Golf villain slams insult as 'slap in the face'

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Former satellite No.6 Patrick Reed has deed retired astatine his attraction from the DP World Tour, saying the reception he's received astatine the French Open has been a "slap successful the face".

Reed, 1 of LIV Golf's highest illustration players, is capable to vie connected the DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour) acknowledgment to a ineligible ruling that temporarily overturned a prohibition connected those that had signed with Greg Norman's tour.

The 2018 Masters champion is the lone large victor successful the field, but helium claims the invited has been thing but friendly.

Reed says organisers person snubbed him from the pro-am successful the days starring up to the archetypal round, neither was helium required to be the pre-tournament media conference.

"It's a slap successful the look not to invitation maine to the property conference, oregon not to person maine play the pro-am and each those things," helium told Journal Du Golf.

"At the extremity of the day, it's conscionable my play that I person power over. I'm present to enactment the Tour, France and each the radical who are here.

"But I don't spot wherefore we can't determination from the LIV to the European Tour (DP World Tour) similar we usually determination from the PGA Tour to the European Tour."

Reed besides claims helium has been "hidden" successful the draw, acold distant from the marquee pairings.

"A batch of players recognize and enactment my prime and person thing against me. I didn't consciousness immoderate animosity against maine from them," Reed said.

Reed, whose nickname is 'Captain America', is banned from this week's Presidents Cup, which is tally by the PGA Tour.

He played connected 3 winning Presidents Cup teams, astir precocious astatine Royal Melbourne successful 2019, when his caddy became progressive successful an altercation with a fan. The arguable American was being heckled by the Australian fans aft being progressive successful a rules contention the erstwhile week.

Earlier this week Reed claimed his login for the DP World Tour website nary longer worked, contempt resetting the password.

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