FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – As the close calls and near-misses continued to pile up, Patrick Reed started to wonder.
The wins that came so quickly – the quartet of trophies that stamped his name as one of the rising stars of American golf – had begun to collect dust. The wait for trophy No. 5, a gentle foot-tapping that stretched back to January 2015, had become more and more frustrating.
“It’s like, all right, what do I need to do to get over this hump?” Reed said.
The answer, it turned out, was patience.
Through the sea of runner-ups and ties for 10th, Reed stayed the course and remained committed to a game plan that had proven so successful in the past.