The most hated player in world golf raised his arms in Mexico in the achievement of his second World Championship, his eighth victory in the PGA Tour. Patrick Reed qualified as a cheater by several of his teammates, after an incident in a tournament last December, won with -18 and a blow of advantage over Bryson Dechambeau and three over Jon Rahm who shared third place.

The Spanish again starred in a stellar day start with four birdies in his first five holes. In the six, par five, he sent the ball to the water, but in a sample of claw he drew a spectacular pair. Arriving at hole 8, he was already tied for the highest in the classification and at times he became virtual world number one. Rahm had recovered 11 handicap strokes in just 26 holes. But on the 11th hole, par five, perhaps the negative turning point came when committing bogey in a potential birdie hole. The final lap was a constant struggle to despair; birdie in par three hole 13, bogey in 14 and an eagle putt in 15 that escaped by millimeters and that would have put him in the fight again. Nor would any of the good birdies opportunities enter the last three holes, but the thick type of poa grass of the Chapultepec Golf Club ended up despairing the 25-year-old Spaniard, who lost his third attempt to assault the center of world golf, will have to settle for overtaking Brooks Koepka and starting tomorrow will be number two in the world, the second time he occupies that position in his career.

Cheater accusations

Only three months ago Patrick Reed was sanctioned in the Hero World Challenge for breaking the rules of the game by 'cleaning' the back of his ball in a bunker to improve the hitting angle. It seems that some of his companions have not forgiven the incident and in the previous days Brooks Koepka recalled that Patrick Reed "likes to build sandcastles." Peter Kostis American television analyst commented in the previous tournament that he can say that he saw Reed improve his ball position in tournaments "up to four different occasions." With this storm of accusations, the American Reed did not want to go into answers and simply replied that he is only in Mexico to win. He fulfilled his promise.

Finally, with respect to the rest of the Spaniards, Rafa Cabrera-Bello finished the tournament in 16th place with a total of seven under par and a final lap of 68 strokes. Sergio García closed the best performance of the week and thanks to his 66 scale hits to 37th place. In more delayed positions finished Pablo Larrazábal (+6) and Jorge Campillo (+11)

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