Patrick Reed looking to go low this weekend

After finding a greenside bunker on No. 18, Patrick Reed decided not to play his third shot toward the pin.

Instead, the former Augusta State star blasted a sand wedge “30 to 40 feet right” and watched it trickle down the ledge.

“Throughout the years, I’ve seen that shot played about 50 times,” Reed said. “I knew if I went at the pin, there’s no chance of getting it close. So I went way right and was hoping to get it within six to 10 feet.”

Instead, Reed’s ball crept near the pin and dropped for birdie.

“When I saw Keegan (Bradley) raise his hand, I knew it was in,” Reed said. “It was pretty sweet ending my day like that, especially after not playing very well.”

Reed shot even-par 72 on Friday to enter the weekend 2-under, 12 shots behind leader Jordan Spieth.

After making birdies on all four par-5s Thursday, Reed was just 1-under on Nos. 2, 8, 13 and 15 on Friday.

“For the weekend, I have to drive like I did today and hit iron shots and putt like I did yesterday,” Reed said. “Hopefully someone can go out and put a little pressure on (Spieth), but all I can control is my own golf ball.

With such a large deficit, Reed admitted he’ll need help from Spieth to get in contention.

“I’m going to try to shoot a couple rounds in the 60s, hopefully low 60s,” he said. “But at the same time, we’re going to need help from Jordan. If he’s going to go out and shoot a few under par each day this weekend, that means he’ll be around 20-under at the end of the week. If he’s 20, that means I have to go 9-under, 9-under to tie. So, yeah, we’re going to need help.”

Patrick Reed

SLIDESHOW: Patrick Reed

Hole By Hole Scores
Round 2
Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36	72
Rnd	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	4	3	36	72
Tot	-2	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-2	-1	-1	-2	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2


Round 1
Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36	72
Rnd	5	4	4	2	4	3	5	4	5	36	5	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	34	70
Tot	1	0	0	-1	-1	-1	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2