Patrick Reed claims golf is 'slow’, says LIV Golf has ‘brought in the more entertaining part of life’
Patrick Reed is in West Virginia for LIV Golf Greenbrier. Reed comes into the tournament after finishing T13 and T27 at the BMW International Open and LIV Golf UK last month. Ahead of the event in West Virginia, Reed spoke about what the Saudi-backed tour has done for the sport.
In a press conference ahead of LIV Golf Greenbrier, the players in the press conference were notified about Friday's round being LIV Golf's 100th round. When Reed was asked what comes to mind when he thought about this feat, the golfer answered (via ASAP Sports):
"I can't wait to continue playing and for a lot more rounds than 100 and get hopefully to 1000 soon and just watch it continue to grow and change the game of golf and show a faster and more fun side of golf, not just the old traditions. Things need to evolve. Things need to change. I feel like that's what LIV is. They've stepped into a world that was all about tradition only and has changed the face of golf for the better, and I feel like with LIV, we're now allowed to touch a lot broader and better way of golf. Golf is boring, slow, long, and we've now brought in the fast and more entertaining part of life," Patrick Reed said.
LIV Golf Greenbrier will begin on August 16th and conclude on August 18th. The third last event of the Saudi-backed tour this season will feature some notable names such as Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Sergio Garcia.
What position does Patrick Reed rank on in the LIV Golf standings?
As per the current LIV Golf Standings, Patrick Reed ranks in 20th position with 52.80 points. While Reed did not have any success on the tour this season, he did deliver some good performances and registered some good finishes. His best results came at the LIV Golf Houston and later in Andalucia.
The 34-year-old finished T3 in Houston and registered a T4 finish in Andalucia. Here is a list of the current LIV Golf standings:
- Joaquin Niemann - 189.40 points
- Jon Rahm - 165.17 points
- Tyrrell Hatton - 143.49 points
- Sergio Garcia - 124.49 points
- Louis Oosthuizen - 118.10 points
- Cameron Smith - 116.66 points
- Dean Burmester - 95.90 points
- Bryson DeChambeau - 91.16 points
- Paul Casey - 88.66 points
- Brooks Koepka - 86.73 points
- Talor Gooch - 84.13 points
- Carlos Ortiz - 78.83 points
- Dustin Johnson - 76.31 points
- Abraham Ancer - 75.89 points
- Adrian Meronk - 67.24 points
- Matthew Wolff - 63.83 points
- Anirban Lahiri - 59.75 points
- Marc Leishman - 57.34 points
- Charl Schwartzel - 54.33 points
- Patrick Reed - 52.80 points
- Brendan Steele - 48.10 points
- Richard Bland - 41.55 points
- Graeme McDowell - 35.75 points
- Sam Horsfield - 35.03 points
- Sebastian Muñoz - 34.81 points
- Peter Uihlein - 34.10 points
- Charles Howell III - 34.08 points
- David Puig - 33.08 points
- Kevin Na - 30.62 points
- Cameron Tringale - 29.25 points
- Andy Ogletree - 29.00 points
- Jason Kokrak - 28.58 points
- Thomas Pieters - 26.52 points
- Lee Westwood - 26.00 points
- Lucas Herbert - 21.85 points
- Danny Lee - 21.40 points
- Eugenio Chacarra - 18.67 points
- Martin Kaymer - 18.23 points
- Henrik Stenson - 14.41 points
- Matt Jones - 14.30 points
- Caleb Surratt - 14.25 points
- John Catlin - 13.28 points
- Mito Pereira - 12.00 points
- Phil Mickelson - 11.93 points
- Ian Poulter - 9.22 points
- Jinichiro Kozuma - 8.40 points
- Harold Varner III - 8.25 points
- Pat Perez - 7.76 points
- Scott Vincent - 5.90 points
- Laurie Canter - 4.30 points
- Bubba Watson - 3.66 points
- Kalle Samooja - 3.40 points
- Branden Grace - 3.22 points
- Kieran Vincent - 2.47 points
- Hudson Swafford - 0 points
- Anthony Kim - 0 points