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Reed beats Spieth in a playoff to win the Wyndham Championship

Published

11 years ago

Aug 18, 2013

Just two weeks after his 23rd birthday, Patrick Reed defeated 20-year-old Jordan Spieth in a playoff to secure his first PGA Tour victory.

After missing a short birdie putt to beat Spieth on the first playoff hole, Reed hit his tee shot on the second playoff hole into the woods. The ball ended up just shy of the out-of-bounds marker, but Reed found an opening with his 7 iron, hitting his approach shot to 7 feet. After Spieth missed a 10-foot putt for birdie, Reed holed his birdie putt for the win.

The victory earned Reed $954,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points, moving him into 22nd place going into next week’s Barclays. Runner-up Jordan Spieth moved to eighth in the standings and earned his seventh top 10 of the season.

Spieth made things interesting in the final round, with a flawless 31 on the back nine that got him into a tie with Reed at 14-under. On the first playoff hole, Spieth appeared out of it after he hit his tee ball into the woods, leaving himself 25 feet for par. But Spieth holed that putt to put pressure on Reed, which may or may not have influenced Reed’s miss.

Golfweek’s Adam Schupak tweeted this after the round: “@JordanSpieth says caddie Michael Greller told him before the bomb on the 1st playoff hole: “Why not?” Must be nice to have ice in the veins” (sic)

To add to the youth-themed leaderboard, Brian Harman (26) and John Huh (23) finished tied for third.

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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage

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5 days ago

Apr 16, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.

We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.

We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.

Check out links to all our photos, below.

General Albums

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

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Photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open

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3 weeks ago

Apr 1, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week at the Valero Texas Open.

The event has been around since 1922, making it one of the oldest on the PGA Tour calendar. Over the years, it’s been held at a variety of courses across the Lone Star State, but it’s found its home at TPC San Antonio in recent years. Some of the biggest names in golf have taken home the title here, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, and Ben Crenshaw.

GolfWRX has its usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs and special pull-out albums. As always, we’ll continue to update the links below as more photos come in from TPC San Antonio.