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Report: Tour spoke to Smith about Reed comments

Cameron Smith's comments over Patrick Reed's rules infraction at last month's Hero World Challenge received plenty of attention. It also reportedly elicited a warning from the PGA Tour.

While several players shared their thoughts about Reed's much-discussed penalty for moving sand behind his ball in the Bahamas, none were as outspoken as the 26-year-old Aussie.

"If you make a mistake maybe once, you could understand but to give it a bit of a bulls--- response like camera angle ... that's pretty up there (inexcusable)," Smith said last month.

The response sparked tensions between the two that boiled over into the Presidents Cup, where Smith and Reed brushed shoulders in what was later described as a "love tap.