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Patrick Reed claims that his DP World Tour login credentials are not working

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2 years ago

Sep 20, 2022

Despite resigning his membership to the PGA Tour, 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed is happy to retain his Honorary Lifetime Membership of the European/DP World Tour, this week appearing as the second highest ranked player at the Open de France.

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As part of the tour’s ban against LIV players, organizers removed Reed’s name from the entry list for the Scottish Open in July but he since appeared at the 150th Open Championship, finishing 42nd, and at the tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA at Wentworth, where he was part of he top-10 that also included LIV Talor Gooch – both prize-money payouts covering any fines that were administered.

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With the LIV series unable to claim points on the OWGR, Reed has been seeking qualifying points on alternate tours, recently taking part at the International Series Singapore, an event that carries the backing of the Greg Norman-led organization.

At Wentworth, Reed was at pains to comment how much he enjoys the challenges of European golf, particularly the links and more difficult of courses, such as he will find at Le Golf National this week.

“I enjoy the different questions we get asked on a links,” he said. “There are like 10 different ways you can play every shot. So you have to commit to one way and allow all that other noise in your head to escape. In that respect, links golf is more mental than physical. On tour, we all have the physical talent. But the winner is always the guy who can really believe the ball will fly a certain number and let it run to the hole. Or the guy who can hit a shot so far off what appears to be the correct line, yet know that the ball will get back to the flag.”

Whilst he hasn’t played the course in individual competition, he was part of the defeated US team at the 2018 Ryder Cup, winning one point from three matches by defeating Tyrrell Hatton in the Sunday singles.

Despite that ‘loyalty’ to the DP World Tour, he has again hit the news with a controversial take on a problem – he can’t log in to his DP World Tour account.

After finishing 12th at LIV Chicago on Sunday, Reed told Golf.com writer Sean Zak that his login credentials haven’t worked for weeks, despite trying to reset his password.

After his round, Patrick Reed said his login credentials for the DP World Tour have not worked for weeks, despite resetting the password.

"It hasn't worked for two weeks, which is interesting. It worked a month ago."

— Sean Zak (@Sean_Zak) September 18, 2022

Of the 40-odd replies to the tweet, there are none in favour of the former world number six, now ranked 50 and desperate to at least be in a qualifying position for the majors.

Whatever the view, Reed is a player that thrives on adversity. Debutantes rarely win at LGN, but what a story it would be if the former ‘Captain America’ could do so.

Man charged with stealing millions of dollars worth of memorabilia from Augusta National

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16 hours ago

Apr 18, 2024

Matt Vincenzi

According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, a man has been charged in Chicago with stealing millions of dollars’ worth of memorabilia from Augusta National.

The man, Robert Globensky, was charged with transporting the memorabilia across state lines.

The report states that between 2009 and 2022, Globensky allegedly transported “millions of dollars’ worth of Masters golf tournament merchandise and historical memorabilia” from Augusta National “and transported to Tampa, Florida, knowing the same had been stolen, converted and taken by fraud.”

The document was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Per the court records there is no mention that Globensky worked for the golf club.

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Talor Gooch: 54 holes is more exciting for the fans

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16 hours ago

Apr 18, 2024

Matt Vincenzi

Over the past few weeks, two of LIV Golf’s biggest stars, Jon Rahm and Phil Mickelson, have both expressed that they believe LIV could go to 72 holes.

While speaking to BBC Sport, Rahm said he “wouldn’t mind” going to 72 holes.

“If there ever was a way where LIV could go to 72 holes I think it would help all of this argument a lot.”

“The closer I think we can get LIV Golf to some other things the better. I think it would be for some kind of unification to feed into a world tour or something like that.

“I don’t know if I’m alone in this, but I definitely wouldn’t mind going back to 72 holes.”

Phil Mickelson, while speaking after his final round at The Masters, also said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if LIV went to 72 holes.

“I don’t think it makes a difference either way. We’ve got mini-tours playing 54, Champions Tour playing 54. I wouldn’t be surprised if some or all of LIV events went to 72. I don’t know, but it doesn’t matter. I enjoy the competition.”

Another one of LIV’s top players, Talor Gooch, expressed on Wednesday that he feels quite differently.

“It’s just funny to me, this arbitrary number of 72.”

“Why is it not 90? “Why is it not 108? We just decided to make that number the number, for what reason?”

“Everyone’s talked about world ranking points and all this stuff, but no one’s talked about what do the fans enjoy more?”

“People want something that’s going to be more exciting. And I personally think that the 54 holes is more exciting for the fans.”

After Gooch’s comments, I decided to get some fan feedback for myself, making a poll on X. With about 4,500 votes in at the time of writing this, roughly 84% of voters in the poll indicated they’d prefer 72 holes to just 16% saying they’d prefer 54.

Rahm prefers 72 holes
Gooch prefers 54 holes

Where do the fans stand?

— Matt Vincenzi (@MattVincenziPGA) April 17, 2024

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Brandel Chamblee has ‘no doubt’ who started the McIlroy/LIV rumor and why

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2 days ago

Apr 17, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Earlier this week, rumors began to fly that Rory McIlroy could be making a shock switch to LIV Golf which caused quite the stir on social media.

However, on Tuesday, McIlroy emphatically shut down those rumors, telling Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis at the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town:

“I honestly don’t know how these things get started. I’ve never been offered a number from LIV and I’ve never contemplated going to LIV. Again I think I’ve made it clear over the past two years that I don’t think it’s something for me.

It’s unfortunate that we have to deal with it and this is the state that our game’s in. I’m obviously here today and I’m playing this PGA Tour event next week and I will play the PGA Tour for the rest of my career.”

Golf Channel analyst and longtime LIV critic, Brandel Chamblee, took to social media before McIlroy’s statement to point the finger at “Saudis/LIV,” who he believes started the rumor:

I have no doubt that this rumor was started by Saudis/LIV… to benefit Saudis/LIV after such a poor showing, as a group, at The Masters.

I’d be very surprised if this turns out to be true. https://t.co/SWNgjHtWSM

— Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) April 16, 2024

When one user pushed back on Chamblee’s claim that LIV golfers had a poor showing at the Masters, Brandel went further into why he believes the opening major of the year was a failure for the breakaway tour.

You think they paid 3 billion for a few top tens and to be +82 as a group at major? A senior citizen beat some of their “stars” and almost all the game’s of LIV players have deteriorated since they sold their souls to the Saudis who only bought a moment in time… nothing else. https://t.co/xERkYsztIJ

— Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) April 16, 2024