{"id":1161,"date":"2025-07-11T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/1161\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T09:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:30:07","slug":"patrick-reed-acknowledges-uphill-battle-to-make-ryder-cup-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/1161\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Reed acknowledges &#8216;uphill battle&#8217; to make Ryder Cup team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 10, 2025, 02:06 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>Even with the nickname Captain America, <a data-player-guid=\"f35e551e-8602-99fc-d022-187826e10090\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/player\/_\/id\/5579\/patrick-reed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Reed<\/a> knows he&#8217;s a long shot to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team as a competitor on the LIV Golf circuit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it all comes down to next week at The Open,&#8221; Reed said Thursday ahead of the LIV Golf Andalucia event at Real Club Valderrama in Sotogrande, Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Reed, 34, sits No. 36 in the U.S. Ryder Cup points standings, which count LIV golfers&#8217; performances in only the majors. The former Masters champion finished third at Augusta this year and T23 at the U.S. Open but missed the cut at the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/45642859\/scottie-scheffler-rory-mcilroy-jj-spaun-ranking-top-25-players-pga-tour\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/r1513992_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In three previous Ryder Cup appearances, in 2016, 2018 and 2021, Reed posted a stellar 7-3-2 record.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a hard one to answer,&#8221; Reed said when asked about his shot at making U.S. captain <a data-player-guid=\"8f5653c5-b2c1-8fe7-6f83-fb976c9dec5d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/player\/_\/id\/4513\/keegan-bradley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keegan Bradley<\/a>&#8216;s 12-man team for the September showdown at New York&#8217;s Bethpage Black.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; Really the next couple weeks I have to play some solid golf, go out and contend on Sundays, have a chance to win golf tournaments, and if I do that, then hopefully Keegan picks me. But at the end of the day, because we only get the majors that have points for the Ryder Cup, it&#8217;s an uphill battle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The good thing is I feel like I&#8217;m in a good spot right now, as long as I go out and play well in the final major.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reed is coming off his first LIV Golf title at Dallas last month. The 4Aces GC member ranks fourth in the individual season standings.<\/p>\n<p>Reed&#8217;s best finish at the Open Championship was a 10th-place showing in 2019. This year&#8217;s final major begins next Thursday at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jul 10, 2025, 02:06 PM ET Even with the nickname Captain America, Patrick Reed knows he&#8217;s a long&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}