Patrick Reed at it again.

The rules official couldn’t say it was or it wasn't embedded because Patrick had already decided it was and picked it up.

The official said he could feel the lip where it was embedded, so he agreed to the free drop. I think any other player would have let the official check the ball first. Fatrick probably mashed the ball in before he picked it up.
The ball may very well have been embedded, but I think cheating comes so naturally to him, it never even occurred to him to leave the ball for the official. Also, with his label as a cheater, you would think he’d be a little more aware of situations like this where he could be accused of cheating, but he’s obviously not.
Nobilo is not impressed.

Well if they don’t want you to pick it up to check it then make it a penalty to do so. Seems like a smart move by him because he didn’t risk anything. not defending his history but I don’t see an issue here. These guys take full advantage of the rules all the time...sprinkler heads being maybe kinda close to their stance so they get relief and use it as an opportunity to improve the lie...or the power cables, tv towers, giant loose impediments that require 15 guys to move, etc.

And let’s not forget, he lied. How can I say that? There is no way possible for that ball to have been embedded. He knew that without having to call an official over. Golf doesn’t work if you have to rely on officials to police player honesty.

The ball bounced. It wasn’t embedded. PR cheated. Water is wet. The sky is blue.

Faldo hit him with the “the golf gods are watching” when he had the fried egg later on

Reed is such a fat shitbag

And of course his batshit crazy wife tweets in all caps

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He asked the marshals and volunteers that were there what happened. They told him they “never saw the ball bounce”. If a ball doesn’t bounce from a tee shot, it is likely imbedded. He couldn’t see that from the tee, so he asked. Then he marked it and picked it up. ALL within the rules. The official came over, agreed with the path forward, and Reed did as instructed.

If it was any other player, this would not even be discussed.

May not be what others might have done, but it is the rules.

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If there was a lip where his ball initially was, then he pushed it down to create one. It is the only logical explanation.

And I could not disagree more about if this were someone else, we would not discuss it. We are talking about golf here, where fricking fans call in perceived cheating they see on tv.

But to that point, since you made it...he obviously has a rep, and it’s for a reason. Once someone shows you who they are the first time, believe them.

There is 0 fricking chance that ball was embedded.

Everyone knew golf facts was Justine. Just like 99/100 times it’s Justine on Pats account.

As for as the ruling-
He walked up and asked the volunteer if it bounced. Once she said no he immediately told his playing partners he was checking. He picked up ball identified it and checked ground. The rules official determined it was embedded so the entire Brandel Chamblee act on the palming-cleaning ball rule is null and void. Even if it was not embedded it would be hard to access that rule as you can’t see the ball moving in his palm.

Add to it the fact the rules officials said he has seen a bounced ball plug this week and you have 0 violations and no issues.

You can hate on him all you want and you can disagree with how he went about it but everything he did was legal.