Patrick Reed Channels Tiger Woods to Take 2014 WGC-Cadillac Title

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Published: March 10, 2014

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The golfing world is long accustomed to seeing a man dressed in red and black take charge on the final day of a PGA Tour event and stride off the 18th green with a record-setting victory.

It happened again on Sunday at Trump National Doral, but the guy celebrating in a blood-red shirt and pitch-black pants wasn't Tiger Woods.

Instead, 23-year-old Patrick Reed claimed the Cadillac Championship, adding some other Tiger-like accomplishments along the way.

At five months shy of his 24th birthday, Reed is the youngest winner of a World Golf Championships event. The victory also escorts him into the small circle of golfers who have won three PGA tournaments before turning 24—Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Rory McIlroy and, of course, Tiger.

The irony is that Reed's college biography from when he played at Augusta State says the person he most wanted to switch places with for a day is Woods. But if he had been offered the chance to have that dream come true on Sunday, he would have rejected it in a heartbeat.

Woods, playing in the pair in front of Reed, was a shell of himself while battling back pain as he shot a final-round 78. The implosion came one day after he shot a tournament-best round of 66, and it marked the first time he failed to score at least one birdie on his final lap in a PGA tourney.



Woods had to back off momentarily from one putt on the the 17th green because back spasms left him unable to bend into the correct posture. On the 10th, he struggled to remove his ball from the cup, and on the 11th, John Wood, the caddie for Hunter Mahan, kindly retrieved Woods' ball. His winces were too numerous to enumerate.   

Maybe Woods will bounce back in time to have an impact at the Masters, but at the moment, it looks as if Tiger is in no condition to prevent the young lions like Reed from passing him by. 

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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