Patrick Reed Reflects Upon His Ryder Cup Legacy, Remains Hopeful For Selection

Henry McKenna

NFL Reporter

It wasn’t easy getting Patrick Reed to talk about golf. Turns out, he’s much more interested in chatting about the NFL and his Houston Texans. Reed loves team sports. He’s a C.J. Stroud apologist and went so far as to say that Dak Prescott isn’t a top 10 quarterback and, if Stroud were a Cowboy, would prove he was one of the NFL’s best at his position.

Reed’s takes were so hot that I didn’t want to change the subject. So I figured: Let’s talk golf and football — all at once. Which NFL QB would Reed compare his game to?

“Problem is, I look at these NFL quarterbacks and I’m not the most mobile guy in the world,” he said with a chuckle. “I mean, it’s hard not to say Joe Burrow or Jayden Daniels. I love those guys, because I went to high school on the LSU campus.”

How else would Reed compare himself to them?

“I’ve always been vocal. I try to lead, even if it’s my team or not. I try to set by example. Work hard and really just try to get the guys going,” Reed said. “And really, that’s the role of all quarterbacks, right? I mean, they’re the ones that are supposed to be the leaders of the teams. I want to pump up teams — to be the one that gets the guys going.”

Patrick Reed is enjoying a strong season on LIV, sitting sixth in the standings.

If you feel like — over the course of his answer — he’s making his case to serve on the Ryder Cup team, you’re probably not wrong. He’s a longshot. But he’s holding out hope.

That only builds the pressure for Reed heading into LIV Golf Indianapolis this weekend. On the LIV Tour, he currently sits sixth the season-long standings, with six finishes inside the top-ten and an individual win at LIV Dallas in June. He won’t make the Ryder Cup team competing in September based on points alone, but maybe he can get hot enough to convince team captain Keegan Bradley to select him.

“To be honest with you, obviously, being part of LIV, it’s a little harder, right?” Reed said. “Most likely everyone that’s a part of LIV is going to rely on a pick — unless you do something spectacular, like Bryson [DeChambeau] Has done in big companies. ,

Reed “Captain is America.” He earned the surname in 2014 when he worked as an electric force for the American team. And this is not the only thing that got stuck with that special rider cup. Reid said he met an injured American military legend who gifted golfer to an American flag. From that day on in 2014, the flag has not left the reed’s bag – not for a single practice or tournament.

“It shows what this country means to me,” Reid said.

Rider Cup has a special place in Reid’s heart. But their success-7-3-2 has not lived without disposal with personal records. He has not met with each of his companions. Former members of the team USA have talked about it. He spoke openly about that.

“When I was on a PGA tour before Live, it was an incident in a year where you are part of a team in the President’s Cup or Rider Cup. So you are taking all these persons and then, in this way, ‘Hey, you know how to become the best friend for this one week.’ It was difficult to find out, “he said. “You have different personalities. When it is just out of yourself on that leaderboard, you have your team on home and luggage, but you are alpha. And so now you are putting 12 alphabets in the same room and like, ‘Hey, Y’All will have to turn and merge that cameraDari.”

The Patrick Rider Cup is eager for another shot in Glory.

Reid said that he felt as if things were different for him now. Not only is he one of the best golfers in the world, but he also thinks that he has developed as a team partner, thanks to a large part of his work on a live tour, where he is team companions with Captain Dustin Johnson, Herold Warner and Thomas Peters, who are in 4 accesses, which are fifth in the team standing.

Reid indicated that he worked hard to understand how to work within that group.

“Being part of Liv, we know how [team dynamic] Is, “Reid said.” We know how to adapt. We know how to reach different personalities, how to feel them, to handle them. … I think I have become too big on that aspect. And you know, because of this, I think I will be a big property for the team. ,

Even if Reid does not finish the team this year, he has admitted that it will be a “tough fight”, there may be possibilities under the line. For example, what as the captain of the team?

“It will be great. Of course,” he said. “For me, anything that has to do with the United States, I get to wear red, white and blue anytime, I can represent my country anytime – it matters a lot to me.”

Reid said that he felt that Bradley would take the right decision. No matter what happens, Reid made it clear that the Rider Cup would be a large part of his legacy.

“When you are on tourism, everyone has on your schedule. You are always trying to form a team. And this is a single one – at least in the past – you don’t get payment for it. You are going there and representing your country and going to play because you want to win so badly for your country and have something bigger than you,” he said. ” “I think it is a major part of your legacy. … I think it is a part of my heritage as ‘Captain America’.”

Before joining Fox Sports as NFL reporter and columnist, Henry McKenna Spend seven years to cover Patriot For USA Today Sports Media Group and Boston Globe Media. Follow it on Twitter @henrycmckenna,

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