Thriving in ‘weird' situation at PGA, Patrick Reed stunned by LIV Golf's new reality
Patrick Reed was caught off guard by the PIF pulling its funding for LIV Golf, but fear of that didn't factor in his decision to leave.
Patrick Reed is contending at the PGA while his old league faces an uncertain future. Getty Images NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Patrick Reed got “antsy.
” He’s a golfer who’s addicted to tournament play. He plays wherever and whenever he can. But he arrived at this week’s PGA Championship on the opposite side of that coin, having not played since he tied for 12th last month at the Masters .
“It’s definitely weird,” Reed said on Thursday after shooting two-under in the first round. “Yeah, this year is obviously a unique situation. With taking that time off since Augusta, it’s been just a lot of grinding and preparing.
Really it’s kind of one of those that you finally feel like you can actually properly prepare. “Even though I wasn’t playing tournament golf, I was kind of doing a lot of things and studying not only my golf game. ” That preparation included running through numerous sets of lob wedges and a three-day trip to Aronimink Golf Club, where he played in howling wind, giving him a sense of what he’d face this week outside of Philadelphia.
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