Congratulation to Patrick Reed, winner of the 2018 Masters tournament!
Less than two years after winning The Barclays at @BethpageGolf, Patrick Reed is the new #Masters champions. That's pretty cool. @News12LI pic.twitter.com/UYQxgmxlXO
— Kevin Maher (@KMaherNews12) April 8, 2018
And congrats on the huge payday, too:
Masters Prize Money
Patrick Reed: $1,980,000
Rickie Fowler: $1,180,000
Jordan Spieth: $748,000
Jon Rahm: $528,000
Cameron Smith, Bubba Watson, Henrik Stenson & Rory McIlroy: $356,000 each
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 8, 2018
Reed, who was signed by Nike on January 4 was reportedly not even up on the company’s golf website yet:
Nike announced it signed Patrick Reed on Jan. 4.
He still isn't on the Nike Golf website.
Might want to work on that.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 7, 2018
An omission that was quickly corrected:
Yesterday, Patrick Reed wasn't listed on Nike Golf's website.
He is now.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 8, 2018
But not everyone was happy for young Reed. The HuffPost’s Paige Lavender deleted a tweet saying she was happy for the golfer, calling him “terrible” and a “bigot”:
I deleted this because I didn't realize how terrible/what a bigot this guy was. Booooo. pic.twitter.com/2x5JVwy1Se
— Paige Lavender (@paigelav) April 8, 2018
Lavender is referring to a 2014 incident where Reed was caught on camera making a gay slur after missing a put:
Well, apparently not always nice: https://t.co/EtHEWogCsw
Blah. https://t.co/RAYFPVRBWg
— Paige Lavender (@paigelav) April 8, 2018
Others are jumping on this storyline as well:
“Why is nobody happy about Patrick Reed?”
Does cursory Google and Twitter search.
“Oh.”#TheMasters
— Brian Sandalow (@BrianSandalow) April 8, 2018
And:
Quite the unflattering profile from 2015 of a troubled athlete, today's Masters champion Patrick Reed. https://t.co/ycYtPesnHI
— Bill Shea (@Bill_Shea19) April 8, 2018
Wait until they find this photo from 2014!
Big day for Patrick Reed at the #Masters after an amazing showing yesterday! Fun family throwback from 2014 when he won at @TrumpDoral. @PReedGolf #GoodLuck pic.twitter.com/ohKALmOTYw
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) April 8, 2018
And this one!
Patrick Reed got George W. Bush to re-create his infamous shush pose. Amazing. http://t.co/AkcdyFVAVk pic.twitter.com/V6LCW4HaWp
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) October 7, 2015
Anyway, enjoy the moment, Patrick for tomorrow you’ll have a mob to answer to.
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