Patrick Reed makes impressive start after floods cause delay in Dubai

Reed shrugged off his row with Rory McIlroy and a six-hour weather delay to make an impressive start
Patrick Reed makes impressive start after floods cause delay in Dubai
Patrick Reed was one shot off the lead in the delayed first round of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic (Kamran Jebreili/AP)

Patrick Reed shrugged off his row with Rory McIlroy and a six-hour weather delay to make an impressive start to the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.

Players were informed in the early hours of Thursday morning that Emirates Golf Club was “inaccessible” and told not to travel to the course due to several roads being flooded following heavy rain.

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