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Golf – The 150th Open Championship – Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland, Britain – July 15, 2022 Patrick Reed of the U.S. on the 17th during the second round REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
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Golf – The 150th Open Championship – Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland, Britain – July 15, 2022 Patrick Reed of the U.S. on the 17th during the second round REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Patrick Reed finally spoke up. Following the controversial ruling incident during the third round of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, he clarified the facts.
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It all started when Reed’s third-round tee shot on the par-4 17th hole ended up in a palm tree at the Dubai Desert Classic. Interestingly, there were three palm trees where his ball landed and he, reportedly, identified one of them as the tree his ball landed. Notably, the Tournament officials released a ruling in favor of him. However, viewers found that the tree the golfer identified was wrong later, making the issue controversial.
The DP World Tour event held in Dubai has ended with the current world no. 1 Rory McIlroy winning the event after a nail-biting final round. Yet, golf fans are still calling Reed a ‘cheater’ for pointing out the wrong tree. This forced the LIV Golf defector to come out clean by releasing a statement.
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Golf – The 150th Open Championship – Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland, Britain – July 14, 2022 Patrick Reed of the U.S. wearing a hat with “LIV Golf” branding on it during the first round REUTERS/Phil Noble
“Some people love controversy. But what happened on the 17th hole at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic was a non-issue.” Reed posted a statement regarding the issue on Twitter after the event. “As the DP World Tour confirmed, I was not asked to identify the tree my ball struck (that was done by the ShotLink volunteers and several marshals),” his statement further read. “I was asked to describe the distinctive markings on the ball I was playing.
Notably, he also added the next event he would soon tee up with his statement. He wrote, “I am looking forward to this week’s Asian Tour Flagship event at Royal Greens.”
Fans are not on the same page with Patrick Reed
It is not the first time a professional golfer or a tournament official has made a mistake on the course. However, since Reed has a history of being involved in other cheating incidents, golf fans didn’t find him true to his words this time.
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The Twitter handle of Golf Magic also shared Reed’s statement, and golf fans bombarded the comment section. Did anyone else support Reed as McIlroy did? Notably, Reed’s Twitter post doesn’t allow fans to comment on it. However, fans showed their disagreement with the 1-time major champion after others started re-posting it.
I love the way @preedgolf has changed the way he was asked by the official 🤣 identify his ball markings.. no @preedgolf you were asked to clearly identify and confirm it was your ball 😂🤣 that lad couldn't lie straight in a bed
— Michael Kennedy (@mkenne10) January 31, 2023
@PReedGolf my only response to this Patrick is that the video clearly showed your ball going into the first tree. How did you identify the correct ball in the wrong tree? I realize you had no idea what tree it went in but how did you identify your ball in the wrong tree?
— rob (@legalshieldrob) January 31, 2023
But you described a ball you could see…not the ball you were originally playing!! 🤥🤣
— Dave Underwood (@Daveund81) January 31, 2023
Half the lies he tells arnt true 😳🤔
— Dick knight (@Dickiesknight) January 31, 2023
Once a cheat always a ……..
— SaintShippy (@ShippKevin) January 31, 2023
pants on fire😂
— Al (albo) Bobryk (@adbobryk) January 31, 2023
He doesn’t change nor does my opinion of him
— suzie hull (@susiegolfspain) January 31, 2023
Only the player can identify the ball, officials can only confirm.
— Keith Farrow (@plod1956) January 31, 2023
What are your thoughts? Do you think Reed was guilty?
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