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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Bryan Angus (edit)

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.

Bryan Angus

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.

Click on my link above for live scoring....

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

Bryan Angus

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.

Bryan Angus

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.

Bryan Angus

Aaron Cockerill returns to action at Qatar Masters... TEE TIMES

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Believe it or not it was the week before Christmas that Aaron Cockerill played a competitive round of golf at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open were he MC, 45 days ago.

His wife Chelsea is heavily pregnant with their 2nd child, the last posting on Instagram a week ago "waiting patiently for the latest Cockerill, mother 4 days overdue"

So the usual Christmas trip back to family in Winnipeg was cancelled,, Aaron osted pictures of them at their home in Dubai

This is the first event he has qualified for since the break. His new Category 18 status for the top 20 at Q School isn't as strong as his previous Category 10 as a card carrier in the top 100.

He is at #135 in the Race to Dubai standings after just 4 events and now with owgr #443.

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Bryan Angus

Five Canadians this week WM Phoenix Open...Full Field

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There will be 5 Canadians in the field for this week's WM Phoenix Open which is also Super Bowl weekend in the USA, this year in San Francisco with the Patriots / Seahawks and to add to those, the Winter Olympics get under way in Italy this week

Canadians and their owgr.

Corey Conners #32 ,Nick Taylor #55, Mac Hughes #105, Sudarshan Yellamaraju #232 and AJ Ewart #418 (late addition as an alternative)

Taylor Pendrith is eligible but did not enter,

Thomas Detry is the defending champion, it is not a signature event this year.

Signature Events $20,000,000

Feb 12-15 AT&T Pebble Beach

Feb 19-22  The Genesis Invitational (was cancelled in 2025 due to fires)

Mar 5-8  AP Invitational

Apr 16-19  RBC Heritage

Apr 30 -May3  Miami Invitational

May 7-10  Truist Championship

June 4-7  The Memorial

June 25 - 28 Travelers Championship

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