SPRINGFIELD N.J. — Mel Reid "legit" quit golf less than a year ago.
"In September, I literally told (Reid's wife) Carly, 'I'm going into media, like I'm going to be one of you guys, I'm not playing golf anymore,'" Reid revealed Friday at Baltusrol.
Full-field scores from the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
But just nine months later, the 35-year-old Englishwoman is T-2, one stroke off the 36-hole KPMG Women's PGA Championship lead.
It's been quite a ride back to this point for the world No. 214.
The 2020 ShopRite LPGA Classic winner and six-time champion on the Ladies European Tour had fallen on hard times a few years ago.