The thing with PGA Tour player Patrick Reed, a short-game wizard operating on the shortest of golfing leashes, is that the doubts and denials far too routinely outflank the impressive polish of his game.
Think back to 2021, when he cruised to a five-stroke win in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. He stiff-armed challengers, fought through the greenside gremlins and comfortably walked to the bank with $1.35 million.
Well, not comfortably.
