly on the European-based circuit after leaving LIV Golf with a return to the PGA Tour not possible until August – is at 14 under having carded a two-under, bogey-free 70 on Saturday.

He registered a birdie apiece on his front and back nines.

Reed won the Dubai Desert Classic last month before losing in a play-off at the Bahrain Championship a week later as Germany’s Freddy Schott claimed a maiden victory.

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He said: “The golf game feels good – it feels solid, it feels steady. I want to keep the foot on the gas and see where it goes.

“A three-putt on the last obviously stings but to go round this place bogey-free, especially with how the wind was, it’s obviously successful.”

Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, has Jacob Skov Olesen as his nearest challenger in Doha, with the Dane shooting a four-under 68 to reach 12 under.

Each of Olesen’s five birdies were picked up coming home, including three across his final four holes, after a front nine featuring eight pars and a bogey at five.

Spain’s Angel Ayora and Australia’s Daniel Hillier share third on 11 under, while Scotland’s Calum Hill – the third member of last week’s play-off in Bahrain with Reed and Schott – and England’s Daniel Bradbury are in a six-way tie for ninth on nine under.

Sweden’s Sebastian Soderberg is one of the players alongside Hill and Bradbury after posting the round of the day – a seven-under 65 that included an eagle two at the 10th.

Watch the final round of the DP World Tour’s Qatar Masters live on Sky Sports Golf from 8.30am on Sunday. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW.

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