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Patrick Reed has some nerve.
Which, for golf's undisputed super-villain, is both a criticism and a compliment.
Reed romped home to win the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines by five shots on Monday (AEDT), the day after sparking another rules furore by claiming a free drop for an embedded ball; after a shot that bounced, landed in the rough and was picked up by the American before the lie was sighted by a rules official.
An old friend of mass controversy, Reed suffered a four-bogey lapse after the incident in round three but was untroubled on Monday. He spanked the field at this year's US Open venue, finishing at 14-under after a four-under final round of 68; an eagle and three birdies eclipsing a lone blemish on the eighth hole.