Dressed in the trademark
red of the previous record holder Tiger Woods, Reed carded a level par
72 at Doral to total four-under 284.
Welshman Jamie Donaldson
and Bubba Watson tied for second, while Woods re-aggravated his back
injury as he limped home with a six-over 78 to leave him tied for 25th.
The world number one had
started the day only three back of Reed after a brilliant third round
66, but did not make a birdie for only the eighth time in his career.
With the first major of
the season looming at Augusta, Woods will be hoping to make a quick
recovery and be able to play in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in two
weeks time.
Reed is the latest young
gun to challenge the established order and it was his third victory on
the PGA Tour in the last 14 starts although by far the biggest with a
winning check of $1,530,000.
He was not short on
confidence either in his victory television interview: "I have three
wins on the PGA Tour," he said. "You don't see a lot of guys that have
done that. I feel I'm one of the top five players in the world."
A bold statement, but
Reed's wire to wire victory was certainly impressive and he opened up a
four-shot lead around the turn on the Blue Monster.
But as Donaldson and
former Masters winner Watson began to make up ground, Reed started to
struggle, bogeying the 15th to give his rivals hope.
A brilliant par save on
17th gave him breathing space, with Donaldson bogeying the last to go
back into a tie in the clubhouse with Watson on three under.
Reed could afford to bogey the last as he completed another memorable victory on only his second year on the PGA Tour.
Other big names as well
as Woods also struggled and former number one Rory McIlroy, who
challenged at halfway, finished with a 74 to leave himself on the five
over mark.
"On the greens I didn't
get anything going with the putter and anytime I missed the green I
didn't really get anything going," McIlroy moaned.
World number two Adam
Scott also finished tied 25th at five over, having gone into the $9
million event with hopes of leap frogging Woods.
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