[Photo: Ross Kinnaird]<\/p>\n
Patrick Reed is a true golfer of the world.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s why he\u2019s in the Middle East to kick off his 2026 season with three DP World Tour events before the LIV Golf season starts next month. That globetrotting commitment to both the DP World and Asian tours is why he\u2019s still ranked 41st in the world, despite LIV not receiving Official World Golf Ranking points.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Patrick Reed has a different view of the LIV Golf\/PGA Tour divide than you might think<\/a><\/p>\n Earlier this month, the 2018 Masters champion was enjoying a well-earned rest after his 32-event 2025 season when news broke that fellow LIV golfer Brooks Koepka was going back to the PGA Tour<\/a> via the newly established Returning Member Program. The plan was created for LIV players who have not been a PGA Tour member for two years and who have won the Masters, US Open, PGA Championship, Open Championship or Players Championship from 2022-2025. Only Koepka, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm were eligible, and the latter three said last week they would continue to play on LIV<\/a>.<\/p>\n Reed, who has played on LIV since its 2022 inaugural season and has one individual victory in 45 total starts, didn\u2019t have the ability to consider the opportunity, but at the Dubai Invitational on Saturday, he was asked, hypothetically, if he would think about returning.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, of course; if it were up to me, I\u2019d play everywhere,\u201d Reed said.<\/p>\n He does play everywhere. In 2025, the Texan teed up in 14 LIV events, four majors, 10 DP World Tour tournaments and four Asian Tour stops.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m already playing on three tours, why not add one more?\u201d he added with a laugh. \u201cI always enjoyed my time out there on the PGA Tour. Let\u2019s be honest, out there, it\u2019s the best tour in the world. Look at what they\u2019ve done in golf\u2026 I could see myself playing there at some point again. But right now, you just never know; everything\u2019s so fluid.\u201d<\/p>\n Since donning the green jacket in 2018, Reed, 35, has been a regular feature in majors. He was fourth at the US Open at Shinnecock immediately after his Masters victory and 10th at the 2019 Open Championship. He logged top-10s at Augusta National in 2020 and 2021 before becoming a serious Masters contender again. Reed finished T-4 in 2023 and T-3 last year, where he was genuinely in the hunt on the back nine on Sunday.<\/p>\n Despite that form in golf\u2019s four biggest events recently, Reed is not eligible for the Returning Member Program, given it rewards major victories after LIV debuted in 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cRight now, it\u2019s not even a decision,\u201d Reed said. \u201cThat was for \u201922-and-on winners. So, I definitely would have to think about it\u2026 if that number [came] down to 2018. Right now, it\u2019s hard to say really what we\u2019re going to do or anything like that. Right now, the biggest thing is trying to play some good golf these [two] weeks, not only to solidify myself out here on DP, but to have a good momentum going into the year.\u201d<\/p>\n Reed, a nine-time PGA Tour winner, was given honorary life membership on the DP World Tour in 2019 due to his staunch support of the European circuit. His commitment will run even deeper this year when he is likely to be paying fines for each LIV event he plays that conflicts with a DP World Tour tournament. The amount of each fine is not known.<\/p>\n As reported by The Telegraph, LIV Golf has paid fines in the past on behalf of its players but will no longer do so in 2026. That won\u2019t stop Reed though, although he says he\u2019d \u201clove for it to be resolved\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI always plan on showing my support on this tour and it\u2019s not going to stop me,\u201d Reed said. \u201cStarting this year, any fines or anything like that will go on the players, not on LIV. Right now, playing [these three] DP World Tour events [before the LIV season starts on February 4], I\u2019m not getting fined.<\/p>\n \u201cMe travelling and playing around the world\u2026 it helps this tour, but also it\u2019s something I\u2019ve always held true to my heart and wanted to do. So, if [paying the fines is] what it takes, that\u2019s what it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n For one reason.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to be a worldwide player,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Photo: Ross Kinnaird] Patrick Reed is a true golfer of the world. 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