Reed plays the villain Sometimes it’s difficult to keep a player from the limelight and last week was no exception for "Captain America" Patrick Reed. Playing in Tigers end of season hit and chuckle event in The Bahamas, Reed was the centre of attention all week, firstly the interest in his non branded clubs, then his great scoring and finally that moment in the waste area, which having seen a recording does not improve his popularity among any fans or players. No matter what angle it`s viewed from, What was he thinking? No one would notice the first time so I`ll do it again! Fortunately for golf, he didn`t win the event. Everyone I`m sure has made mistakes on the course but this was NO mistake. It leads to the next question... Should he be allowed to play in a representative event this week? Who wants to partner him in case he does something similar? The Aussie spectators will have a field day with him no doubt and should he put a foot out of place, they will run him out of Melbourne just after the rest of the American team do. The Presidents Cup need a Rest of the World win. It has been very lopsided in results and might be seen as a nonentity should that continue. So let’s hope Ernie and his team can get one over America.
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