Patrick Reed: player profile
From high school to high-flying Masters champion - we chart the course of Patrick Reed.
- Born 5 August 1990 in San Antonio, Texas.
- Attends University High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who he led to two state championships in 2006 and 2007.
- Rolex AJGA All-America honours 2005, 2006 and 2007.
With the 2006 Junior Open
- Wins 2006 Junior Open, qualifies for 2007 US Amateur, and wins the 2007 state medalist honour.
At the 2008 US Amateur Championship
- Goes to University of Georgia, Athens, in 2008. Plays one year for the team.
- Accused of cheating on the course and stealing from the locker room while at the college.
- Arrested twice for intoxication - thrown out of University of Georgia and joins Augusta State.
- Helps new school win the NCAA Division I title in 2010 and 2011.
Competing for Augusta State in 2011
- Gets to semifinals of 2008 US Amateur, where he loses 3&2 to eventual champion Danny Lee.
- Turns pro in 2011 at 20.
Playing the St Jude Classic, his first event on the PGA Tour
- Plays first pro event on PGA Tour at FedEx St Jude Classic - misses the cut. Plays two more events on top tier in 2011, and two on Nationwide Tour.
- Plays 12 events on the PGA Tour in 2012 thanks to sponsors exemptions and through Monday qualifying. Makes seven cuts, with a best finish at the Frys.com Open where he finishes T11.
Team Reed
- Marries Justine Karain, 21 December, 2012. She caddies for him for the first two years on Tour before pregnancy.
Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2012
- Earns his PGA Tour card for 2013 with a T22 finish at PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament.
First top-10 comes at Pebble
- Gets his first top 10 finish in 2013 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
- First win comes in August at Wyndham Championship after coming through a play-off with Jordan Spieth.
One brings two...
- Wins the 2014 Humana Challenge. Reed sets a PGA Tour record for most strokes under par after 54 holes - 27-under par (63-63-63).
......aaaaand three.
- Wins the 2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship, becoming the fifth golfer to capture three PGA Tour events before turning 24 and also the youngest ever to win a WGC event at 23.
- After winning, infamously says he is a “top five player in the world”.
- Caught on microphone making a gay slur when missing a putt in late 2014 - apologises via Twitter.
- Debut at the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. Goes 3-0-1 and famously “shushes” the crowd.
Getting it done in Hawaii.
- Joins the European tour for the 2015 season.
- Wins fourth PGA Tour title at Hyundai Tournament of Champions in January 2015, becoming the fourth player to win four times before turning 25 - the others are Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia.
- Moves to career best 14th in golf rankings.
A big smile at the Barclays
- In August 2016, he wins the Barclays, the first of the FedEx Cup play-off events, taking him to the top of the FedEx Cup standings and earning him a place in the US Ryder Cup team.
- Beats Rory McIlroy 1 Up at the 2016 Ryder Cup in one of the most memorable matches of the modern era - earns the nickname “Captain America”.
- Finishes third in the FedEx Cup play-offs behind champion Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson.
Taking a shining to the majors...
- T2 at the US PGA Championship in 2017.
...before landing his first.
- Wins the green Jacket in April 2018, moving up to 11th in the world rankings.
