Column: Reed digs himself a hole that will be hard to escape

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Patrick Reed needed a 12-foot birdie putt to win at Kapalua and return at least some attention to his bullish brand of golf. Not only did it give Justin Thomas a third chance in the playoff, which he won with a sublime sand wedge to 3 feet for birdie, it was enough time for one fan to shout the word that so many others have only whispered. The man didn't say it until the putt on the final hole - a birdie Reed knew he needed to keep playing - was halfway to the hole.