Patrick Reed Concerned His Family Will Try To Watch His Masters Defense

Excellent reporting by Karen Crouse of the New York Times on Patrick Reed’s continued family issues, including his frustration with an inability to have his estranged dad ejected from tournament spectating.

Make sure to take in the full story: it’s strange and of course, sad. And maybe unprecedented for golf:

Reed’s parents live six miles from Augusta National Golf Club, in a two-story, Southern-style Colonial replete with a bedroom shrine to their first child and only son, who hasn’t stepped foot in the house since 2012. This week should be a joyous homecoming for Reed, who led Augusta State (now Augusta University) to back-to-back national championships and will preside over Tuesday’s legends-laden Champions dinner. But instead it has all the makings of a nightmare, with his acrimonious relationship with his family threatening to become as much a part of this year’s Masters narrative as his attempt to become the first golfer since Tiger Woods in 2002 to successfully defend his title.

“I wouldn’t at all be surprised if they show up,” Reed said.