CAPTAIN AMERICA IN LAND OF FREE

Desert champ Reed yet to sign new LIV contract and claims all options are open

- FROM NEIL McLEMAN in Dubai

PATRICK REED revealed he is out of contract with LIV Golf and could return to the PGA Tour after his four-shot win at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.

The former American Ryder Cup star is in a stronger position to negotiate a new deal after this high-profile victory - and in the wake of Brooks Koepka leaving the Saudi-backed tour last month.

The final day of the first Rolex Series event on the DP World Tour was an anticlimax in the rain until Reed dropped his bombshell in his victor’s press conference.