Heading into this week, there were major questions as to how the U.S. Presidents Cup Team would handle Patrick Reed’s rules controversy. Ignoring it? Impossible. Team captain Tiger Woods addressed the matter in a press conference on Tuesday before taking to the course with Reed, Patrick Cantlay and Justin Thomas.
Woods took a measure approach in his comments to the press; Thomas went with a different strategy. In the video, posted by Australian pro Adele Huggard, Thomas steps into a bunker and, noticing his ball is in a plugged lie, looks over at Reed and takes a well-aimed shot at his teammate.
“P Reed,” he yelled. “Is this right?”
Putting his wedge behind his ball, he takes the clubhead away, flinging sand backwards in the process — much like Reed did in a clip from this weekend’s Hero World Challenge that you’ve likely seen by now.
What this all means — and how both the players and fans will react — remains to be seen. But one thing we know for sure: it’s not going away anytime soon. Check out the clip below.
