Patrick Reed withdraws from LIV Golf-backed International Series England
LIV Golf star Patrick Reed is OUT of this week's International Series England on the Asian Tour.
Patrick Reed has been forced to withdraw from this week's International Series England tournament on the Asian Tour due to "unforeseen personal circumstances".
Reed, 33, was looking for one final push in competition to potentially persuade Zach Johnson to hand him one of six captain's picks in the 2023 US Ryder Cup team later this month.
The 2018 Masters champion has not won on the LIV Golf League yet but he has recorded five top-five finishes on the circuit this year.
In the four majors this year, Reed performed admirably at The Masters with a tie for fourth but then failed to build on that with ties for 18th, 56th and 33rd at the US PGA, US Open and The Open respectively.
As a result of those finishes, the bookies have pushed Reed's price out to 20/1 to earn a captain's pick in the US Ryder Cup team.
Reed has played in three Ryder Cup teams through the years (2014, 2016, 2018).
A statement sent to GolfMagic ahead of International Series England read:
Reed's WD means there will now be 22 LIV Golf League players competing in this week's 72-hole International Series England event at Close House, outside Newcastle.
LIV Golf players of note competing this week include home favourite Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell, Abraham Ancer and Sebastian Munoz.
The prize fund is a cool $2m.
There will be 156 players in the field, including Asian Tour and International Series Order of Merit leader Andy Ogletree.
The Asian Tour's International Series is backed by Saudi-bankrolled LIV Golf.
LIV Golf players competing at International Series England include:
- Abraham Ancer
- Richard Bland
- Dean Burmester
- Eugenio Chacarra
- Matt Jones
- Sihwan Kim
- Chase Koepka
- Jason Kokrak
- Anirban Lahiri
- Danny Lee
- Graeme McDowell
- Jed Morgan
- Sebastian Munoz
- Andy Ogletree
- Pat Perez
- James Piot
- Ian Poulter
- David Puig
- Brendan Steele
- Peter Uihlein
- Kieran Vincent
- Lee Westwood