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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014
PAGE 7B
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PGA
Patrick Reed wins Cadillac Championship in Florida
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Patrick Reed celebrates his win at the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Sunday in Doral, Fla.
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DORAL, Fla. — Patrick Reed felt he belongs among the best in the world. He beat them all Sunday in the Cadillac Championship.
Dressed in a red shirt that he always wears in the final round — with Tiger Woods in the group ahead of him — Reed made back-to-back birdies early on the front nine to build a big lead and showed off a great short game when the pressure was building on the new Blue Monster at Doral.
Equipped with a two-shot lead, the 23-year-old Texan wisely played the final hole conservatively. He two-putted for bogey and closed with an even-par 72 for a one-shot victory over Bubba Watson and jamie Donaldson of Wales.
Reed became the youngest winner of a World Golf Championship, his third win in his last 14 tournaments.
Woods, only three shots behind going into the final round in his best chance this year to win a tournament, said his back flared up after an awkward shot out of the bunker on the sixth hole. He failed to make a birdie in the final round for the first time in his PGA Tour career, and his 78 was his worst Sunday score ever.
Reed is expected to go to No. 20 in the world ranking. In his own ranking, he feels he belongs in the top five.
He cited an amateur career that includes going 6-0 in matches to lead Augusta State to two NCAA titles, followed by three PGA Tour wins in seven months.
"I don't see a lot of guys that have done that besides Tiger Woods and the legends of the game," Reed said. "I believe in myself, especially with how hard I've worked. I'm one of the top five players in the world. I feel like I've proven myself."
This was not an accident, either.
He joined some exclusive company. Since 1990, only Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIrroy and Sergio Garcia had three PGA Tour wins before turning 24.
Reed has had a share of the lead going into the final round of all three of his victories — the Wyndham Championship last August, the Humana Challenge in January and a World Golf Championship at Doral that featured the strongest field so far this year.
His last two wins were wireto-wire, including ties.
Watson, who won at Riviera three weeks ago, went bogey-free over the final 27 holes, a strong performance on the overhauled Trump National
Doral. He closed with a 68, finishing with par after blasting through the palms, into the grandstand and back into the rough.
Donaldson wasn't so fortunate. He hit into a foot on the 17th for his third birdie on the back nine to get within one shot of the lead. From the 18th fairway — after watching Miguel Angel Jimenez go through the green and into the water — he blocked his approach away from the flag and into the back bunker. Donaldson blasted out to just inside 15 feet and missed the par putt. He closed with a 70.
Reed finished at 4-under 284, matching the highest winning score at Doral. Mark McCumber won at 284 in 1985.
Reed, Donaldson and Watt
son were the only players to finish under par.
Dustin Johnson, who lost momentum around the turn, made double bogey on the 18th hole for a 72 and tied for fourth with Richard Sterne (71).
Woods went into the final round with a chance to win for the first time all year.
It didn't last very long.
He beamed and bloodied a spectator on the opening hole and missed a 10-foot birdie putt. He beamed another spectator on No.3, kicking the ball back into the fairway, only he followed that with a shot into the water and made bogey. Woods made two more bogeys over the next three holes and was an afterthought. He said the pain intensified after his
bunker shot on the sixth.
"That's what set it off and then it was done after that," he said. "Just see if I could actually manage ... keep the spasms at bay."
Woods had his left foot in the sand and his right foot flexed against the lip of the bunker.
The results are not very promising on his short road to the Masters. Woods has played only four tournaments, and only twice went 72 holes. He missed the 54-hole cut at Torrey Pines, tied for 41st in Dubai and withdrew after 13 holes in the final round of the Honda Classic last week.
He is scheduled to make only one more start — Bay Hill in two weeks — before Augusta National.
TENNIS
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Kansas senior Paulina Los returns a serve. The pairs team of Los and Winhom led their UMKC opponents 3-1 before the match was called
Kansas falls short in Tulsa
TORI RUBINSTEIN
sports@kansan.com
No.19 Tulsa handed the No.33 Kansas women's tennis team its third straight loss on Saturday, dominating the Jayhawks 6-1. The Jayhawks are now 8-3 on the season.
The fight for the doubles point was a tough one. Tulsa jumped ahead on court three with an 8-5 victory over senior Claire Dreyer and freshman Morgan Barnhill. Kansas tied it up on court two with an 8-5 win from sophomore Maria Cardona and junior Maria Ludueña. There was a hard-fought battle on court one from seniors Dylan Windom and Paulina Los, but the pair eventually fell to their opponents with an 8-6 loss, giving the Tulasa the doubles point.
On the singles courts, the Hurricanes proved to be too much for the Jayhawks, winning five out of six matches
on the day. The only Kansas win came from Los who downed her opponent 7-5, 6-3. On court one, No. 70 nationally ranked Samantha Vickers of Tulsa gave Cardona a tough time, sweeping the match 6-0, 6-0.
Over on court three, Ludueña battled with No. 109 ranked Yelena Nemchen in a tough match that eventually led to a tiebreaker. Nemchen would get the best of Ludueña, who won the tiebreaker 11-9.
The Jayhawks will look to recover from Friday's defeat this weekend at Iowa State in their first Big 12 Match of the year. The Cyclones come into Friday's match with a record of 8-5 and are looking to bounce back from this weekend's loss to Drake. Matches begin at 3 p.m. this Friday in Ames, Iowa.
Edited by Chelsea Mies
MEN'S GOLF
Kansas prepares for Louisiana Classics
The Kansas Men's Golf team will head south on Monday and Tuesday to Lafayette, La., for the Louisiana Classics Invitational. The team will hit the links just a few weeks after its 15th place finish in Palm Desert, Calif., at the University of Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate.
The Jayhawks will be led by sophomore Ben Welle, fresh off shooting (+2) overall at the tournament in Palm Desert, and 4-under par 68 on the final round.
Freshman Chase Hanna from Leawood should also provide the Jayhawks with some good holes. He led the team at Palm Desert with a three-round 213 (-3).
"Ben Welle and Chase Hanna have played really well," said coach Jamie Bermel. "But we need to get some better help from our fourth and fifth spots."
It is crucial for players such as sophomore Connor Peck, and juniors Logan Philley and Jackson Foth, to shoot well if Kansas hopes to make the podium Tuesday evening.
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