Jan 7 (Reuters) - Defending champion Patrick Reed made a brilliant eagle at the last to earn a one-stroke lead over Jordan Spieth in the first round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii on Thursday.
Reed, playing in the final pairing with world number one Spieth, overcame a slow start to pick up six strokes in the final six holes for an eight-under-par 65 in benign conditions on the Kapalua Plantation course on the island of Maui.
He saved his best for the downhill par-five 18th, where his 310-yard second shot landed some 30 yards short of the green and trundled down to 15 feet.