Patrick Reed makes his mark on Tour return as LIV Golf star impresses away from breakaway league

Patrick Reed was successful enactment successful the International Series Hong Kong Open connected Thursday, arsenic the LIV Golf prima made a coagulated commencement to his week successful Asia alongside a fig of his breakaway league rivals

Patrick Reed's week astatine the Hong Kong Open got disconnected to an awesome commencement successful Thursday's opening round, having ventured distant from LIV Golf to vie connected the Asian Tour's International Series.

Reed started his tourney with an awesome five-under-par 65, tying him for seventh spot astatine Hong Kong Golf Club, wherever helium is competing alongside a fig of different names from the breakaway league. The former Masters champion began his week with 2 birdies successful his archetypal 3 holes, and followed this up with eight-straight pars.

Reed past made 3 consecutive birdies betwixt the 12th and 14th, earlier adding his sixth of the time astatine the par-four 16th. His circular did nevertheless travel to a frustrating time having picked up his lone blemish of the time with a bogey astatine 18.

Despite the stuttering finish, it was a coagulated commencement for the American, who has nary played successful 2 months since LIV's Team Championship successful Dallas. Reed is tied with 1 of LIV's 5 relegated stars successful Scott Vincent, who besides finished his time astatine five-under-par aft a bogey-free 65.

Vincent volition person his eyes connected making a comeback a comeback to the LIV series, having chopped from the roster pursuing LIV Chicago lawsuit In September, on with his member Kieran, Kalle Samooja, and Branden Grace. His way could good commencement successful Hong Kong this week, with the season-long victor from the International Series promoted to LIV for 2025.

"As I americium reflecting, I cognize I indispensable instrumentality those things that I learned guardant - this is simply a journey," Vincent said of a imaginable comeback astatine the International Series Thailand past month. "I had an astonishing acquisition playing connected LIV Golf, what a imagination to play against the champion players successful the world connected the biggest stages crossed the world.

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"I person got truthful overmuch to beryllium thankful for. But what tin I larn and what tin I usage to determination forward, progress, and proceed from here? Because connected The International Series, I inactive get to play play astatine the highest level arsenic a professional, and precise fewer radical bash that. I request to beryllium grateful for that."

Meanwhile, John Catlin, who leads the contention for promotion to the LIV bid endured a dilatory commencement to his week successful Hong Kong, finishing the archetypal circular tied for 112th spot aft shooting a three-over-par 73, leaving him with plentifulness to bash heading into circular 2 and the weekend.

Ben Campbell, presently 2nd successful the season-long rankings, is blistery connected the heels of person Catlin. Taking afloat vantage of Catlin's sluggish start, Campbell began his lawsuit with a seven-under-par 63 successful the archetypal round, leaving him conscionable 1 changeable down the leader, Nitithorn Thippong, who is the antheral connected apical astatine at eight-under.