Reports that Justine ordered security to escort Reed’s estranged folks out of the 2014 U.S. It has played out since Reed, just 22 at the time, married Justine Karain in late 2012 after they’d met at Augusta State.

Off the course, Reed’s feud with his parents Bill and Jeannette, an awkward silent treatment that extends to his younger sister Hannah, has also served to deepen the intrigue. Some saluted it as a quick riposte, others saw as a callous omission of guilt. Reed reset and duly sank the putt before twice making exaggerated shovelling gestures with his putter. ‘Captain America’ kept his cool at Royal Melbourne until the second day when a fan yelled out “miss it” just as he was about to pull the trigger on an important six-footer. Some in the gallery carried plastic shovels and one American-accented fan even joked out loud, “Patrick, are you really going to make your caddie carry 14 clubs and a shovel?” Reed was inevitably and ruthlessly heckled at the Presidents Cup the following week. Penalised for improving his lie in a waste area while leading Tiger’s end of season hit and giggle, Reed continues to argue that the angle of the camera shots that caught him painted an unfair TV picture. Reed has continued to strenuously deny all and every charge but his historical defence was considerably weakened at last year’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. “Those on the professional circuit who were college teammates with Reed at Georgia and Augusta State have nothing to do with him,” Kevin Kisner told Golf Digest in late 2018. He was even thumbed for stealing from team-mates. But the allegations of inaccurate scorecard accountancy, golf’s most heinous crime, that have dogged the now 30-year-old since his brief stint at Georgia have been tougher to shake.Īt his next school, Augusta State University, most of the roster reportedly tolerated him as a necessary evil in helping deliver the school consecutive NCAA championships in 20.

Chalk up his arrest for underage drinking and possession of a fake ID while at Georgia to a youthful mistake righted by 60 hours of community service. It started in college where Reed was famously booted off the team at the University of Georgia in 2009.

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