CROMWELL, Conn. -- Patrick Reed has been tagged as one of the most controversial golfers in the world -- if not the most controversial. But it doesn't seem to be something he's loses sleep over.
"I think the biggest thing is I'm true to who I am," the 2018 Masters champion told WFAN's "Boomer and Gio" show Wednesday at TPC River Highlands, the site of this week's Travelers Championship. "I'm out there, and I speak what's on my mind rather than what they consider is politically correct."
Reed's mouth often makes headlines. In 2014, he compared his accomplisments at the time with "legends of the game." A TV mic once caught him using a homophobic slur during an event. And he ripped teammate Jordan Spieth and American captain Jim Furyk after last year's Ryder Cup.
Reed said the animosity between him and his Ryder Cup teammates dissipated quickly.
"We've been past that since right after the flight we got home," he said. "That's a great thing about the guys and great thing about all of us is, like a family out here, we get angry at each other and then we forgive, forget and move on."
When he won the green jacket in August last year, stories surfaced about his estranged relationship with his parents and sister. WFAN's Gregg Giannotti asked him how he manages to handle such reports.
"The biggest thing is the reason why all these guys and all professional athletes make it to where they're at is because they are mentally strong," he said. "They know how to compartmentalize everything, and me personally, I don't read the articles or any articles that get written about me.
"As long as I feel like I'm living my life the way I want to live it and I'm living it correctly and I feel like I'm going through and I'm doing everything I can to better this place and better his world and help our generation coming up then I'm living my life the way I want to be. You're always going to have people that support you, and you're always going to have people on the other side that don't support you. And that's where you just have to stay on course and just get tunnel vision and think your way."