Rory: Reed Taking More Heat Than Most Because "It's Him"

I rarely disagree with Rory McIlroy much these days as he’s become one of the game’s sharpest observers.

But his view of Patrick Reed’s blatant lie-improvement at the Hero World Challenge fails to inspire.

From today’s Morning Drive interview with Robert Damron and Paige Mackenzie, as reported on by G.C. Digital:

"I don’t think it would be a big deal if it wasn’t Patrick Reed. It’s almost like, a lot of people within the game, it’s almost like a hobby to sort of kick him when he’s down," McIlroy said Monday on "Morning Drive".

Said McIlroy: "I think the live shot isn’t as incriminating as the slow-mo. It’s hard, because you try to give the player the benefit of the doubt, right? He’s in there, he’s trying to figure out what way to play the shot.

“It’s almost like it’s obliviousness to it rather than anything intentful, in terms of trying to get away with anything.”

However, added McIlroy, “It doesn’t make it right what he did.”

The full interview is better than the text given how uncomfortable McIlroy sounds having to address Reed’s nonsense: