It is widely reported that his teammates at Augusta State went over to his opponent Harris English at the finals of the college national championship one year and told him that they really wanted to win the match but that they hoped he beat the crap out of Patrick Reed. You have to be a pretty big douche for your own teammates to not pull for you in a match that could help them win the national championship.

I like the guy. Anyone with that kind of fire is fun to watch. He may be a crappy human being, just like tiger, but they are both good for the sport.

Reed then went out and whooped English's arse and won his team the championship. I get it, he's not a likeable guy, but he's a winner

Ehh golf

All his background stuff wouldn’t bother me near as much if he could find one former teammate that would come toward and defend him. But, every one of them has done the opposite and come out against him.

I agree with Doekiller. If only one of his former teammates at UGA or Augusta State came forward and said, "All that is bullchit, this is what happened, I was there, it was this or that" then it would help. But none have.

Good story from one of the best golf writers in the business right now.

http://www.golf.com/knockdown/2018/04/08/masters-patrick-reed-estranged-family-complex-mix-emotions

Plus if he chose a woman over his momma and daddy he ain’t worth a chit. Never forget where you came from.

Or maybe your teammates are douches for doing that.

Who's to say is momma and daddy ain't worth a chit? They're the ones who raised him to be this guy everyone hates. If you will notice, most of the trouble from his past came from the time while he still associated with his family. Since he's been away from them, he seems to be more on the straight and narrow. Bottom line is, we don't know what is going on with Reed and his family issues and probably never will. The only side of the story that is being told is coming from his parents and sister though, so I would venture to guess what we have heard is skewed to their favor. At any rate, I'd say that it is even more impressive to accomplish what he has with all of this other background noise going on.

At issue with his parents, at least the supposed breaking point, was his impending marriage at age 22 to his current wife. They believed he was too young. He did not and the split ensued. Their efforts to reconcile or reach out have been well documented, as have his rejections.

What happened prior to that, only they probably know. As noted in that story, every family has its drama, demons, problems and dysfunction.

His wife has been very vocal in the past about his parents and the "abuse" he suffered from them. She said they were drunks who would physically abuse him if he did poorly in a golf tournament. His parents may be horrible or they may be great people. I really don't put much stock in that issue. A lot of people have family problems over the smallest issues that blow up into something much more.

The problems at Georgia and Augusta are where I see a problem with him. But, he was young, admittedly was drinking a lot, away from home the first time and made bad choices. Apparently, it took more than once getting caught to stop. I don't care if he is a dickhead. A ton of professional athletes are. Hopefully, he has put all his issues behind him and will have a good career.

They very well may not be. Either way I wish the young man well and hope he gets it all worked out before it’s to late.

That small little white ball don’t care if the human on the other of the stick is a douche or not.

Lot of the characters from golf’s history probably make this guy look like a choir boy.

They're probably just mad cuz he whooped their asses every time they played and they couldn't win sheeet cuz he was bringing it home every time.

That's not a good enough reason to want an opponent to beat a teammate and to lose the national championship.

With the society we live in today, it's more than enough of a reason.

We'll agree to disagree.

If it was an isolated instance maybe. But everyone that has ever been a teammate anywhere with the guy will say nothing in defense of his character. In fact they seem to actively hate his guts. They will all acknowledge that he is a fine golfer of course. As for this being a case of collective jealousy, there have been a lot of talented golfers come up through the college ranks. I have never seen one more disliked by everyone in his wake than Reed. If the whole world thinks you are an as#$%e they may have a point. LOL!