Patrick Reed stunned the golfing world this week when he announced his exit from LIV Golf.
Reed will be allowed to return to the PGA Tour from August 26th of this year onwards, having jumped ship to join LIV Golf back in 2022.
It was on Wednesday when Reed announced his exit from LIV and the PGA Tour reacted immediately to his statement by outlining how he was free to return at the end of the year due to his past champion status.
There is a real sense that LIV Golf may have undervalued Reed by allowing his contract to run down, and now they have paid the price.
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The 35-year-old won last week in Dubai and he shocked golf fans in the immediate aftermath by suggesting that he was a free agent, having not yet agreed a new contract with LIV.
Now he will mostly be playing on the DP World Tour in 2026, before making his return to the PGA Tour later this year.
He should be incredibly proud of the golf he has produced over the past three-and-a-half years, while he was a LIV member.
Patrick Reed’s LIV Golf achievement that nobody came close to matching
Other big names were far more successful on LIV than Reed.
Joaquin Niemann has seven wins to his name, while Brooks Koepka racked up five victories and Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson managed three wins.
While Reed only won once on LIV, he did achieve something incredible which no other player even came close to matching.
When the 2018 Masters champion joined LIV Golf in 2022, he was ranked as the 39th best player in the world.
However, when he left LIV, he was ranked in 29th position.
The fact that he climbed 10 places in the rankings while playing on a tour which was unable to offer ranking points is remarkable.
Bryson DeChambeau has fallen down to 31st in the world, while Jon Rahm is ranked as number 93 in OWGR.
That demonstrates just how outstanding Reed’s achievement was.
And it is a testament to his relentless work ethic and his astounding energy to play so much golf on other tours throughout the year.
The future is very bright for Patrick Reed
Reed is clearly a top-15 player in the world. He will be expecting to rise up the rankings consistently now that he’ll be playing regularly on the DP World Tour in 2026 and then the PGA Tour next year.
He has already proven that he is capable of winning a major championship.
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His exit from LIV surely had something to do with the fact that he should be more competitive in the majors now that he is playing a more expanded schedule on the DP World Tour.
Reed is one of the fiercest competitors in the game.
The fact that he joined LIV Golf in the first place in 2022 was a very big surprise.
However, Reed has now brought an end to that experiment, and the future looks very bright for him.
His win in Dubai last week against a stellar field proved that he is very much at the top of his game right now.
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