Denied relief, Reed jokes: 'Guess my name needs to be Spieth'
A rules controversy broke out during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational involving a player dressed in red and black, but it had nothing to do with Tiger Woods.Patrick Reed was playing in the group in front of Woods for the second straight Sunday, and he became embroiled in a situation after launching his approach into an area of trees behind the 11th green. As captured by a fan video, Reed got into a lengthy discussion with an on-site rules official before being told that he would not receive the free relief he was requesting."I guess my name needs to be Jordan Spieth, guys," Reed said, drawing laughs from a few gallery members.Spieth and Reed have a successful history together as Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup partners. But last summer Spieth was at the center of the biggest rules decision of the year, when he dropped on the driving range during the final round of The Open after taking an unplayable lie from an errant drive.After taking a penalty drop, Reed ended up making double bogey on No. 11 en route to a 1-under 71. He finished the week in a tie for seventh at 8 under.
"I guess my name needs to be Jordan Spieth, guys," Reed said. While the line was clearly a joke, Reed added to Friday's festivities when he was asked what makes Spieth such a good match play
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"I guess my name needs to be Jordan Spieth, guys," Reed says to the crowd. Despite the tag on that tweet, this doesn't seem to be a shot at Spieth, but rather at the fact that the Tour theoretically has different sets of rules for different players, and Reed isn't in the most-favored category … at least in Reed's mind.
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After he was denied a free drop during the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Reed joked that he in order to get relief "my name needs to be Jordan Spieth."
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"Anyone else would get a drop out of there any day of the week," an unidentified off-camera voice says. "I guess my name needs to be Jordan Spieth, guys," Reed says to the crowd.
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Denied relief, Reed jokes: 'Guess my name needs to be Spieth'
It was then that Reed sarcastically made perhaps his most controversial comment; Reed: "I guess my name needs to be Jordan Spieth, guys." This was presumably in reference to Spieth's relief for an unplayable lie on his final round of The Open 2017, for a penalty of one stroke, which was a completely different situation.
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