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Kevin Kisner reveals the level of hatred former college teammates have for Patrick Reed
Patrick Reed hasn’t made many new friends recently after he was the fulcrum of the messy fallout after the USA’s heavy defeat in the 2018 Ryder Cup. Reed’s outspokenness at the time didn’t provoke Tour players to voice their personal opinion on the current Masters Champion, but this week Kevin Kisner aired a stark revelation of how the Texan is view by his former college teammates.
Speaking to Golf Digest, Kisner talked about the level of animosity that Reed’s ex-college teammates still have for him, stating
“They all hate him — any guys that were on the team with him (at Georgia) hate him and that’s the same way at Augusta. I don’t know that they’d piss on him if he was on fire, to tell you the truth.”
In a book written in 2016 by author Shane Ryan, it was revealed that there had been cheating and stealing accusations leveled against Reed from his teammates at Georgia while he was playing for the university. Reed denied the claims, though was subsequently removed from the team in 2009.
It’s worth noting that, Kisner, though a graduate of the University of Georgia, did not attend the school at the same time as Reed, and none of Reed’s teammates from his time in college, including Tour pros Brian Harman, Harris English, and Russell Henley would confirm Kisner’s view to Golf Digest.
Kisner’s revelation comes after an anonymous member of the U.S. Ryder Cup side told the New York Times after this year’s team event that Reed “is so full of shit” and that the 28-year-old “has no clue how to play team golf”.
Reed held his tongue following those incendiary remarks, but whether or not he will do the same after Kisner’s statement remains to be seen.
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SuperStroke acquires Lamkin Grips
SuperStroke announced today its purchase of 100-year-old grip maker Lamkin Grips, citing the company’s “heritage of innovation and quality.”
“It is with pride and great gratitude that we announce Lamkin, a golf club grip brand with a 100-year history of breakthrough design and trusted products, is now a part of the SuperStroke brand,” says SuperStroke CEO Dean Dingman. “We have always had the utmost respect for how the Lamkin family has put the needs and benefits of the golfer first in their grip designs. If there is a grip company that is most aligned with SuperStroke’s commitment to uncompromised research, design, and development to put the most useful performance tools in the hands of golfers, Lamkin has been that brand. It is an honor to bring Lamkin’s wealth of product innovation into the SuperStroke family.”
Elver B. Lamkin founded the company in 1925 and produced golf’s first leather grips. The company had been family-owned and operated since that point, producing a wide array of styles, such as the iconic Crossline.
According to a press release, “The acquisition of Lamkin grows and diversifies SuperStroke’s proven and popular array of grip offerings with technology grounded in providing golfers optimal feel and performance through cutting-edge design and use of materials, surface texture and shape.”
CEO Bob Lamkin will stay on as a board member and will continue to be involved with the company.
“SuperStroke has become one of the most proven, well-operated, and pioneering brands in golf grips and we could not be more confident that the Lamkin legacy, brand, and technology is in the best of hands to continue to innovate and lead under the guidance of Dean Dingman and his remarkably capable team,” Lamkin said.
Related: Check out our 2014 conversation with Bob Lamkin, here: Bob Lamkin on the wrap grip reborn, 90 years of history
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Tour Rundown: Pendrith, Otaegui, Longbella, and Dunlap soar
Take it from a fellow who coaches high school golf in metro Toronto: there’s plenty of great golf played in the land of the maple leaf. All the greats have designed courses over the USA border: Colt, Whitman, Ross, Coore, Mackenzie, Doak, as well as the greatest of the land, Stanley Thompson. I’m partial to him, because he wore my middle name with grandeur. Enough about the architecture, because this week’s Tour Rundown begins with a newly-minted, Canadian champion on the PGA Tour. Something else that the great white north is known for, is weather. It impacted play on three of the world’s tours, forcing final-round cancellations on two of them.
It was an odd week in the golf world. The LPGA and the Korn Ferry were on a break, and only 13/15 of the rounds slated, were played. In the end, we have four champions to recognize, so let’s not delay any longer with minutiae about the game that we love. Let’s run it all down with this week’s Tour Rundown.
PGA Tour: TP takes TS at Byron’s place
The 1980s was a decade when a Canadian emergence was anticipated on the PGA Tour. It failed to materialize, but a path was carved for the next generation. Mike Weir captured the Masters in 2003, but no other countrymen joined him in his quest for PGA Tour conquest. 2024 may herald the long-awaited arrival of a Canadian squad of tour winners. Over the past few years, we’ve seen Nick Taylor break the fifty-plus year dearth of homebred champions at the Canadian Open, and players like Adam Hadwin, Corey Conners, Adam Svennson, and Mackenzie Hughes have etched their names into the PGA Tour’s annals of winners.
This week, Taylor Pendrith joined his mates with a one-shot win at TPC Craig Ranch, the home of the Byron Nelson Classic. Pendrith took a lead into the final round and, while the USA’s Jake Knapp faltered, held on for the slimmest of victories. Sweden’s Alex Noren posted six-under 65 on Sunday to move into third position, at 21-under par. Ben Kohles, a Texan, looked to break through for his first win in his home state. He took the lead from Pendrith at the 71st hole, on the strength of a second-consecutive birdie.
With victory in site, Kohles found a way to make bogey at the last, without submerging in the fronting water. His second shot was greenside, but he could not move his third to the putting surface. His fourth was five feet from par and a playoff, but his fifth failed to drop. Meanwhile, Pendrith was on the froghair in two, and calmly took two putts from 40 feet, for birdie. When Kohles missed for par, Pendrith had, at last, a PGA Tour title.
360° and in!
A nervy par save by @TaylorPendrith to remain one back as he seeks his first PGA TOUR victory @CJByronNelson. pic.twitter.com/LVFXUSidSg
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 5, 2024
DP World Tour: China Open in Otaegui’s hands after canceled day four
It wasn’t the fourth round that was canceled in Shenzhen, but the third. Rains came on Saturday to Hidden Grace Golf Club, ensuring that momentum would cease. Sunday would instead be akin to a motorsports restart, with no sense of who might claim victory. Sebastian Soderberg, the hottest golfer on the Asian Swing, held the lead, but he would slip to a 72 on Sunday, and tie for third with Paul Waring and Joel Girrbach. Italy’s Guido Migliozzi completed play in 67 strokes on day three, moving one shot past the triumvirate, to 17-under par.
It was Spain’s Adrian Otaegui who persevered the best and played the purest. Otaegui was clean on the day, with seven birdies for 65. Even when Migliozzi ceased the lead at the 10th, Otaegui remained calm. With everything on the line, Migliozzi made bogey at the par-five 17th, as his principal competitor finished in birdie. To the Italian’s credit, he bounced back with birdie at the last, to claim solo second. The victory was Otaegui’s fifth on the DP World Tour, and first since October of 2022.
.@adrianotaegui birdies the 16th to tie the lead at -17 ?#VolvoChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/p4tfE5DRJa
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) May 5, 2024
PGA Tour Americas: Quito’s rains gift title to Longbella
Across the world, superintendents and their staffs will do anything to prepare a course for play. Even after fierce, nightime rains, the Quito TG Club greeted the first four groups on Sunday. The rains worsened after 7 am, however, and the tour was forced to abort the final round of play. With scores reverting to Saturday’s numbers, Thomas Longbella’s one-shot advantage over Gunn Yang turned into a Tour Americas victory.
64 held the opening-day lead, and Longbella was not far off, with 66. Yang jumped to the top on day two, following a67 with 66. He posted 68 on day three, and anticipated a fierce, final-round duel for the title. As for Longbella, he fought off a ninth-hole bogey on Saturday with six birdies and a 17th-hole eagle. That rare bird proved to be the winning stroke, allowing Longbella to edge past Yang, and secure ultimate victory.
.@TBalla21 eagles 17, shoots 65 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the KIA Open. pic.twitter.com/TTOL2LxSdh
— PGA TOUR Americas (@PGATOURAmericas) May 4, 2024
PGA Tour Champions: Dunlap survives Saturday stumble for win
Scott Dunlap did not finish Saturday as well as he might have liked. After beginning play near Houston with 65, Dunlap made two bogeys in his final found holes on day two, to finish at nine-under par. Hot on his heels was Joe Durant, owner of a March 2024 win on PGA Tour Champions. Just behind Durant was Stuart Appleby, perhaps vibing from his Sunday 59 at Greenbrier on this day in 2010. Neither would have a chance to track Dunlap down.
The rains that have forced emergency responders into action, to save hundreds of lives in the metro Houston area, ended hopes for a third day of play at The Woodlands. Dunlap had won once previously on Tour Champions, in 2014 in Washington state. Ten years later, Dunlap was the fortunate recipient of a canceled final round, and his two days of play were enough to earn him TC victory number two.
Off the green? No worries for @ScottDu12500063
8-under solo leader @InsperityInvtnl pic.twitter.com/hoj5OujL5C
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 4, 2024
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Hub jub
Jul 25, 2020 at 1:33 am
Reed stole $400 and a Scotty Cameron from a UGA teammate.
T-Bone
Jan 6, 2020 at 11:31 am
Kisner should refer to Proverbs to see how the Lord views slander and gossip.
God
Jan 10, 2020 at 11:34 am
I dont mind it that much….
geohogan
Feb 22, 2020 at 5:05 pm
T Bone: if it was slander, you can bet P Reid would have sued him already.
Not even Reid is going to court to deny the obvious.
Dave Bryce
May 29, 2020 at 1:26 pm
Yes and how does the Lord view stealing, cheating……? Kisner speaks the truth, refreshing, when most ride the fences of political correctness!
Mike Cleland
Jan 1, 2020 at 1:23 pm
I don’t have any animus toward Patrick Reed, but what he did in the bunker was clearly cheating. The penalty was not nearly serious enough.
Fatrick Reed
Dec 24, 2019 at 8:12 am
I like cheeseburgers.
Walter millet
Dec 19, 2019 at 6:52 pm
Your headline contradicts your own words: “It’s worth noting that, Kisner, though a graduate of the University of Georgia, did not attend the school at the same time as Reed, and none of Reed’s teammates from his time in college, including Tour pros Brian Harman, Harris English, and Russell Henley would confirm Kisner’s view to Golf Digest.”
I’m not defending Reed, as I wasn’t there, no have I spoken to anyone who was. But, you should be ashamed of your click bait headline and “fake news”. You’re not a journalist, and shame on you, sir.
Tyler Durden
Jan 4, 2020 at 10:37 pm
The headline says former teammates, not HIS former teammates. You should be ashamed of your low reading comprehension, and your using the term “fake news” tells me all I need to know about you.
Jack
Jul 10, 2020 at 5:14 pm
Tyler durden from bhs?
Mark Jessop
Dec 19, 2019 at 5:54 am
Kevin Kistner OWGR no 34.
Patrick Reed OWGR no 11
Sour Grapes?
Iggy
Dec 24, 2019 at 2:16 pm
I’m not sure that being #34 in the world would cause me any jealousy.
After all, you’re better at what you do than 99.999% percent of the world.
Seth
Dec 18, 2019 at 8:38 pm
Reeds performance at Presidents cup last day of singles was nothing short of spectacular!
IMO Patrick revved the team up to win. Patrick is a closer, and going down the stretch can beat ANYONE!…he will be eating their lunch at some point…perhaps that’s what they are afraid of…
James
Dec 24, 2019 at 2:18 pm
Winning one match. Yep, that’s spectacular
Tal
Dec 25, 2019 at 10:25 pm
You’re nuts of you think Reed deserves any credit for his Presidents Cup play. He was junk for 3 days and showed up for singles. If that was the Ryder Cup it would have been too late by Sunday.
JP
Jan 17, 2020 at 4:50 pm
He will only eat their lunch once he STEALS it…
Randy Doyal
Dec 18, 2019 at 5:49 pm
Did the National Enquirer purchase this site? Who cares about petty jealousy or spats among golfers. Journalism? Me think not.
Aussie
Dec 18, 2019 at 1:13 am
Typical Americans. Gotta tell the world all about their drama filled life of BS. Kisner is a dog for opening his mouth.
Keith
Dec 18, 2019 at 12:39 pm
Agree – Its refreshing to have a character like Reed to balance out all the vanilla characters on the PGA tour . Who cares if he cant play team golf its an individual sport
Jeremy
Jan 6, 2020 at 10:59 pm
Why do people use dog as a pejorative? Never understood that
Pelling
Jan 8, 2020 at 10:20 pm
Because they’re mutts.
HotEnoughYet
Jan 7, 2020 at 1:03 am
Typical Aussie trying to talk sh** about Americans when his country is on fire.
WS
Dec 16, 2019 at 8:36 pm
Well coming from a bunch of Georgia boys who weren’t that fond of Reed, especially being from Texas and plus he was beating the you no what out of them on the course, it doesn’t surprise me a bunch of bulldogs don’t care for him. I’ve heard rumors Reed was set up by the good old boys from Georgia. Mr. Kisner, Mr. English, Mr. Harman, along with a number of other graduates…maybe you should all go pound sand.
Charles
Jan 5, 2020 at 2:49 pm
I read somewhere players accuse him of stealing a watch out of a locker…or was that their set up? IMO watches are very personal things, can be seen, seen if sold etc. I don’t believe this for a second. Why would Patrick want a whining losers watch anyway?
The guilty keep pushing this negative story about Patrick, why???…because it was a set up and they are bathing in their own BS!
Patrick when the chips are down you excel…not steal IMO. Give these players a whopping every time on the course PLEASE!!!
GMatt
Dec 19, 2018 at 11:46 am
Where there’s smoke there’s fire. To me Reed has done nothing to cast any shadow of a doubt that he isn’t who they say he is. In this politically correct world all I see are those who don’t want to public ally say anything bad, I’m sure this will all come out over time
Philip
Jan 1, 2020 at 1:18 pm
spoken like a democrat. shez….give me a break.
Painter33
Mar 4, 2020 at 9:37 am
You mean “like a Republican”. Who is speaks disparagingly about political correctness? Certainly NOT Democrats? Who accuses others of his own failings? Sheesh, indeed. We, the public, know little to nothing about Reed’s character other than what we have actually seen. We’re not in locker rooms or in peoples’ heads/hearts.
A. Commoner
Dec 14, 2018 at 11:11 am
Why prolong this adolescent exercise? Golfers, writers, self-appointed critics, so on, let it lie. ‘I don’t like you; you don’t like me.’ Playground spat.
Gun Violent
Dec 13, 2018 at 12:01 pm
Good! Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you. Strike me down with all your hatred, and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
Tom
Dec 13, 2018 at 11:55 am
Who cares? Gianni lookin all manly with that stach!
Dan
Dec 13, 2018 at 10:26 am
Dumb article. Nothing we haven’t read 100x
ChipNRun
Dec 17, 2018 at 11:24 pm
I’m a former journalist, and the Shane Ryan book was tabloid trash. Lots of unsubstantiated rumors. Also, Reed further ruffled the UG Bulldogs when he led (then) Augusta State to a pair of national championships.
I concur with Dan!
Uglyamerican
Dec 14, 2019 at 8:11 pm
Why did you read it 101 times? Get out and golf more lol…take a Reed shovel with you!
kevin
Dec 13, 2018 at 9:36 am
Seems like Rory agrees…. as the quote was posted to Instagram and was noted as one of the user who ‘liked’ the comment.
Curt
Dec 13, 2018 at 9:43 pm
Yeah, but Rory may still be butt hurt over the good ole A__ Kickin’ he got by Reed at the Masters!!????