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(Reuters) - American
Patrick Reed carded a superb eight-under-par 64 in the second
round to take a two-shot lead over Matthew Fitzpatrick at the
European Tour's season-ending DP World Tour Championship in
Dubai on Friday.
After an opening round of 70 on Thursday that left him three
shots behind overnight leader Victor Perez, 2018 Masters winner
Reed turned up the heat with five birdies on the front nine
before adding further gains on four holes after the turn.
The only blemish on Reed's card was a bogey on the par-four 12th
hole at the Jumeirah Golf estates' Earth Course but the
30-year-old said he was pleased with his effort having gone
10-under for the tournament heading into the weekend.
Reed is looking to become the first American to win the European
Tour's Race to Dubai title.
"Any time you shoot eight under you're always happy. I feel like
today I got off to a little better start than yesterday and the
putter was working a little bit," Reed said.
"Yesterday I felt like I did a lot of things pretty well, just
putts weren't really falling, was kind of burning a couple
edges, a couple iron shots weren't as close as they needed to
be, and today I tightened it up.
"I was able to hit the ball a little closer, give myself more
opportunities and seeing the lines a little better today."
England's Fitzpatrick was eight-under overall after a second
successive round of 68 while his compatriots Tyrrell Hatton and
Laurie Canter were tied-third, three shots behind the leader.
Fellow Englishmen Tommy Fleetwood and Lee Westwood were
tied-fifth at six-under alongside two others. Perez dropped to
tied-14th after a disappointing round of 74.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby
Davis)
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