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Justine Reed dialed David Leadbetter to take a look at her husband’s swing during Valspar
Patrick Reed’s year took a turn for the worse at last week’s Valspar Championship, with the American missing the cut by a considerable distance after lying 10-over par for two days of play.
It was a performance which many may not have seen coming, since Reed is the strokes gained total leader at the event since 2012. But Reed’s wife, Justine, knew better, and while Reed was in action on day one at Innisbrook, she took the time to call David Leadbetter on her husband’s behalf in an attempt to fix his issues before his title defense at Augusta National next month.
Ex-coach to Nick Faldo, Leadbetter spoke about the interaction with Reed’s wife, saying
“Justine asked me, ‘Hey, would you be prepared to just have a little look at Patrick? He’s struggling at the moment, he’s sort of lost a little bit. Could you do that for us?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I’m here, sure I’ll do it. Absolutely.’”
The two worked together on the range prior to the second round of the event, and after Reed missed the cut by nine strokes, the two met up for another session together on Saturday. According to Leadbetter, who was speaking to Golf Channel, the return meeting lasted over an hour and was due to how Reed had received the initial work on the range between the two.
“It was really a case of, hey, he wanted to see how it felt yesterday, and he said, ‘Listen, I like the taste of this. I want more’. So we said OK.
“He seems pretty comfortable and confident with it. It’s slightly different from what he was doing, but not a lot. Listen, the guy’s a world-class player. The Masters is coming up. I mean, you’re not going to reform the whole swing. That would be ridiculous. So we just sort of added a couple little things, mainly with the setup.”
Reed stressed following his round on Friday that the work he is doing now with Leadbetter in no way interferes with his long term swing coach Kevin Kirk, and that the sessions with Leadbetter were mainly due to the convenience of proximity.
“I feel like we found some things that will help in the long run. It’s just, it’s hard to incorporate literally on the spot when you are teeing off that same day. KK and I are really close. That has nothing to do with it. Just trying to improve and get better every day.”
Reed’s cause for concern stems from his last three events on Tour. The Texan followed a T50 finish at Bay Hill with a T47 finish at the Players, where he shot a final round 78, and Reed’s problems mounted last week at Innisbrook where he stumbled to rounds of 77 and 75.
The defending Masters champion has lost strokes to the field approaching the green in six of his last eight events in 2019 and sits 50th in this week’s WGC-Match Play 64 man field for ball striking over his previous 24 rounds.
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ND Hickman
Mar 25, 2019 at 11:53 am
Lucas Glover is screaming “get out” when he runs into Reed. He’s been in this situation.
hw
Mar 25, 2019 at 11:01 am
Like how the author worked “lying” into this article so that it would be the last word seen before you click it.
hokes
Mar 25, 2019 at 10:40 am
i am impressed. didn’t realize opossums could operate a phone
robert muller
Mar 25, 2019 at 9:42 am
you know your in trouble when your wife dictates who your swing coach is
1775
Mar 25, 2019 at 9:51 am
Concur…..
GolfHo
Mar 27, 2019 at 10:48 am
Yes Reed is a beta cuck.