There's a Rory McIlroy-Patrick Reed battle brewing. Here's why
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Dylan Dethier Wed, February 11, 2026 at 9:56 AM UTC·6 min read There’s a battle brewing between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed. Another battle, that is. These guys have history. Complex history. Feel-good history and feel-weird history. And they’re about to add to it.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Before we look forward, let’s go back. There was the wild back-and-forth match at the Hazeltine Ryder Cup, the match that launched the shush and the I-can’t-hear-you and helped elevate the biennial event into the stratosphere. Reed and Rory at the 2016 Ryder Cup. Getty Images There was the final group in the 2018 Masters, where McIlroy faltered and Reed prevailed, one man’s best chance at...