Patrick Reed emerged as a serious contender on the PGA Tour back in 2013 when he won the Wyndham Championship.
Two victories would follow in the 2014 season, coming at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship and Humana Challenge.
Reed added the 2015 Hyundai Tournament of Champions and the 2016 Barclays to his resume. However, the highlight of his career undoubtedly came during the 2018 Masters Tournament at Augusta National.
The Texan sealed a one-shot victory in Georgia after finishing one shot clear of Rickie Fowler. Given his prior form and the way his game was trending, Reed’s maiden major win was only a matter of time.
Of those chasing down Reed in 2018 was three-time major winner Jordan Spieth, and the American was highly complimentary of the Texan after the final round seven years ago.
What Jordan Spieth said about Patrick Reed in 2018
“But it’s no surprise to me that Patrick, who was most likely going to win majors in his career, was able to do it from the lead,” Spieth said during his post-tournament press conference.
“I mean, it’s very difficult to start from the lead Sunday at Augusta, especially a three or four-shot lead, because as much as he wanted to put the pressure back on Rory, that is where the pressure is. You are expected to win. And that’s a very difficult thing to sleep on. And he came out and obviously played a fantastic last seven holes from what I saw to win the Masters.”
Spieth and Reed would go on to be Ryder Cup teammates at the 2018 edition in Paris, an event in which the USA suffered a damaging defeat.
During his post-Masters press duties, Spieth also alluded to Reed playing an important role for the US side.
“Everybody really likes Patrick because he loves it so much and eats it up. My only wish or regret from the week was that I was playing with him at some point on the weekend, to be able to kind of fire back and forth instead of finishing up so early,” Spieth added.
“Anyway, he’s a member of the Masters club now; he’ll have a Green Jacket forever. His name is etched in history, and I’m sure he’s going to carry everything that he went through today as we go into Paris and try to win a Ryder Cup on European soil.”
Bubba Watson’s comments on Patrick Reed after the 2018 Masters
It wasn’t just Spieth who discussed Reed’s performance at Augusta. Two-time Masters champ Bubba Watson admitted he was impressed with Reed’s intensity.
“His intensity. He plays pretty much every week, we always joke about that in the locker rooms, to him and his family and stuff. But to do that over and over, week after week,” Watson said.
“Obviously, we have seen how what a player he’s been over the years, obviously in college, he was a great player, and now, but to see his intensity week after week‑‑ I can’t do it, I don’t have enough energy, I don’t have the mindset, first of all, and I don’t have the energy to do it, it’s pretty impressive to watch.”
Patrick Reed’s career since 2018 Masters
After winning the Masters, Reed won the 2019 Northern Trust, 2020 World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship and 2021 Farmers Insurance Open.
The event at Torrey Pines was his last PGA Tour victory, and his total career earnings reached $38m.
However, Reed signed for LIV Golf in 2022 and made his breakaway league debut in Portland alongside Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka. Reed is now one of LIV’s highest-earning players and is embarking on his third full season with the PIF-backed league.
The Texan is currently competing at LIV Golf Adelaide and made an iconic hole-in-one on the par-three 12th hole at The Grange Golf Club during the first round.
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