PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – So what happens when Patrick Reed reaches the par-3 17th at The Players Championship this week?
Is he worried that the heckling he has endured since his controversial penalty in the waste area at the Hero World Challenge three months ago will get even worse? Is he worried that fans, notorious for their liquid courage around the Stadium Course’s island hole, will heckle him?
“No, not really,” Reed said Wednesday in his pre-tournament news conference.
But, he acknowledged a bad shot there won’t go over well.
“I cannot hit it in the water the next four days, because, if I do, if I hit in the water once, I won't hear the end of it until next year,” he said.