Patrick Reed goes silent in discussing a week of criticism - Golf.com

Former CBS broadcaster Peter Kostis added on this week, saying on the “No Laying Up” podcast he’s seen multiple instances of Reed committing similar rules violations.

“I’ve seen Patrick Reed improve his lie, up close and personal, four times now,” Kostis said, before explaining one of the situations, which happened in 2016, when Reed won The Barclays at Bethpage Black. “That’s the only time I ever shut [Gary] McCord up. He didn’t know what to say, when I said, ‘Well, the lie that I saw originally wouldn’t have allowed for this shot.’ Cause he put four or five clubs behind the ball, kinda faking whether or not he was going to hit this shot or that shot. By the time he was done, he hit a freaking 3-wood out of there. It was a sand wedge lay-up originally.”

Reed’s rules fiasco ignited the golf world in December, when he was assessed a two-stroke penalty for improving his lie in a waste area at the Hero World Challenge. The ruling came after Golf Channel cameras captured Reed brushing away sand from behind his ball with two practice swings. Reed accepted the penalty and argued his actions were accidental.

On Thursday, Reed did make a little noise on the course, shooting a 2-under 69 to sit four shots behind McIlroy.

And he went penalty-free.

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2020-02-21 04:36:34Z
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