With an animated wave of a hand, Patrick Reed gestured toward the crowd of boisterous fans standing a few feet away, many of them singing songs or chanting his name.
He’d contested two fierce matches in the Ryder Cup on Saturday, and while the roars had finally begun to subside, there were times when it seemed as though all 45,000 on the property at Hazeltine National Golf Club were screaming in decibel-busting unison at his shots.
His ears practically ringing from the cacophony of noise, Reed tried to explain why, of all the places to play the most impressive golf of his career, it has happened this week with much of the sporting world watching with jaws dropped.