Patrick Reed returned to form in major championships as he produced a fine round of 69 to put himself in contention at Augusta.
Reed has been playing over on the LIV Golf tour and is often a forgotten man but he is a major champion – and crucially a Masters champion – who knows how to win on the big stage.
Of course, the LIV Golf scene is different to the PGA Tour and the majors in its 54-hole format but Reed has enough experience in all formats to be successful.
As it stands, he is six back of the leader Rory McIlroy but as always, he was forced to answer a question on LIV Golf despite his efforts at The Masters.
Patrick Reed shares LIV Golf verdict after round three of The Masters
After shooting his way into contention at The Masters, the media couldn’t resist asking about how Reed has enjoyed LIV Golf and the American admitted that he very much has, including an aspect the PGA Tour does not have.
“I have. I have. I’ve enjoyed every bit of it, going out there and having team golf, something different. We’re not trying to be the same as all the other tours. We’re trying to show a different side of golf, and I feel like we’re doing absolutely a great job on it,” Reed said.
“Being able to go out there and play, a part of a team, and for somebody else other than yourself every week is a lot of fun. For me, when I was playing on both tours, PGA Tour and European Tour, I’ll never forget when I was spending two weeks in China, WGC and the European Tour over there the following week.
“I mean, over in the States a lot of the guys, we would go play and we’d just go back and you kind of go your separate ways. But over there they all travel together, there’s a brotherhood and there’s a lot of camaraderie. The South Africans are eating together. You have the Europeans together. You have all these guys kind of running in groups, and now you kind of get that camaraderie and that side of it on that team golf part of LIV. It’s a lot of fun.
“It’s different. It’s faster paced, obviously, and then with it being 54 holes, it’s definitely a sprint. I didn’t really think it was going to be that much different, but you come off, you have a nine-hole stretch where you’re playing blah kind of golf, you’d better step on it the rest of the way because you don’t — that whole extra day you can make up a lot of mistakes. But if you take a whole entire day off of it, you have to play flawless out there in order to win.”
Patrick Reed and Bryson DeChambeau flying the LIV Golf flag at Augusta National
In the main for the LIV Golf stars, The Masters has been a bit of a disappointment.
The likes of Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia all failed to fire, while their own superstar in the making Joaquin Niemann appears out of it.
However, Patrick Reed and Bryson DeChambeau continue to perform and going into Sunday, they could be the winners for LIV.
Of course, the PGA Tour will be desperate for McIlroy to win and have their top dog win the green jacket.
But Reed and DeChambeau are both quality operators and if McIlroy falters, expect both to be in the mix.
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