Of Course Patrick Reed Wins After A Long Week, DeChambeau Congratulates His Fellow Bad Rap "Co-Worker"

Say what you want about Patrick Reed, but it was mighty impressive to go win over a quality field in the same week Brooks Koepka and Peter Kostis mentioned his cheating ways. Or, it speaks to an ability to compartmentalize worthy of deeper study on the outskirts of Vienna. Or wherever they psychoanalyze golfers.

Either way, in passing elite talents like Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau, Reed navigated the narrow and bumpy Club de Golf Chapultepec for his second win in this event.

GolfDigest.com’s Brian Wacker reminds us of the quaint old days in 2014 when Reed declared himself a top 5 player.

Even his victory on Sunday was a reminder of controversies past. In 2014, Reed won the same tournament when it was played at Trump Doral in Miami. That year, in a taped interview with NBC that aired during the final round, Reed declared himself a top-five player in the world, a remark that came off as cocky and was generally not well-received, considering Reed was just 23 at the time, hadn’t played in a major yet and had started the week ranked 44th in the world.

Since then, Reed has racked up several notable wins, including his 2018 Masters triumph, leaving that misstep a distant memory.

When this latest controversy will wash away, who knows. In the meantime, Reed is now up to No. 8 in the world after his latest victory over a world-class field.

“I think the biggest thing is I’ve grown as a player,” he said. “I’ve not allowed too many things to bother me, the highs and lows in golf, especially through a round of golf.”

While DeChambeau seemed to have the tournament in his grasp, a three-putt at the 71st hole and a hideous birdie attempt at the final hole left him in solo second. But feeling bonded with winner Reed, reports G.C. Digital at GolfChannel.com.

"[I congratulated him] because he's a great player," DeChambeau told Golf Channel's Todd Lewis. "There's been a lot of stuff said in the past years, I guess you could say, with him – and even with me – and I feel like unfortunately sometimes we get quite a bad rap. And yeah, there's things that we've done that hasn't been right, but we haven't got really got the best rap and we're still trying to provide great entertainment for everyone. You know what, he's a great player, and he'll be a great player for a long time, and yeah, I have respect for his game."

Lewis then followed up by saying, "It kind of sounds like you're brethren in this ..."

"We're co-workers, right?" DeChambeau interjected. "And we understand each other's pain sometimes."

Speaking of pain, the greens at Club de Golf Chapultepec took a beating Saturday from DeChambeau, and he subsequently took a beating on Twitter for his outburst, reports Nick Piastowski.

Round four highlights from Mexico City, courtesy of PGA Tour Entertainment: