While the rest of the field succumbed to Winged Foot, Reed fought back. Which is how golf’s lone wolf was the only one howling after 36 holes, Reed’s temerity and fortitude rewarded with the halfway lead.
The first green has so much hustle and flow, the USGA specifically tells players that its handling it differently than the other 17th, maintaining it a slower speed so that the ridiculousness doesn’t become too sublime.
After missing his approach left of the green, Reed needed to hole a miraculous chip shot at the par-4 ninth at TPC Boston to make the weekend. He did just that, and a volunteer at the tournament was able to capture it on film:
Only the top 125 players on the FedEx Cup points list after this week's Wyndham Championship will qualify for the Playoff tournaments, which begin next week at the Northern Trust event.
Whether a bulked-up Bryson is a true force of disruption is a separate conversation; that focus is on the future and a movement, which will play out in weeks and months and years to come.
Because of the 13 cancelled events, plenty of big-name golfers who thought they had time to play their way into the top 125 are now sitting on the bubble.
A bit like the Old Course that sits directly below his office window, R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers’ annual sit-down with members of the UK media typically offers up all kinds of angles.
