It’s rare when fans wind up rooting for the golf course, even one as majestic as Winged Foot, but suddenly that’s a viable option.
Maybe because the two players atop the leaderboard heading into Round 3 at the U.S. Open are not exactly — how to put this? — the most likeable guys in the game.Patrick Reed, who leads at 4-under 136, has been hounded by cheating allegations since college.
They spilled out in public last December after he was slapped with a two-stroke penalty for intentionally (Reed denied that part) improving his lie in a waste bunker at the World Hero Challenge.
Judging by the lack of fellow pros rushing to Reed’s defense, the 2018 Masters champion wasn’t all that popular to begin with.