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Reed’s passion after the Americans won

two years ago in a home
Continued from Page 17 been a whole team on the game at Hazeltine. If any-
golf course every session.” thing, Europe was having a
“The issue’s obviously with But the passion of Reed transition year in the Ryder
Jordan not wanting to play came off as poison with his Cup with six rookies, none
with me,” Reed told the remarks to the Times. of whom qualified or were
Times. “I don’t have any He made it clear that he is picked for this team.
issue with Jordan. When one of 12 only if he gets his Yes, the Americans have a
it comes right down to it, I way. problem in the Ryder Cup:
don’t care if I like the per- Reed didn’t get to play with They have to play Europe.
son I’m paired with or if the Spieth, the only partner he And now they have an-
person likes me as long as has had in two previous other one. Steve Stricker is
it works and it sets up the appearances. He said he the likely choice to be the
team for success. He and was blindsided when Spi- next U.S. captain when the
I know how to make each eth was paired with Justin Ryder Cup goes to Whis-
other better. We know how Thomas, a longtime friend tling Straits, about an hour
to get the job done.” making his Ryder Cup de- from where he grew up in
Reed doesn’t care about but before a European Wisconsin. What does he
relationships forged during crowd. do with a player who pub-
the week. Read between the lines licly puts his own interests
He cares only about win- of his rant and Reed com- ahead of the team?
ning. plained about getting Not that Reed cares what
That’s the European way. stuck with Tiger Woods, his he says.
That’s what America idol. He caused a buzz in Boston
needs. “Any time you get to tee it when he took to Twitter af-
Sam Torrance, who won up with Big Cat, it’s always ter going to Fenway Park to
the clinching match in 1985 fun,” Reed said when the Patrick Reed of the US tosses his putter into the air after missing sarcastically thank the PGA
when Europe won for the pairings came out. a shot during a fourball match on the second day of the 42nd Tour for free tickets that put
first time since 1957, said Except when you lose. Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, him, his wife and her sister
in one of the inspirational They were 3 up through outside Paris, France, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. in the “line drive section.”
videos for Team Europe 10 holes when Francesco Associated Press Reed, who earned just short
leading up to the matches: Molinari and Tommy Fleet- not have provided much fault. All a captain can do of $5 million this year, said
“It’s not about taking part. wood made five birdies help in alternate shot Satur- is get players in position to he paid $650 to upgrade
It’s about winning. Nothing over the last seven holes to day afternoon. perform. The performance the tickets and ended up
else.” win on the 17th hole. The “For somebody as success- is up to them. Three of his in the same section as the
They win as one. They don’t next morning against the ful in the Ryder Cup as I am, wild-card picks — Woods, rest of the PGA Tour at the
lose very often. same European jugger- I don’t think it’s smart to sit DeChambeau and Phil game.
European captain Thomas naut, Reed was in the wa- me twice,” Reed said. Mickelson — combined to He took a dig at Spieth this
Bjorn said poignantly af- ter, constantly in the rough, Looking back, maybe he’s go 0-9. year at Bay Hill while asking
ter Europe built a 10-6 ad- out-of-bounds and usually right. Furyk should have sat No one was complaining for relief from a palmetto
vantage going into singles: in his pocket. The match him three times. about his picks on the way bush. When denied free re-
“This is 12 players, and we lasted 14 holes. Woods That “Captain America” to Paris. lief, Reed said, “I guess my
do this together. We’ve went back out with Bryson nickname is going to be They should call this the name needs to be Jordan
been playing with eight in DeChambeau. Reed sat hard for Reed to earn back, Hindsight Cup. Spieth.” He then asked for
every session, but it’s about again. His performance if he ever does. No one mentioned prob- a third opinion “from an un-
12, and we felt like we’ve Saturday morning would The loss was not Furyk’s lems with the U.S. system biased source.”q

Del Potro qualifies for ATP Finals, reaches Beijing quarters

season-ending tournament second set at the National
for the top eight players in Tennis Stadium before win-
the world in 2013. ning four games in a row,
Del Potro will next meet Filip has lost in the third round
Krajinovic in the quarterfi- the last two years in Beijing.
nals in Beijing. Krajinovic de- She will next play local wild-
feated Feliciano Lopez 7-6 card entry Wang Qiang.
(5), 6-3. Also, third-seeded Second-seeded Caroline
Grigor Dimitrov was beaten Wozniacki earned the final
by Dusan Lajovic 6-4, 2-6, spot in the third round with
6-4. Lajovic will next face a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Petra
fifth-seeded Kyle Edmund, Martic. “I was just trying to
who defeated qualifier stay focused and tried to
Matteo Berrettini 7-5, 6-7 run a lot of balls down, try
(2), 7-5. to mix up the pace, be ag-
In women’s play, Karolina gressive when I could,” said
Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina hits a return shot between his legs while competing against Pliskova advanced to the Wozniacki, who will next
Karen Khachanov of Russia in their second round men’s singles match in the China Open at the third round for the third play Anett Kontaveit.
National Tennis Stadium in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. consecutive year by beat- Anastasija Sevastova be-
Associated Press ing Aliaksandra Sasnovich came the first player to
BEIJING (AP) — Juan Martin by beating Karen Khacha- Del Potro, who reached 6-3, 6-4. reach the quarterfinals by
del Potro qualified for the nov 6-4, 7-6 (4) Wednesday the U.S. Open final this The seventh-seeded Plis- beating Donna Vekic 6-3,
ATP Finals for the fifth time at the China Open. year, last qualified for the kova, who trailed 2-0 in the 6-2.q