Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters champion and winner of two World Golf Championships, won the Farmers Insurance Open last year at Torrey Pines, earning him a spot in the field at this week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions. In the first PGA Tour event of 2022, Reed will tackle the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Hawaii armed with a new equipment sponsor.
On Thursday, PXG announced on social media that Reed is the newest member of the company’s “troops.” PXG refers to staffers as its troops, and Reed has been seen this week sporting a PXG hat and using PXG equipment.
While PXG has yet to provide details of the deal, Reed was photographed Tuesday at Kapalua wearing a Grindworks hat. Grindworks is the maker of the irons that Reed used for the past few seasons. On Wednesday, Reed wore a hat with a PXG logo on the front and back with a Grindworks logo on the side, implying he intends to keep a relationship with the Japanese iron maker.
Reed has tinkered with PXG clubs in the past and is now listed on the company’s website. PXG said Reed will use a GEN4 driver (from $299 at pxg.com).
Among other PXG staff players are two-time major winner Zach Johnson, Joel Dahmen, Austin Ernst and Ryann O’Toole.