By - Australian Golf Media
As the golfing world mourns the loss of ‘Lynds’, Mike Clayton remembers his pal who was “everyone’s friend”.
There has been a long-time joke on the Australian tour about getting caught on the wrong side of the draw. You know, when half the field gets a perfect, windless morning only for the afternoon lot to have to play through a heavy seaside wind on greens drying out and getting slicker by the minute.
It’s been universally known in Australia as the ‘Lyndsay Stephen draw’ because you could guarantee ‘Lynds’ would be off in the brutal afternoon conditions. Or so it seemed.
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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.