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Patrick Reed [left] draining his birdie putt on 18 for a 59. Ben Campbell [right] put up a great title defence. weekend. I mean, it always helps shooting 59 yesterday, but the biggest thing, the hardest part, was today.” It was also his maiden title on the Asian Tour and his first victory since the Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour in 2021 – not including his two team wins with 4Aces GC on the LIV Golf League in 2023. He added: “Kind of going out there and forgetting about the 59 and going out, even though I had a three-shot lead, to try to expand on that. And the goal was to go out there and make a couple birdies early quickly, get up on top, so then on the back nine I could just kind of hit fairways and middle of the greens.” Campbell had a phenomenal back nine, making five birdies but Reed was simply too far ahead. “Another frustrating day with the putter,” he said. “I hit it really well but yeah, for the weekend the putter was pretty cold unfortunately. Obviously, it’s still a good result, but just frustrating it was not to be. I feel like I should have been right up there and pushing Patrick. So, yeah, it is what it is, but it was close.” Hong Kong Golf Club Ambassador Kho finished in a blaze of glory by nearly holing his second shot on the par-four 18th, where he tapped in for a birdie. It completed a strong finish, as he was not in the running for much of the day but came back by also making three successive birdies from 13. Kho, who had only just returned following a back in injury, said: “Feels great. Had so many friends and family out there, and so much credit goes to them, and I felt so supported out there. So yeah, super happy with this performance.” 124 L I NK HONG KONG OPEN H ON G KON G GO L F C L U B , FA N L I N G NOV EM B E R 2 1 - 2 4 | P R I Z E MON E Y: U S $ 2 M I L L I ON