With no LIV Golf events on the schedule for the month of August and ineligible for the FedEx Cup playoffs, Patrick Reed is taking his talents to Asia.
The Asian Tour announced Reed will play in the International Series Singapore August 11-14 and the International Series Korea the following week.
Reed finished fifth individually this past weekend at the LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster while also helping 4 Aces to its second straight team title, after also winning in Portland.
Playing in the Asian Tour International Series, a series created in partnership with LIV, for Reed and many other LIV defectors may be an avenue to something LIV events cannot offer: Official World Golf Ranking points.
The former Masters champ has fallen to 46th in the world after starting the year at No. 25. After the Open Championship last month, OWGR guru @nosferatu projected Reed to fall out of the top-100 in the world by the end of the year if he did not play in any more OWGR events.
LIV has applied for world ranking points, but the Asian Tour already does offer them.
Playing back-to-back events should be notable for Reed, as he said in his first LIV press conference at his debut in Portland one of the reasons he was joining the Saudi-backed league was to play less golf.
โYouโre not having to conserve energy ever. Youโre out there that one week, youโre putting everything into it,โ Reed said in June. โIโm able to play harder every single week rather than sit there going I got five weeks coming up in a row or I got four in a row and then youโre leading into a major or World Golf championship.โ
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