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Patrick Reed is ‘full of s–t’: US Ryder Cup fight explodes

When the US Ryder Cup team’s chartered jet from France arrived in Atlanta on Monday afternoon, word of Patrick Reed’s published rant about being “blindsided’’ by captain Jim Furyk not pairing him with Jordan Spieth had circulated and left some team members livid at his audacity.

Reed was quoted in the New York Times saying he wanted to play with Spieth, but Spieth didn’t want to play with him and that Furyk never stepped in to pair the two of them in what turned out to be a 17½ to 10½ European drubbing of the Americans.

Reed went 1-2 in this Ryder Cup, which included two losses while paired with Tiger Woods, once on Friday and once on Saturday. They lost to Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood both times. He won a garbage-time singles match Sunday after the outcome had already been decided.





“The issue’s obviously with Jordan not wanting to play with me,” Reed said in the interview with the Times. “I don’t have any issue with Jordan. When it comes right down to it, I don’t care if I like the person I’m paired with or if the person likes me as long as it works and it sets up the team for success. He and I know how to make each other better. We know how to get the job done.”

Reed and Spieth were 4-1-2 when paired together in the 2014 and 2016 Ryder Cups and, including Presidents Cup play, they’re 8-1-3 overall. Furyk opted to pair Spieth with his close friend Justin Thomas and the pair went 3-1 together.

One member of Team USA was shocked when he saw Reed complaining about not being paired with Spieth.





“He is so full of s–t,’’ the source told The Post on Monday. “Blindsided my ass. He begged to play with Tiger.’’

According to the Times story, Reed claimed Woods “apologized’’ to him after they lost their Friday fourball (best ball) match to Molinari and Fleetwood.

Reed said he was also chafed at being benched Friday and Saturday afternoon.

“For somebody as successful in the Ryder Cup as I am, I don’t think it’s smart to sit me twice,” Reed said.

Reed and Woods lost their first match against Fleetwood and Molinari, after which, Reed said, Woods apologized for letting him down. That was the only match of the Friday morning session the US lost.

Reed said he expected Furyk to change the pairings after the first session, saying, “I thought he might go back with the groups that have worked in the past,” meaning him and Spieth.





Instead, Reed was benched in the afternoon, as was Woods. The next morning, Reed again played with Woods and lost to Molinari and Fleetwood in a match in which Reed hit more balls in the water than a 15-handicapper would.

“He would have shot 83 on his own ball Saturday,’’ the source said. “He totally screwed Tiger. He has no clue how to play team golf. I saw firsthand how bad of a team player he was. Eleven players understood the concept of team golf and only one didn’t. Unfortunately, that one proved to be too costly for the team to overcome.

“I feel so bad for Jim, because he was an unreal captain. He would have run through a wall for all 12 of the guys. Unfortunately, there were only 11 players that would have returned the favor.’’





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