FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedInJan 30th, 2021 Patrick Reed has become embroiled in a fresh alleged cheating controversy after claiming relief on an "embedded ball" at the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open. Reed was playing the 10th hole during the third round at Torrey Pines when he struck a fairway bunker shot. He pulled it to the left of the green, where the ball bounced rather than plugging directly into the ground. Yet Reed claimed otherwise, after finding the ball in the rough and picking it up before it was seen by a rules official. He first queried a volunteer course marshal, who told him that she had not seen the ball bounce.