Patrick Reed Cheating Scandal & Controversy on Tour

During the past two years, Patrick Reed has grabbed headlines through his brash antics on the course, as well as his bold statements to the media. Surprisingly, the young PGA Tour pro has been accused of cheating and stealing back in college. Patrick went to the University of Georgia and had a very successful, yet short career in Georgia. He won two national championships for Georgia before transferring to further his talent. The cheating scandal started during a qualifying round prior to a tournament, Reed hit a ball far into the rough. When he approached the spot, he found another ball sitting closer to the fairway, and was preparing to hit it when several of his teammates confronted him. Reed pled ignorance, but the other Georgia players were convinced he had been caught red-handed trying to cheat. That same fall, several items went missing from the Georgia locker room, including a watch, a Scotty Cameron putter, and $400 cash. When Reed showed up the next day with a large wad of cash, a teammate confronted him and asked how he’d come by the money. Reed said he’d played golf with a professor at the school and hustled him out of the cash. The player in question took this claim to the professor, who had no idea what he was talking about and it had been weeks since the man had played with Reed. Reed did not directly answer questions about the allegations when confronted. Controversy has followed Reed throughout his short PGA Tour career. After winning the WGC-Cadillac Championship in 2014, he claimed that he was a top-5 player in the world, setting off a social-media chain reaction that mainly portrayed him as a loud voice with no substance.But his four PGA Tour victories and standout performance for the U.S. in the Ryder Cup have pushed him to No. 15 in the Official World Golf Ranking, showing that his play does indeed deserve attention. Reed claims that the media makes him out to be a villain.