Reeds scrape away

[Schley]

Patrick..... "can you dig it?"

[Long Shot]

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/673819539281485825This wasn't the first time he did this. In regards to his personal life if he is a POS. Goes to character, ask his college teammates about his they will tell you he is a thief and a cheater. https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/reed-accused-cheating-stealing-book-excerpt

[davep043]

I'd guess he'll be a favorite at the John Deere Classic.

[tiderider]

 

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[dlygrisse]

Pepper, I would normally agree with you, and I defended PR in some previous threads, but the video evidence here seems pretty damning. At this point in time PR needs to exhibit integrity above and beyond the norm. It's one thing to have a I don't give a S*&$# what others think mentality, it's another to push the boundaries of right and wrong on a consistent basis.

[rkelso184]

Im so going to buy a kids shovel and have him sign it at the pres cup! Or even a rules book lol

[Krt22]

Word on the street is Patrick Reed has made an equipment switch heading into the President's cup. Spy shot of the new bag

 

 

[Mikey5e]

A thought I have is how would anybody expect to get away with anything? Every move a golfer makes while playing is monitored by someone or something. Does PR think that nobody would catch it? It really doesn't reflect kindly on his wisdom or intelligence. With that being said, he is a great compliment to any sort of team play. He has the makeup that allows him not to be afraid of anything or anybody.

[Hawkeye77]

Blah, blah.

Happy to see the link in this thread (wasn't watching the event), and wouldn't have known it was an issue for him in the past without the link to the video from a few years ago.

You are painting with too broad a brush.

Not biased to say he violated the rule and flagrantly. Not biased to say he's done it before. No conjecture going on about that. Some didn't like him before, so what, they are entitled to those opinions. I never liked the anonymous stuff that certain folks would use as a platform for their stories and books about his past, and filtered that accordingly. My opinion of him as a pro has actually changed a bit as a result of this, my prerogative.

 

[DK<80]

Cheating seems to have followed Patrick Reed since his college days. Sucks when there are cheaters out there. I've been playing golf long enough and have seen plenty of them. But under that scrutiny, you're dumb to think you could do something this shady (twice) and get away with it.

This is terrible timing for President's Cup too. Tiger is probably like really dude....... If this was a Ryder Cup, it'd be even a bigger deal!

[Pepperturbo]

Nope NOT painting with a broad brush. Posts are pretty clear. It's ALL after-the-fact conjecture because he accepted responsibility and the penalty, so it's done. He didn't fight the penalty. Ugly bias is what drives hatred and someone to assume intent when intent can never be known without the accused admitting to intent. Nobody can read minds.

[Hawkeye77]

No doubt it is after the fact, lol.

He didn't have any choice but to "accept" the penalty - how would he fight it, exactly?

Nothing inherently ugly about talking about what is seen on the video or his reactions to the penalty.

I think he flat out cheated and he knew what he was doing and could plainly see the sand he was tossing back with his wedge. Ugly bias? Hatred? Nope.

[gvogel]

Your problem should not be with Bernhard Langer or Scott McCarron. Your problem is with the rule that way that it was written.

I have a problem with that rule, as written, myself. But you can't call Langer a cheater.

[sui generis]

Rule 10.1b and it's predecessor adequately addressed the problems which they sought to solve. The vast majority of the "Rules world" is happy with the Rule and find no problems with enforcing it. Right now the Rule says: In making a stroke, the player must not anchor the club, either, directly, by holding the club or a gripping hand against any part of the body (except that the player may hold the club or a gripping hand against a hand or forearm), or indirectly, through use of an “anchor point,” by holding a forearm against any part of the body to use a gripping hand as a stable point around which the other hand may swing the club. If the player’s club, gripping hand or forearm merely touches his or her body or clothing during the stroke, without being held against the body, there is no breach of this Rule. (For the purposes of this Rule, “forearm” means the part of the arm below the elbow joint and includes the wrist.)

Give us your words for Rule 10.1b. Who knows, you could become famous?

[Outlier]

If it looks like a duck.....

[braincramp52]

There is no doubt he was trying to improve his lie. If he would have just been a man and owned up to it this would have blown over. As it is, this is going to follow him around forever.

[Vindog]

Good grief. Yes, I understand. I do not live under a rock in the golf world. I am not defending what he did, and yes his past is largely irrelevant to me relative to what I was posting about.

 

I'm not arguing with you.

 

[Dpavs]

Well we knew he had a new line of clubs named after him we just hadn't seen the sand wedge with the new "bucket" technology yet...

 

[caniac6]

Has anyone ever written anything good about Reed? His college team mates don't have anything good to say. He has issues with his family. He kind of threw his Ryder Cup mates under the bus, and now this. Mabye all this stuff follows him because he really is a bum.

[GeorgeHWB]

 

[tacklingdummy]

McIlroy says it wouldn't be a big deal if it wasn't Patrick Reed. He also says it was wrong, but the obviousness of it makes it seem like there was no intent. More like he was on autopilot for pre-shot routine. https://www.golfdigest.com/story/rory-mcilroy-on-patrick-reed-controversy-wouldnt-be-a-big-deal-if-it-wasnt-patrick-reed

[Krt22]

Rors playing dumb, gonna chirp him for sure if they get in a head to head match.

[krb]

Regardless of how many do questionable things, scornful behavior should be scorned.

[tacklingdummy]

Rory only plays in the Ryder Cup. President's Cup doesn't include N. Ireland. You are gonna have to wait a couple years.

[Krt22]

Oh snap good point lol. Hopefully he is in the gallery to razz him

[Red4282]

I think he is taking the high road as he probably should. Disagree with the autopilot preshot routine thing. He knew what he was doing. So much so he did it twice. This guy is bad for golf. The reputation he has is there for a reason. Where theres smoke there is fire

[Vindog]

It would still be a big deal, but not AS big of a deal.

WRX taught me long ago that polarizing figures are good for golf.

[Red4282]

Well polarizing means you either love them or hate them. If that means there are people that love cheaters, god help us

[golfho50]

Lets just say for the rest of his career (at least if he is in contention) there will be more cameras on him.

[ExTrumpet]

Y'all are all wrong...it was just the camera angle.