DUBAI — American Patrick Reed shrugged aside his playoff heartbreak in China last week to move within three shots of the lead after a seven-under 65 on Friday in the second round of the DP World Tour Championship.
The portly Reed had to settle for second place at Shanghai’s BMW Masters on Sunday after losing a playoff to Swede Kristoffer Broberg - his playing partner in Dubai where the American was again in contention at the European circuit finale.
Dressed in black like a Wild West outlaw, Reed often plays the villain, having shushed the Ryder Cup crowd in Scotland in 2014 and muttered offensive language at another event that year plus other on- and off-course indiscretions.