Patrick Reed cruised to a four stroke victory and claimed his fourth DP World Tour win and maiden Rolex Series title at the 2026 Hero Dubai Desert Classic.
Report: Patrick Reed keeps calm to win by four shots at Hero Dubai Desert Classic
Key facts: Patrick Reed's victory at the 2026 Dubai Desert Classic
• This is Reed's fourth DP World Tour victory in his 121st start and his first since the 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship, five years and 336 days ago
• Reed is the sixth American winner of the Dallah trophy, following Fred Couples (1995), Mark O’Meara (2004), Tiger Woods (2006, 2008) and Bryson DeChambeau (2019)
• This is Reed's first Rolex Series title, joining Billy Horschel (2021 and 2024 BMW PGA Championship), Collin Morikawa (2021 DP World Tour Championship) and Chris Gotterup (2025 Genesis Scottish Open) as American Rolex Series winners
• He now moves into second place on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World on 1370.7 points, and to the top of the International Swing leaderboard after the second event of seven
• It builds on his previous Rolex Series finish as runner up at this event in 2023. He also finished T2 at the 2018 DP World Tour Championship
• He is the first player from the USA to win on the 2026 Race to Dubai and the first since Michael Kim at the 2025 FedEx Open de France
• His victory is the 279th win by a player from the USA on the DP World Tour
