Patrick Reed says his children are being harassed due to allegations that he has cheated at golf.
In an interview with AFP’s Daniel Hicks, the 2018 Masters winner said that while the accusations are false, his daughter and son have heard them.
“My kids have been bullied at school so that’s where it’s uncalled for,” Reed said.
“They say a lot of stuff. It’s all false,” he continued.
“When they all of a sudden look at your children and say stuff about them, it’s like you don’t even know my children and why would you even bring kids into it?
“It’s not fun having to deal with some of the stuff that we deal with. The great thing is I have an amazing support team at home and an amazing family.”
Reed’s comments came after Friday’s play at the Asian Tour’s International Series Philippines event, and you can read Hicks’ entire story here. Reed went on to finish in a tie for 20th at the tournament.
For most of his career, drama has followed Reed. A GOLF.com story (which you can read here) details some of his incidents, including moments in college, the 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions event, the 2018 Arnold Palmer Invitational, the 2018 Porsche European Open, the 2018 Dell Technologies Championship, the 2018 Ryder Cup, the 2019 Hero World Challenge and the 2019 Presidents Cup — and another GOLF.com story (which you can read here) tells Reed’s side of his career.
In talking about his image to API’s Hicks, Reed said this:
“The kind of person I am on and off the golf course hasn’t been portrayed very well in the media throughout my career, but it’s almost impossible to control others.
“All you can do is control yourself, so I feel like I’m doing everything the right way, living the right way.
“Everyone I play pro-ams with and everybody I meet, they’re all like: ‘Man, you’re nothing like what the media portrays you as.’
“So as long as that just continues happening, at some point it will turn around.”
This week, Reed is defending his title at the Asian Tour’s Link Hong Kong event.
Editor’s note: To read the complete AFP story about Reed — which also includes his thoughts on the Ryder Cup — please click here.
