Reviewing Patrick Reed’s rollercoaster year

Whether you love Patrick Reed or love to hate him, he has your attention. A polarizing figure on the PGA Tour, Reed had a rollercoaster 2019. From being a captain’s pick by Tiger Woods for the Presidents Cup to getting back in the winner’s circle at …

What’s next?

Like sand through an hourglass, questions of Reed’s adventure in a waste bunker in the Bahamas and his actions in Australia at the Presidents Cup will be unrelenting.

Week after week after week, Reed will be confronted.

And he plays a lot of weeks, starting with a scheduled start in Hawaii the first week of January, as Reed will be among the 34 tournament winners from last season in the field at the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

Then the Champions Dinner with Masters green jacket winners young and old is on the docket. A U.S. Open in New York (the media will love that). A title defense in New York to kick off the FedEx Cup playoffs won’t be quiet. And all the time Captain America be playing for a spot in the USA team in the Ryder Cup.

Has the bridge to a captain’s pick, should he need one, been burned?

As much as Reed would like to put this behind him, it’s going to be a long upcoming year.

Steve DiMeglio wrote the “What’s next” portion of this story.

[jwplayer Xx43OCcU-9JtFt04J]

[opinary poll=”which-2019-rules-violation-was-the-most-” customer=”golfweek”]