Four Canadians make the weekend, Japanese flag fly's WM Phoenix Open...36 hole results

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Four Canadians will play the weekend at WM Phoenix Open where the Japanese flag is at full mast heading into moving day.

Ryo Hisatsune was the 2023 Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the year on the DP World Tour where his brilliant play won him dual membership on the PGA Tour.

He was in the final group with Justin Rose last weekend and finished a distant 2nd to Rosie's masterclass at Torrey Pines, today the little Japanese shot a brilliant -9 63 aided by a chip in birdie after finding water on the 17th and he has the lead at -11.

One of his idols, Hideki Matsuyama has won here twice, and is well placed to make it three with with 68 64 -10 for 2nd place.

Canadians

Mac Hughes T19  68 69  -5

AJ Ewart T19  68 69  -5

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T28 74 64 -4 ( Moved up 77 places with his 64)

Nick Taylor T37 71 68 -3

Corey Conners MC  72 72 +2

After all the hullabaloo surrounding Brooks Koepka's return he has now missed 2 cuts, 75 69 +2 with the cut falling at -1.

Scheffler 74 65 is T28 -4 in that large group 7 shots off the lead.

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Reed on a role atop leaderboard, Saturday in Qatar..54 hole results

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It's well into moving day in Qatar this morning, I can tell you the breeze is up gusting at 22kph, its cool by desert standards at 19*c, lots of 72+ scores from the early wave.

The greens have firmed up, rolling at 12 on the stimp meter.

Patrick Reed continues his recent form (1st, 2nd) at -13 tied with Joakim Lagergren -13 through  holes, two shots clear of the field..

FINAL EDIT>>>>>

Patrick Reed secured a two-shot lead to take into Sunday's final round of the 2026 Qatar Masters.

The in-form American shot 70 on Moving Day at Doha Golf Club to reach -14 and boost his chances of a second victory in three weeks.

Playing partner Joakim Lagergren responded with a one-over par 73, leaving Jacob Skov Olesen as Reed's nearest challenger on -12.  Daniel Hillier and Angel Ayora were -11  with Lagergren in a group of four players a further shot back at -10

Reed's birdies at the second and the par-five tenth were backed up by 16 pars in a rock-solid round and he said: “I felt like I hit the ball better today than I did the last two days – well, really compared to yesterday, and shot two shots worse, so it’s an interesting game.

“The golf game feels good, it feels solid, it feels steady and really just got to go out there and keep the foot on the gas tomorrow, get off to hopefully a faster start than today, and see where it goes. 

“It’s one of those days you’ve got to take advantage of the par-fives, I didn’t really do that very well today. 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, won won the Hero Dubai Desert Classic two weeks ago and was only beaten in a play-off at last week's Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship, he is 18 holes away from a big lead in the Race to Dubai as he continues to enjoy his membership, and he will play a lot of this DP World Tour this year, often while Rory is away in the States.

Further bogeys for Lagergren at the 11th, 14th and 16th left him four off the pace, meaning Olesen will play with Reed in Sunday's final group.

The Danish left-hander was one over for his front nine but five birdies coming home, including three in the last four holes, put him in contention for his maiden DP World Tour win.

Ayora shot 70 and Hillier 71 to stay well in touch, while Oliver Lindell was -10 after his 68 set the early clubhouse lead. The Finn shared fifth place with Lagergren, Gregorio De Leo and David Micheluzzi.

Calum Hill, runner-up alongside Reed in Bahrain last week, and Antoine Rozner each shot 66 and Sebastian Söderberg 65, the best of the day, to all reach -9 Alongside them on that total were Dan Bradbury, Kazuma Kobori and Johannes Veerman.

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Reed continues to dominate after 36 holes at Qatar Masters..Full results

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Red hot Patrick Reed led at the halfway point of the 2026 Qatar Masters after a closing birdie on day two.

Reed spent the latter stages of his round sharing top spot with Joakim Lagergren, whose eventful 66 took him to -11 under par, but holed a seven-footer for his third birdie in the final five holes to pull ahead at -12.

The American made just two birdies on the front nine but took advantage of the par-five tenth for the second consecutive day and his gains at the 14th, 16th and 18th more than offset a bogey at the 15th.

Despite a 67 to follow his opening 65, Reed said: “Honestly, today was a little frustrating, especially early.

“Didn’t hit my first fairway until six, finally had a little bit of a celebration there for hitting the fairway and next thing you know I go and birdie the hole.

“Ball-striking wasn’t quite as sharp as it was yesterday but I missed in the right spots today and because of that I was able still to get balls on greens. Going round this place and feeling like you didn’t hit it quite as well as you wanted to, and hit 17 greens is always a positive."

Lagergren made four birdies and an eagle but the most memorable moment of his round came at the second hole. The Swede's tee-shot landed in a rock formation but with the help of powerful caddie Jesse Karlsson, he was able to move the obstructions and clear a path to the ball to make par.

He finished off in style with a 24-foot putt to pick up two shots at the 18th and spent much of the day at the head of the leaderboard until overhauled late on by Reed.

Lagergren said: “Yeah, it was very good today, very solid, so I'm happy with the day."

Daniel Hillier, who shared the first-round lead with Reed, carded 69 to sit alongside Richard Sterne in third on -10.

Angel Ayora, Matt Wallace and Ewen Ferguson shared fifth place on -9 with Jacob Skov Olesen and Kota Kaneko at -8

Pádraig Harrington shot 70 to reach -3 and make the cut for the 380th time in his 500 DP World Tour events, an impressive 76 per cent rate.

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Mac Hughes leads Canadians at WM Phoenix Open...18 hole results

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Mac Hughes put together a workman like round 4 birdie 1 bogey -3 68 at the Stadium course, to lead the Canadian contingent T13.

With a huge crowd in attendance on this Super Bowl weekend rookie AJ Ewart who was an alternative and got in as the PGA Tour accommodated Brooke Keopka and had to increase the field to make up the pairings, was next T27 -2 69.

Nick Taylor T56 E 71, Corey Conners T76 +1 72 and the other rookie Sudarshan Yellamaraju T105 +3 74.

Meanwhile in the news Scottie Scheffler had a merely mortal round of +2 73 T89 10 shots off the lead, and Brooke Keopka was worse T109 +4 75 Wouldn't it be something if these two who have gotten all the media attention, missed the cut altogether.

American Chris Gotterup at 26, got all our attention during his two weeks in Britain last July when he beat Rory to win the Genesis Scottish Open then T3 at the Open Championship.

He is the real deal, his Dad is an amateur legend in New Jersey with a slew of titles to his name. His -8 63 has the 18 hole lead, he won the Sony earlier in Hawaii for his 3rd win, and hits it a mile.

European Ryder Cup star Matt Fitzpatrick torched the front nine with birdies in 7 of 9 holes for a record tying 29, and would be the leader if not for bogey's at 17 and 18 for -6 65.

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Cockerill misses cut in Qatar...Live scoreboard

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With rounds of 74 70 E Aaron Cockerill  needed to wait for the final cut line to see if he was in or out for the weekend at the Qatar Masters.

After a bright birdie, birdie start out in -2 35, he posted 3 more on his back nine but ran into a little 3 putt, 2 bogey trouble that ultimately left him at E with the late wave on course and the cut projected to be -2

The clubhouse leader was Sweden's Joakim Lagergren 67 66 -11. 

Aaron can be excused for have other things on his mind as we all await word from wife Chelsea at home in Dubai, overdue for the birth of their 2nd child.

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EDIT >>> The cut fell at -2 with Patrick Reed getting to -12 for the 36 hole lead so Aaron is out.

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TEE TIMES for Thursday at WM Phoenix Open, 5 Canadians

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From the desert in Qatar to the desert at Scottsdale Arizona the PGA Tour is assembled at the Stadium Course for this year's WM Phoenix Open.

Thomas Detry is the defending champion but the big hitting Belgian has decided to forgo his PGA Tour status for a big signing bonus on LIV.

Here are the TEE TIMES for the 5 Canadians

Mac Hughes 9.20 10th

Nick Taylor 10.04 1st

AJ Ewart  10.48 10th

Corey Conners 2.00 1st

Sudarshan Yellamaraju 3.28  10th

Weather : Sunny,warm mid 20's*c, breeze 14kph NE for the early wave diminishing by afternoon.

With the winter Olympics underway and the Super Bowl on Sunday in San Francisco it's a big sports weekend.

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Reed continues to flourish on DP World Tour....Live scoreboard from Qatar

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Patrick Reed has quit LIV but he brought his A game with him to the Middle East on  this DP World Tour with a win at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and last week T2 at the Bahrain Championship.

Early this morning in Qatar he continued his purple patch posting 6 birdies in his first holes on his way to -7 65 and a  T1 with another in form player Daniel Hillier who added an eagle to his 6 birdies -7 65.

Canada's Aaron Cockerill, who's wife Chelsea is due any day with their 2nd child, sunk a 20 footer on his first hole back after 45 days away, and is E through 6 holes.

more to follow.

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Final EDIT

Patrick Reed continued his stunning start to the season to share the first-round lead with Daniel Hillier at the 2026 Qatar Masters.

The 2018 Masters Champion recorded his fourth DP World Tour win at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic two weeks ago and was only denied another in a play-off at last week's Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship.

Hillier, for his part, goes into the week fifth on the Race to Dubai Rankings delivered by DP World after four top-six finishes in his five events so far including second place at the Dubai Invitational and a tie for fourth in Bahrain - and the pair shared top spot here on-7  after rounds of 65.

The American said: "I hit the ball pretty well, especially early in the round, a lot of my birdies were just kind of kick-inshich is always nice, not having to think too much around there.

“The golf course, especially when it’s windy like this, it requires a lot of shot-making – you have to work the ball both ways, or flight things down, or take it up in the air. That’s the kind of golf I like. w

"I like to get creative when I’m out there and a golf course like this with a lot of doglegs and cross-winds, it allows you to do that. It’s just one of these places that kind of suits my eye."

There was a Scandinavian flavour to the chasing pack, with Sweden's Marcus Kinhult, Dane Jacob Skov Olesen and Finland's Oliver Lindell all at -6

They were joined late in the day by Spain's Angel Ayora and Italy's Gregorio De Leo, the latter ending his round with a bogey at the ninth hole to deny him a share of the lead.

Another Swede, Joakim Lagergren, was -5 alongside New Zealand's Kazuma Kobori.

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