Tour News
Patrick Reed denies accusations of cheating, stealing

Patrick Reed is fighting back against allegations of cheating and stealing made in an excerpt from a forthcoming book, and is requesting for retraction from the author and publisher before it’s made available.
On Sunday after the WGC-Cadillac Championship, Reed denied all claims of cheating and stealing as a member of the University of Georgia and Augusta State University golf teams and has sworn statements from his ex-head coaches to support his defense.
An excerpt from the book entitled Slaying the Tiger: A Year Inside the Ropes on the new PGA Tour, written by Shane Ryan, accuses Reed of cheating during practice as a Georgia Bulldog, and stealing $400 cash and a Scotty Cameron putter from a teammate, information that was attributed to anonymous sources.
Reed admitted to the Golf Channel that he “got kicked out of UGA” because of two “drinking incidents,” and admits he was arrested for underage drinking while attending the university.
Anonymous sources in the book say he was also caught cheating as a member of the Augusta State University (now Georgia Regents University) golf team, where he transferred to after leaving the Georgia golf team.
Reed told the Golf Channel that he plans on sending a letter to Ballantine Books, the company that helped publish Ryan’s book, requesting that the excerpt in the book be retracted.
Reed said he has affidavits from Chris Haack, head coach of the Georgia men’s golf team, and Josh Gregory, Reed’s coach at Augusta State University, that contradict the claims that Ryan made in his book.
Does Reed plan on taking legal action if the portion of the book is not removed?
“ALL OPTIONS ARE OPEN. WE’RE NOT 100 PERCENT SURE ON THAT YET,” HE TOLD THE GOLF CHANNEL.
Ryan took to Twitter on Sunday, seemingly in response to Reed’s interview, defending the content in his book.
Just want to say quickly here that I stand behind my reporting 100%, and I also stand behind the truth of what I wrote.
— Shane Ryan (@ShaneRyanHere) March 9, 2015
Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2025 Wyndham Championship

GolfWRX is live this week from the final event of the PGA Tour’s regular season, the Wyndham Championship.
Photos are flowing into the forums from Sedgefield Country Club, where we already have a GolfWRX spirit animal Adam Schenk WITB and plenty of putters for your viewing pleasure.
Check out links to all our photos below, which we’ll continue to update as more arrive.
General Albums
- 2025 Wyndham Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2025 Wyndham Championship – Tuesday #2
- 2025 Wyndham Championship – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Scotty Kennon – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Austin Duncan – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Will Chandler – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Kevin Roy – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Ben Griffin – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Peter Malnati – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Ryan Gerard – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Adam Schenk – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Kurt Kitayama – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Camilo Villegas – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Matti Schmid – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
Pullout Albums
- Denny McCarthy’s custom Cameron putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Swag Golf putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Karl Vilips TM MG5 wedges – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- New Bettinardi putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Matt Fitzpatrick’s custom Bettinardi putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Cameron putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying and join the discussion in the forums.
Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2025 3M Open

GolfWRX is live from the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities!
Back from our overseas journey, we have plenty for you to digest from Minnesota, including WITBs and in-hand looks at some pretty impressive putters.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2025 3M Open – Tuesday #1
- 2025 3M Open – Tuesday #2
- 2025 3M Open – Tuesday #3
- 2025 3M Open – Tuesday #4
WITB Albums
- Luke List – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Isaiah Salinda – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Kaito Onishi – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Rickie Fowler – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Seamus Power – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Chris Kirk – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Vince Whaley – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Andrew Putnam – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- David Lipsky – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Thomas Campbell – Minnesota PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2025 3M Open
- Max Herendeen – WITB – 2025 3M Open
Pullout Albums
- Rickie’s custom Joe Powell persimmon driver – 2025 3M Open
- Custom Cameron T-9.5 – 2025 3M Open
- Tom Kim’s custom prototype Cameron putter – 2025 3M Open
- New Cameron prototype putters – 2025 3M Open
- Zac Blair’s latest Scotty acquisition – 2025 3M Open
See what GolfWRXers are saying and join the discussion in the forums.
Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2025 Open Championship

GolfWRX was live this week across the pond for The Open Championship! Check out links to all our galleries from Royal Portrush below.
General Albums
- 2025 The Open Championship – Sunday #1
- 2025 The Open Championship – Monday #1
- 2025 The Open Championship – Monday #2
- 2025 Open Championship – Monday #3
- 2025 The Open Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2025 The Open Championship – Tuesday #2
- 2025 The Open Championship – Wednesday #1
Pullout Albums
- Cobra’s 153rd Open Championship staff bag – 2025 The Open Championship
- Srixon’s Open Championship staff bag – 2025 The Open Championship
- Scotty Cameron 2025 Open Championship putter covers – 2025 The Open Championship
- TaylorMade’s 153rd Open Championship staff bag – 2025 The Open Championship
- Shane Lowry – testing a couple of Cameron putters – 2025 The Open Championship
- New Scotty Cameron Phantom Black putters(and new cover & grip) – 2025 The Open Championship
- FootJoy x Harris Tweed limited-edition shoes – 2025 The Open Championship
- Nike “Open Championship” collection shoes, bags and hoodies – 2025 The Open Championship
marcel
Mar 17, 2015 at 12:37 am
how low. what is this guy hoping for? like to get some compo money so he wont tell? no proof nothing – just a talk to sell book about what?
LABILLYBOY
Mar 16, 2015 at 11:48 am
At least the tour doesn’t have players cheating on their wives and domestic violence, or guys who have to take a few months off due to substance abuse. That’s all for the tattooed thugs in the NBA right? No steroids or PED’s… nah…
Come on, so he shaved a couple strokes in college and stole a putter, he should just admit it without any details, say it was “youthful indiscretion”, that he’s settled down like we all do, is a dad, loves his wife and would never do anything to jeopardize that. Do it while his wife looks at him adoringly while holding his baby… Refuse to ever discuss it again.
George
Mar 17, 2015 at 9:16 am
Nice comment. LaBilly.
Paul
Mar 14, 2015 at 10:55 pm
Judge not, lest you be judged.
vince guest
Mar 12, 2015 at 6:16 am
Jeremy Kyle could do a polygraph.
Tony
Mar 11, 2015 at 5:20 pm
Firstly, he’s not a KID. He’s old enough to fight, vote , have children etc.
Instead of talking rubbish about being top 5 ( guys like Jason Day) have consistently performed much better for the last couple years in majors and are much more discreet. I think he should look at McIroy as a contempory to try to emulate. Forget suing, that will probably take him places he doesn’t want to go and be a little more humble while still trying to climb golf’s ladder
Captain Oblivious
Mar 12, 2015 at 12:47 pm
You consider finishing NEAR the top in majors is better than WINNING on the PGA Tour?
As far as the top 5 comment being “rubbish”, how many others have won 4 times in the last year and a half? BTW, could you remind me who the top point earner was on the last US Ryder Cup team?
Tomterrific
Mar 11, 2015 at 4:55 pm
I love to watch Reed play with that velvet smooth swing. I love his wife, lugging that full size bag at 5′ nothing was unbelievable. What he did in college is to be forgiven as youthful indescrection. He’s growing up with a new baby. I root for him in every tournament he’s in.
Spencer J. Carlsen
Mar 11, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Integrity is at the core of golf, and with such serious accusations there is every expectation that people will question whether Reed can be trusted. The reporter stands by his sources, which includes multiple teammates and coaches. We’ll never know the truth. Nevertheless, it is up to Reed to earn our trust and respect, or the focus will continue to be on his past recored, and not his current ones.
Dave S
Mar 11, 2015 at 1:21 pm
Yes, but how? By NOT stealing and NOT cheating going forward? You know as well as I do that there’s no real way to clear his name if these accusations are in fact false other than what he’s doing… taking author to Court. I believe that if you’re going to publish something so derogatory about someone you should be willing to go on the record.
That said, I think it’s pretty interesting that the affidavit he got from his former coaches says that he “wasn’t suspended or kicked off the team because of stealing and/or cheating”… that may, in fact, be true, but it doesn’t mean he didn’t do it, just that it wasn’t the direct cause of him being kicked off the team. Everyone seems to be glossing over that BIG detail. As a lawyer, this this a trick used commonly… getting people to infer one thing by exhibiting facts proving something indirectly related and allowing the consumer of the info to create the causal link on their own. We’ll see how this plays out.
Fsubaseball21
Mar 11, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Not a chance he will ever sue. That will leave him open to discovery while under oath and by no means does he want that. Hint hint.
George
Mar 11, 2015 at 10:17 am
As previously stated. Kids do things. Patrick is still in the growing phase. Let him alone as he is one of the gifted ones who will drive the rest of the PGA players to strive for higher levels. Also, I like the this site for the golf topics and not Enquirer format.
Golfraven
Mar 11, 2015 at 8:48 am
Think he is right to get records straight. Its not like he cheated or stole while on the PGA tour, but the headline does imply this if you don’t know the facts.
Michael
Mar 11, 2015 at 8:39 am
Winning is not everything!!! How you win reveals the measure of your integrity.
Jake Anderson
Mar 11, 2015 at 5:44 am
Maybe Patrick Reed did cheat, maybe he did not. I for one do not believe that he cheated. Also I am firm that Dustin Johnson never abused illegal substances. The PGA Tour is a 100 % clean. All athletes are role models really.
christian
Mar 11, 2015 at 7:18 am
Ha ha, good one
Lion
Mar 11, 2015 at 10:56 am
Including Tiger?
Jake Anderson
Mar 11, 2015 at 11:16 am
Yes, including Tiger. I don’t like what the media did to him. I think the medias coverage of his alleged infidelities cost him his marriage and that is really a shame.
Robeli
Mar 11, 2015 at 1:32 pm
So it’s the media’s fault? Really?
Phil
Mar 11, 2015 at 3:34 pm
It’s his fault, but they sure as heck played a HUGE part of the results… That can’t be denied!
Anthony Galea
Mar 11, 2015 at 3:57 pm
top notch trolling
LML
Mar 11, 2015 at 1:31 am
Can we please leave Reed alone for one week. This guy is great, he’s playing well and he has a competitive spirit that most of the young American miss.
#TeamReed
Ken
Mar 10, 2015 at 10:05 pm
I like this site for actual golf stuff, not Enquirer articles. One article is OK, but please … I hope this is not a trend. Just my two cents. Anyway, there are too many cameras during PGA events.
Dan
Mar 10, 2015 at 9:40 pm
“Shane Ryan, accuses Reed of cheating during practice as a Georgia Bulldog”
What does cheating during practice even mean? If it’s a practice round, there are no rules that are really enforced…
Jack
Mar 11, 2015 at 10:15 am
I thought it was during a qualifying round for a tournament.
Robeli
Mar 11, 2015 at 1:35 pm
In college your practice rounds are used for team selection and number position you play.
+Bary S.
Mar 10, 2015 at 9:18 pm
The publisher and author better have some deep pockets.
Jeff
Mar 10, 2015 at 8:39 pm
Kids do stupid and selfish things all the time. He’s lucky to have made it as a pro golfer
Pat M
Mar 10, 2015 at 8:33 pm
Looks like he does not use PEDs. Maybe Finchem should have been drug testing about 10 years ago during golf’s own Lance Armstrong era. Reed has won fair and square. He made a few minor mistakes partying as a kid? Big deal.
Nick
Mar 10, 2015 at 8:15 pm
Get back to your roots! more in the bag photos less irrelevant gossip!
Bobby Cunningham
Mar 10, 2015 at 8:14 pm
Just leave the kid alone. He’s made it this far and if it was such a problem, he wouldn’t be where he is today. People want to jump on him because he’s cocky.
B
Mar 10, 2015 at 8:13 pm
Reed has been an outcast since childhood and he knows it, and he has no intention of changing. There are many (M-A-N-Y) PGA Tour players, past and current, that have had less-than-proud backgrounds, and strange ‘issues’ currently.
Matt
Mar 10, 2015 at 4:17 pm
Can Patrick Reed just go back to binge eating @ Chipotle?
Tired of hearing about this degenerate.
Fred
Mar 11, 2015 at 11:58 am
You sound like a super positive person! I’m sure you are the perfect role model who never told a lie. The kid has incredible game and is fun to watch… leave him alone