Reed believes WGC-Cadillac win proves he's among world's top five
Young American burnishes his impressive resume, as Tiger Woods suffers Sunday woes
Patrick Reed believes beating a star-studded field to capture the WGC-Cadillac Championship at the Blue Monster course at Trump National Doral on Sunday shows he is among the top five players in the world.
The 23-year-old American said his impressive amateur resume, combined with his three wins on the PGA Tour in seven months, put him among the game’s elite.
I don’t see a lot of guys who have done that other than Tiger Woods and the legends of the game.
“I’ve worked so hard. I won a lot in my junior career, did great things in my amateur career, was 6-0 in match play at NCAAs [National Collegiate Athletic Association golf events], won NCAAs two years in a row ... and now I have three wins out here on the PGA Tour,” said Reed, who shot a closing even-par 72 to win the event by one stroke on Sunday.
“I don’t see a lot of guys who have done that other than Tiger Woods and the legends of the game. I am one of the top five players in the world. I feel I have proven myself.”
While Reed, currently world No 20, basks in the glow of his latest victory, Tiger Woods was left to pick up the pieces after one of the worst Sundays of his career.
Woods stumbled to the finish with a six-over 78. Having won this event for the seventh time in 2013, he played this year’s event through the nagging pain of a bad back.
Reed finished at four under 284 in the US$9 million tournament to beat runner-ups Welshman Jamie Donaldson and American Bubba Watson.