2 Roads for Patrick Reed

[Mdemuth]

Amazing how much bad mouthing about Reed on this site is going on... pathetic.

[McCann1]

Well 2over, you missed the cut with this thread.

[chickman1313]

I wish there were a "GolfWRX Dislike" button.

 

You sound awfully judgmental, as you note in your post only the very close few to these guys know how they really are as a person. Yet you, not being in the inner circle of Reed and his family, sure seem to think you know everything about him.

[TheToolMan]

While we're at it, does Reed not have the time/money to hire a trainer and get himself in shape? I know golf is really a game not a sport, but we appreciate it when the stars help us maintain the sporting illusion.

 

I don't even think he would need a trainer - just eat less. I don't see how any pro golfer keeps on excess weight with as many miles as they walk per week. He must be really overeating to stay so overweight.

[hnryclay]

Pretty much whats wrong with modern coverage of sports. I don't want or need to know every detail of this or any young man's life to appreciate his victory. The whole sports media has turned athletics into a male soap opera, please stop with the life stories, and just show the golf. All of these guys are flawed, their human and most people have things in the past you don't want to be made public. I could care less what a player looks like, all I care about is how he plays at the event.

[WidespreadPanic]

My block button has been firing off this morning

[bervin]

Wow I couldn’t even finish reading the drivel coming from OPs rambling. I don’t understand these trolls at all.

[Shawn Paul]

I hope Reed gets chubbier and grouchier. I like him just the way he is. Who am I to judge the guy? I thought Rory was overly smug about the whole thing and has yet to get his revenge from the Ryder Cups. Yes Rory, you have a nemesis and his name is Patrick Reed.

 

Reed will probably figure it out. He's still a young dude and now that he has kids the chances are good that he'll be kinder and friendlier in general, its kind of what happens once you have children - for a lot of guys.

 

It's going to be a fun decade to watch the new crop of golf superstars battle it out.

[caniac6]

I heard Matt Adams and Michael Breed talking about what a great guy Reed is, and how well he treats people when the camera is not on. I don't know the particulars of the cheating allegations, but Vijay and Gary Player have both been accused of cheating. All I know about Reed is that he is tough as nails, and I don't care how many shots he gave me, I don't want to play against him. Road #3 is that Reed tells the OP to kiss his wide behind, and keep winning. Congrats, Patrick Reed!

[cvhookem63]

Two roads diverged in a white dogwood

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one Masters winning golfer, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where half of this site was blasting off hot takes all morning long because they were mad that I won the Masters and they don't like me.

[Dr. Block]

This place is worse then a sewing circle sometimes. Actually most times.

[pinehurst]

Patrick is likely to keep winning and pretty soon people are going to forget why they don't like him. IMO there is no reason not to admire the way he plays the game. He had his wife Justine out there on the bag with him, and when she couldn't do it, he gave the job to her brother. He has stuck with Kessler even though he was not an experienced caddie and likely had to learn on the job. He saved his wife's life when she had a seizure in the bath tub and could have drowned, and now he's a father of 2. I guess English, Henley and Swafford are not fans, but I bet they wish they had kept him on the team at Georgia.

[Spongerob]

I think it's pretty funny that some so called experts around here mock Reed's swing. I think his swing is pretty amazing. It's more like Bobby Jones' swing than pretty much anyone else on tour. If someone built more aesthetically pleasing had Reed's swing the world would fawn over it. And yet some people say he needs to go see Butch Harmon? What a joke! The only other guy that takes more swing heat is Jordan. It would seem that if you're winning majors and the peanut gallery experts are still screaming "Butch Harmon", you are doing something right.

[puttingmatt]

Frankly, the tone of this thread is shameful, moderators please take appropriate action.

[Lord Helmet]

Yeah, Im not a huge P Reed fan, but gotta give the guy a tip of the cap, he was clutch when JS and RF were tearing up the course trying to catch him. So kudos to him for that. He is the new Poulter IMHO.

[Colonel_Steelhead]

Frankly, the tone of this thread is shameful, moderators please take appropriate action.

 

They wont do s*** because its not politics or bashing a sponsor.

[QMany]

Yeah, Im not a huge P Reed fan, but gotta give the guy a tip of the cap, he was clutch when JS and RF were tearing up the course trying to catch him. So kudos to him for that. He is the new Poulter IMHO.

 

Except Reed has a major and twice as many PGA Tour wins.

[Lord Helmet]

Yeah, Im not a huge P Reed fan, but gotta give the guy a tip of the cap, he was clutch when JS and RF were tearing up the course trying to catch him. So kudos to him for that. He is the new Poulter IMHO.

 

Except Reed has a major and twice as many PGA Tour wins.

 

Indeed - and much more hate from the masses.

 

Like I said, he is not my favorite PGA golfer, but he is clutch - so give him that.

[bervin]

I think it's pretty funny that some so called experts around here mock Reed's swing. I think his swing is pretty amazing. It's more like Bobby Jones' swing than pretty much anyone else on tour. If someone built more aesthetically pleasing had Reed's swing the world would fawn over it. And yet some people say he needs to go see Butch Harmon? What a joke! The only other guy that takes more swing heat is Jordan. It would seem that if you winning majors and the peanut gallery experts are still screaming "Butch Harmon", you are doing something right.

 

This is it completely. The fact is that if Patrick Reed looked like Adam Scott or some other handsome, "more athletic" person, people wouldn't throw nearly as much shade. Its a shame that these keyboard heroes are so quick to put people they have never even met down and effectively dismiss their accomplishments because of some non-justified opinion they formed after 30 seconds of looking at the guy.

[caniac6]

Why in the world would Reed want to go to Butch. I'd want to find Reed's coach that taught him how to win with that "ugly" swing. Didn't he just beat all the flat bellies with pretty swings? I also would bet he is in a lot better shape than the OP thinks.

[Petunia Sprinkle]

I would say it's the history of cheating, treating others shabbily, and the unapologetic brashness/denial about it all which makes most people dislike Patrick Reed and had the fans at Augusta cheering against him, and giving the lamest golf clap for his disappointing win at the end. But those aren't the only things. Reed's win was highly disappointing for most of the sports world because golf thrives when there are talented, charismatic, appealing characters at the top of the heap. Tiger and Phil may well be jerks off-screen (only the small circle of their friends and family really knows that), but in front of the camera, they bring charisma and style and a ton of talent that makes watching them fun--plus they've always played the game with integrity. Reed brings a fairly well-documented history of cheating, obnoxiousness, and tone-deafness as to how he sounds to the table. Also, most of us want to see guys who can hit shots mere mortals like us simply cannot hit. Rory brings that, as do DJ, J. Day, Tiger, Phil, Jack, Freddie, et. al. Hogan-esque Grinders like Zach Johnson (and Spieth falls in this category to an extent, though his putting is pretty spectacular at times) can be fun to watch, but only if they bring a ton of integrity, grit, fortitude, multiple major wins, and good sportsmanship to the table (which I think Zach Johnson and Spieth most certainly do--I'm a fan of those guys and think both are great for golf). Reed, however is a grinder who also often acts like a jerk, seemingly neither honest nor likable, with an ugly swing to boot (the club pointing at the sky finish annoys) and when a guy like that wins a major, it just makes you hang your head and go, "Oh. Darn." for all the reasons cited above.

 

While we're at it, does Reed not have the time/money to hire a trainer and get himself in shape? I know golf is really a game not a sport, but we appreciate it when the stars help us maintain the sporting illusion. Because if golf is a sport and we play it, therefore we are athletes! Rory got in killer-shape, and has been much more popular for the effort (golf is show business, after all). Beef Johnson and Shane Lowry pull off the bubba-beer-league look magnificently (I'm a big fan of both) because they're appealing characters with charm, nice combo of modesty+swagger, a gracious appreciation for the life they've been fortunate to live, lovely golf swings, and most of all an attitude of "I'll give you my best game, play fair and square, and look you in the eye and shake your hand and say "Well done" (and mean it!) if you beat me". They are good 'ol boys made good and that works too. Reed has none of those things (did I mention how tough his swing is to watch?).

 

I see two ways (I'm sure there are more) that Patrick Reed could go that would flip a disappointing script: 1) hit the gym, get thoroughly jacked, and throw yourself 100% into the villain, bad guy role. 2) Confess your sins, make amends, reconcile as best you can with the people you've harmed by your selfish behavior, and change your tone and way of treating people. That's a far tougher switch to flip than #1, but I suspect Zach Johnson could probably get Reed into the tour bible study, which would be a great start down road #2.

 

Either option would work best though if maybe Reed could find Butch Harmon's number and start working with him, too?

 

I hope Reed will choose option 2, otherwise we'll continue the one clap cheer for his accomplishments which probably will be few and far between in the future anyway.

 

Yeah, Rory got in 'killer shape' (he's like a Pop Warner LB) and lost to the doughboy.

 

Glad Tiger never cheated at anything. "Big Viking b**** chasin' him down the street with a 9-iron!" - Wanda Sykes

[buckeyefl]

While we're at it, does Reed not have the time/money to hire a trainer and get himself in shape? I know golf is really a game not a sport, but we appreciate it when the stars help us maintain the sporting illusion.

 

I don't even think he would need a trainer - just eat less. I don't see how any pro golfer keeps on excess weight with as many miles as they walk per week. He must be really overeating to stay so overweight.

 

have any of you beating this ridiculous drum looked around the golf course or god forbid looked in a mirror. Its hard to believe how muvh venom gets spewed about Reed not being a certain shape. Some people gere act like hes going to be the next contestant on "My 600 lb life".

Maybe those offering advice should go through the list of players who weren't models of fitness and what happened when they tried to look a certain way.

 

 

[tatertot]

So people hate Reed's guts because he's:

 

Not buff ...

 

Once tried to hit the wrong ball from the rough ...

 

Has family issues ...

 

Wears jewelry ...

 

May or may not have tried to steal something while in college ...

 

Doesn't suck up to rich country club boys and their trophy wives ...

 

Does that pretty much sum it up?

[nbg352]

Why is it that people complain that there are no personalities on tour?

And then, when one finally comes along, larger than life, he is immediately maligned.

Robots or Reed? I'll take Patrick any day of the week!

[bladehunter]

This thread caught me speechless. Chubby shaming is ok now? If it was any other group singled out this thing would be locked. Why isn’t this one ?

[buckeyefl]

This thread caught me speechless. Chubby shaming is ok now? If it was any other group singled out this thing would be locked. Why isn't this one ?

 

Lots of facts right there.

[Pepperturbo]

Pathetic thread.

[rawdog]

I bet "2over" wishes he had a "do over," amiright?

[nbg352]

2over seems to have fled the building......

[wfrogge1]

TLDR: OP does not like the way Reed swings a golf club, how he interviews, thinks hes fat, and feels the anonymous reports of him being a thief are true..... Then says he should find religion and follow its teaching. Oh the irony.