Dubai Desert Traditional: Patrick Reed concerned in guidelines controversy after hitting tee shot right into a palm tree | Golf Information | NEWSRUX

Patrick Reed made bogey on the driveable par-four seventeenth when his tee shot obtained caught up a palm tree, though replays counsel the drop could have been created from the flawed tree; Watch the ultimate spherical dwell on Monday from 5am on Sky Sports activities Golf

Patrick Reed stays in competition for Hero Dubai Desert Traditional victory after being concerned in a controversial ruling late within the third spherical of the Rolex Collection occasion.

The previous Masters champion is 4 strokes behind chief Rory McIlroy at Emirates Golf Membership after a third-round 69, the place Reed combined six birdies with a double-bogey on the par-four eighth and a disputed incident on the penultimate gap of the day.

Reed noticed his tee shot on the driveable par-four seventeenth end lodged in a palm tree, with the LIV member and guidelines officers utilizing binoculars to try to determine the ball from the markings that he makes use of.

Patrick Reed made bogey on the seventeenth gap after being concerned in a guidelines controversy

The American stated he was “100 per cent sure” that the ball recognized was his, enabling him to take a penalty drop close to the bottom of the tree as a substitute of getting to return to the tee, though TV replays present the tee shot completed in a special tree to the one Reed thought his ball was in.

Talking in regards to the incident, Reed stated: “I felt like I hit an ideal drive, wanting on the line I used to be taking a look at. If something, I hoped it may need been a hair extra proper. I hit that tee shot, I did not even see these palms.

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Patrick Reed shares his ideas on his ball being misplaced up a palm tree on the seventeenth gap on the Dubai Desert Traditional.

“I felt prefer it was on line, simply left of the inexperienced and I assume I simply should be a little bit extra proper or a little bit larger. It is an unlucky break, however on the similar time I hit the road strong. I hit it proper down the road I used to be wanting. That is all you are going to ask for. You are going to get dangerous breaks every now and then. You simply must bounce again from them.

Reed, who is not any stranger to guidelines points, later instructed the Telegraph: “I might have gone again to the tee if I wasn’t 100 per cent. You need to ensure that it is your ball and the way I mark my golf balls is I at all times put an arrow on the top of my line.

“You possibly can undoubtedly see and determine the road with the arrow on the top, and the foundations official, fortunately, was there to reconfirm and examine it to ensure it was mine as effectively.”

Reed ultimately salvaged a bogey earlier than bouncing again with a final-hole bogey to take him again to 11 below, leaving within the group of seven gamers tied-fourth in what his first look of the yr.

Patrick Reed is 4 strokes off the lead heading into Monday’s ultimate spherical

Did Reed do something flawed?

The DP World Tour launched an announcement clarifying the scenario, saying: “Two on-course referees and a number of other marshals recognized that Patrick Reed’s ball had develop into lodged in a particular tree following his tee shot on 17.

“The DP World Tour chief referee joined the participant within the space and requested him to determine his distinctive ball markings. Utilizing binoculars, the chief referee was happy {that a} ball with these markings was lodged within the tree.

“The participant subsequently took an unplayable penalty drop (Rule 19.2c) on the level immediately under the ball on the bottom. To make clear, the participant was not requested to specify the tree however to determine his distinctive ball markings to verify it was his ball.”

Talking throughout Sky Sports activities’ protection of the third spherical, Dame Laura Davies stated in regards to the incident: “We stated on the time we do not know the place it had gone and the reason is that it went into the primary tree. I believe the video proof would counsel that [they were in the wrong tree].

“The trajectory is flawed for that third tree, the far left one, so I believe it has gone into the primary tree. There’s numerous balls in that tree and lots of people use the identical model that Reed makes use of.

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Rory McIlroy reeled off 4 straight birdies within the first 4 holes of the third spherical to take the lead within the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional

“Reed has been very unfortunate right here as a result of he has discovered the ball he performs, the quantity he performs with the same black line – it will seem with the proof it has gone within the first tree and could not have truly been his. He has been extremely unlucky and been instructed the flawed tree.

“He has accomplished all the pieces he may in that he has recognized what he thought was his ball, but it surely seems to be prefer it wasn’t his ball with the video proof. It is simply an unlucky factor and I do not know what you do about it actually.”

Who will win the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional? Watch the ultimate spherical dwell on Monday from 5am on Sky Sports activities Golf.