Patrick Reed became the second player in Asian Tour history to score a 59 when he posted golf’s magic number in the third round of the Hong Kong Open on Saturday.
LIV Golf star Reed hit every fairway and green during a day that began with one of the worst pre-round warmups of his career.
“I looked at my caddy and he said, ‘Hey, a warm-up is a warm-up – let’s go out and just play golf,’” Reed said afterward. “He says, ‘Some of your best rounds came from a bad warm-up.’
And it was his lowest, as Reed birdied his final four holes and shot 11 under at the par-70 Hong Kong Golf Club.
Reed now sits at 18 under, three shots ahead of Rashid Khan and Nitithorn Thippong, as he bids to win for the first time in the world since the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open.
It was the second under-60 round of the year on the Asian circuit, after John Catlin – ironically, while playing alongside Reed – scored that score in Macau. The tour said that Reed’s tour would not officially go ahead because it was played under Favorite Lies.
Reed has remained very busy since the LIV season ended in mid-September, playing twice on the DP World Tour before this three-week stretch to close out the year on the Asian circuit.
