Patrick Reed bought himself a Masters-themed Porsche after his 2018 win. It was just found on a salvage website.
Patrick Reed slipped on the green jacket in 2018 and to celebrate bought himself a $450,000 Porsche 911 GT2 RS. The best part? The car is Masters themed with dark-green paint and yellow brake calipers. It’s a bad-ass ride.
Well, it was.
Originally reported by The Drive, a car that resembles Reed’s trophy Porsche was recently found on a salvage website with 361 miles on it.
Although it’s not clear as to who the driver was at the time of the accident, the VIN number on the Copart listing — which now says the car has been sold — matches the one of Reed’s car, according to The Drive. The sale location of the car is Houston, Texas, just down the road from where Reed lives in The Woodlands.
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Patrick Reed has had a fascinating career.
After being dismissed from the University of Georgia, Reed found a home at Augusta State. There, he helped the Jaguars win back-to-back NCAA National titles in 2010 and 2011.
Turning pro soon after the 2011 National Championship, Reed earned his full-time PGA Tour card before the 2013 season. During his rookie campaign, he broke through at the Wyndham Championship, winning in a playoff over Jordan Spieth.
Not long after, Reed became known as “Captain America” after he hushed European fans in his singles match at the 2014 Ryder Cup. In 2018, Reed won his first major, the Masters, defeating Rickie Fowler by a single shot.
With nine wins and a green jacket under his belt, Reed left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf in 2022. He resigned his PGA Tour membership back in June of 2022 and has since won over $2M since joining LIV.
“Even under pressure, I’m performing well. I can’t wait to play another tournament.”
SAN DIEGO – Italy’s Guido Migliozzi had a week to remember at the 121st U.S. Open. Playing in his first major championship, he shot a final-round 3-under 68 and finished tied for fourth. That was good enough to earn a return trip to the U.S. Open in 2022, qualify for the Olympics in July as well as an invitation to the Masters in April.
When asked what he took from the week, he said, “I take everything. It’s been a wonderful week.”
Indeed, it was. Migliozzi qualified for the U.S. Open after finishing among the top-10 points leaders not previously exempt from a three-event European Tour series. He virtually guaranteed his spot in that top 10 with a playoff defeat to Richard Bland in the Betfred British Masters.
Migliozzi, 24, fired rounds of 71-70-73 and saved his best for last on Sunday. He made five birdies, including one on 18 to finish at 2-under 286, tied with Brooks Koepka.
“Starting the week, I was thinking I have only one chance to win my first major,” he said. “It was a tough thing, but I take my position, and I play it really solid today. My thinking today in the morning was to be able to give me a chance to get into the top 10. So I’m very happy about the score today.”
He was tied for ninth when he finished his round, but several players faltered on the closing stretch. The top-4 finishers at the majors automatically qualify for the Masters, meaning Migliozzi can book his trip for Augusta National in April.
But wait, there’s more. He improved to a career-best No. 72 in the world and qualified to represent Italy in the Olympics, too.
“I grew up watching the Olympics on TV. To be able to play in an Olympics game is a dream come true,” he said. “It will be another monster week. A lot of feelings, a lot of vibes, can’t wait.”
And in addition to taking home close to a cool $500K, there’s one more immediate bonus for his performance: Migliozzi’s result extended his PGA Tour stay. He earned a berth in this week’s Travelers Championship in Hartford via the category for top-10 finishers at the previous event.
“My game is in a good spot, and I’m really happy. Even under pressure, I’m performing well,” he said. “I can’t wait to play another tournament.”
Note to Migliozzi, who was photographed celebrating with pizza after making the cut at the U.S. Open on Friday: some of America’s finest ‘za is just down the road from Hartford in New Haven, Connecticut. Don’t miss out on determining whether you’re a Sally’s or Pepe’s guy.
When Patrick Reed becomes a lightning rod for criticism, he likes to answer with his clubs.
Former champion Patrick Reed should be a factor again in the 2020 Masters Tournament. And not just because he’s back to playing world-class golf.
Reed, who tied for 36th place in his title defense at Augusta National last year, has won twice since August 2019, including the WGC-Mexico Championship in late February, and was the 36-hole leader in September’s U.S. Open.
It helps to have your game in good order, but what seems to work best for the former Augusta University All-American is when he becomes a lightning rod for criticism. He likes to answer with his clubs. The latest round of volleys aimed at Reed started near the end of 2019, then resurfaced more than two months later, the week he won in Mexico.
On Dec. 6, at the Hero World Challenge, Reed was penalized two shots for improving his lie in a sandy waste area on the 11th hole in the third round. He ended up losing by two shots the next day.
Under the Rules of Golf, players can ground their clubs in a waste area bunker. But they can’t improve their ability to hit the ball by “removing or pressing down on the sand or loose soil,” which is what Reed was penalized for.
Afterward, Reed said he wasn’t intentionally trying to improve his lie, adding he couldn’t feel the sand brush his club.
“After seeing the video, I accept that (the two-shot penalty), but it wasn’t because of any intent,” Reed said. “I thought I was far enough away. I think with a different camera angle, they would have realized that … it was not improving the lie because it was far enough away from the golf ball.”
He was heckled during the following week’s Presidents Cup in Australia and again when he lost in a playoff in the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Jan. 5.
The controversy resurfaces
The talk died down until Feb. 17, the Monday of the Mexico Championship week. Brooks Koepka chimed in, saying on SiriusXM that “you know where your club is” when you’re in a waste area or bunker.
Also that week, before the Mexico Championship started, former CBS golf announcer Peter Kostis said he’d seen Reed improve his lie in the rough four different times in his job as an on-course broadcaster.
Patrick Reed celebrates on the 18th green after winning during the final round of the World Golf Championships Mexico Championship at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Feb. 23, 2020, in Mexico City. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Somehow, Reed managed to shut out the talk that week and elevate his game, rallying past Bryson DeChambeau for a one-shot victory. Reed, who had 98 putts – including 45 one-putt greens – birdied Nos. 15, 16 and 17 and bogeyed No. 18 for a final-round 67.
“Amazing. I mean, he’s amazing. He’s Captain Oblivious, just can let everything run off his back. I’ve never seen anything like it,” golf announcer David Feherty told Sports Illustrated.
Josh Gregory, who was Reed’s college coach and now is one of his instructors, wasn’t surprised that Reed won with all the talk swirling around him. He’d seen it before, when Reed led the Jaguars to back-to-back NCAA national championships after being kicked out of the program at Georgia.
“It’s pretty impressive what he can do with some of the negativity that surrounds him,” Gregory said. “As I talked to him on Sunday after he won, I said, ‘I don’t know how you do it.’ He just feeds off of it. Finds a way to compartmentalize it and just go out and play golf. That’s really all his focus is. He’s trying to become the best he can be and he doesn’t care about the other garbage that goes along with it.”
Reed said as much after his win in Mexico.
“I just think the biggest thing is every time I feel like I go to the golf course, anytime I go out and work with my coach, anytime I’m at home, I always feel like I have something to prove, not to anyone else but to myself, that I can continue to improve on and off the golf course and continue to do the unthinkable and pull off hard shots, make putts when I need to make them, just do the little things.
“And I think because of that, it just has built up so much confidence with how I’ve played so far in my career with putting myself in these positions, I feel like I have a chance to continue and to have a chance to win these golf tournaments,” Reed said. “Just the confidence is through the roof.”
Patrick Reed celebrates with his wife Justine after making par on the18th green during the final round to win the 2018 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 8, 2018, in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)
According to Gregory, Reed “has a couple of interests: he’s got his family and he’s got his golf and that’s really all he cares about it. Whether that’s right or wrong, he’s not out here to make a lot of friends. It’s work. When he’s in his work space, his office, for 7 or 8 hours a day, that’s what does. He goes home and does it again. I’ve told people you could write a documentary on how to prepare.”
Reed isn’t even aware of what is being said about him on social media, his instructor said.
“He has no clue what goes on in social media, I can promise you that. He never has,” Gregory said.
Back in the top 10
The victory in Mexico was the eighth of Reed’s career. He said at the time it also set him up for a run at a second green jacket in the past three years.
“It means a lot,” he said after the Mexico win. “One of our goals was to go out and win a golf tournament and try to get in that winner’s circle before Augusta, leading into Augusta.”
Reed didn’t know that, because of COVID-19, he would have to wait an extra six months before the 2020 Masters would be played in mid-November.
Reed, who turned 30 on Aug. 5, moved back into the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking after the win in Mexico and has stayed there through mid-October.
Reed, who famously called himself a “top five” player in the world after he won at Doral in 2014, hasn’t quite made it there yet, but he was sixth after tying for seventh in the Charles Schwab Challenge in mid-June, the first PGA Tour event after a three-month pause due to COVID-19. Through mid-October, he was ranked ninth.
“I think he can be the best player in the world at some point,” Gregory said. “He’s maturing. In his game, he doesn’t have a weakness anymore. He’s always been one of the best in the world around the greens. That’s proven. His ball striking is getting better and better.
“He’s learning how to handle his emotions and learning how to manage golf courses. It just comes with age and maturity. He’s still young at this even though he’s been out here since 2012. He’s still very young in his career. There’s nobody who is going to work any harder.”
Today should’ve been the 2020 Masters Par 3 Contest. Since we can’t watch the event, let’s relive G.T. Nicklaus’ epic 2018 hole-in-one.
We’re all missing the Masters this week.
The first major tournament of the men’s golf calendar being postponed until November is a light at the end of this coronavirus quarantine tunnel, but professional players and fans alike are yearning for competitive golf, especially at Augusta National.
Defending champion Tiger Woods wasn’t able to hold his Champions Dinner Tuesday night, so he held his own with his family instead. That got us thinking.
Today was supposed to be the annual Masters Par 3 Contest. Because we aren’t able to watch this year’s event, let’s take a trip down memory lane to one of the most-famous moments in recent par 3 history.
Two years ago, Gary Nicklaus Jr. – or G.T., as he’s known – accomplished something every golfer dreams of, making a hole-in-one. As if his impressive shot wasn’t enough, he did it during the Masters Par 3 Contest, in front of his six-time Masters champion grandfather Jack, three-time winner at Augusta Gary Player and two-time champion Tom Watson.
The reaction on the tee, in the gallery and on the broadcast was priceless.
“We talked about this the other day,” said Jack with a smile.
At an event chalk-full of history, this shot will be talked about forever, Mr. Nicklaus.
