Patrick Reed withdraws from Wyndham Championship

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Patrick Reed has withdrawn from this week’s Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. The PGA Tour released on Tuesday that the 2018 Masters champion would not take part in the final event of the regular season at Sedgefield Golf Club, however a reason was not given for his absence.

The American finished last week’s WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in a tie for 31st as a final round level-par 70 saw him finish on four-under for the tournament.

As a result, Reed’s finish at the World Golf Championship in Memphis capped off a whirlwind few weeks for the world number 16 as he competed in a major championship, the Olympic Games and the St. Jude across three different continents in four weeks.

The 31-year-old began his hectic run at the Open Championship at Royal St. George’s midway through July where his three-over-par from his first two round saw him miss the cut.

Reed then returned back home to America where he competed in the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, securing a tied-34th finish.

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A day later he was then offered the opportunity to represent his nation at the Olympic Games just days before the event was set to take place as compatriot Bryson DeChambeau was forced to withdraw after he tested positive for Covid-19.

Reed then made the trip to Tokyo to compete alongside Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas and eventual gold medal winner, Xander Schauffele to represent the US at the Games in Japan.

Despite his late arrival and lack of preparation, the 31-year-old went onto shoot a respectable 10-under-par for his three rounds to leave him just outside the top 20 in a tie for 22nd alongside teammate Justin Thomas.

Following his Olympic showing, Reed then immediately returned to his native country just a day after the conclusion of the event in Tokyo as he headed to Memphis for the World Golf Championship at TPC Southwind, which began just four days after the end of play in Japan.

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Therefore, Reed’s withdrawal from this week’s Championship in North Carolina will come as no surprise to most, especially with the first of three FedEx Cup play-off events getting underway the following week at the Northern Trust – an event he won in 2019. 

The 2019 champion will head to Liberty National alongside the top 125 players from the FedEx Cup leaderboard in the first of three play-off events in consecutive weeks.

The top 70 then head to the BMW Championship the following week for the second play-off, which is then eventually followed by the play-off finale at the Tour Championship where the top 30 will take to the East Lake course in Atlanta.

Reed will no doubt be looking to comfortably qualify for the final play-off event in Georgia in September as he currently finds himself inside the top 30 in 22nd in the FedEx Cup rankings.

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