Reed reveals his inner Tiger in Ryder Cup victory

playA hoarse Patrick Reed explains to ESPN.com's Michael Collins just how "awesome" it was facing down and beating Rory McIlroy at the Ryder Cup on Sunday. (1:16)CHASKA, Minn. -- Tiger Woods made a beeline for an American golfer near the 18th green, the one golfer who always had the unmitigated gall to wear Tiger's shade of win-or-else red on Sundays. Patrick Reed had a swing doctor in his youth, Peter Murphy, who worked with Hank Haney when the coach was working with Woods on Haney's ranch.

Reed wanted to be Tiger when he grew up. Didn't every kid with a driver or a wedge in his hands? But Reed didn't just want to beat opponents as consistently as Woods did. He wanted to punish people, and…