Claims Reed flicked golf tee at McIlroy in disgust

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Golf's undying feud has spilt implicit onto the play people with LIV golfer Patrick Reed and the PGA's Rory McIlroy reportedly caught successful an awkward exchange.

The 2 play stars were connected the driving scope astatine the Emirates Golf Club this week for the Dubai Desert Classic connected the DP World Tour erstwhile things got testy.

According to a Spanish website, ten-golf.com, Reed approached McIlroy and stood a fewer feet distant to accidental hello.

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The study states the Northern Irishman didn't admit Reed's presence. The American past said hullo to McIlroy's caddie and stood a fewer seconds longer, but McIlroy continued to disregard him.

Reed past pulled a tee retired of his pouch and reportedly flicked it successful McIlroy's absorption successful disgust, portion walking away.

Tensions person been precocious betwixt the warring parties, with starring PGA Tour subordinate McIlroy engaging successful a verbal warfare with LIV CEO Greg Norman connected aggregate occasions past year.

Reed continues to play successful the DP World Tour events until the lawsuit connected whether the European-based circuit tin prohibition players who play connected LIV from its tournaments is heard.

Nine LIV golfers are slated to tee up successful Dubai connected the DP World Tour this week. Perhaps what further deepened the tensions betwixt the 2 was Reed's earlier comments supporting Norman.

"He seems to beryllium doing a large job," Reed said astatine a property gathering.

"The interactions I person had with him person been large and I person nary issues with Mr Norman. I truly bask him being portion of LIV."

Norman has been urged by McIlroy and Tiger Woods to permission his station connected the rebel circuit however, caller reports suggest Norman mightiness beryllium needed much than ever aft the departure of Majed Al-Sorour, the managing manager of LIV, hardly a period earlier the commencement of LIV's 2nd season.

There person been hopes of 7 caller players to articulation the circuit but nary caller subordinate announcements person been made.

It's understood LIV volition motion satellite No.44 Mito Pereira and is pushing for Belgium's Thomas Pieters, who is teeing up this week astatine the Dubai Desert Classic.

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