The 4Aces GC duo of Harold Varner III and Patrick Reed shot matching 5-under 67s to share the first-round lead at LIV Golf Dallas. In this lively press conference, the teammates talk about their friendly rivalry, the Fireballs-style chip-in by Reed, and how team chemistry is fueling their strong play.
Reed, a Texas native, reflects on what it would mean to win in his home state, while Varner brings humor and heart as he talks about golf, friendships, and his love for the game.
From on-course brilliance to off-course banter, this is LIV Golf at its most entertaining.
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please welcome to the LiveGolf Dallas media center uh the ace four aces duo of Harold Varnner III and Patrick Reed gentlemen you each shot five under 67s today uh playing in the same group uh to grab a share of the first round lead was it a matter of just feeding off each other as teammates today Harold
um yeah for sure i I want to beat him um even though he’s a teammate so it’s it’s a lot of fun we It got awkward when he chipped in on the par five and I made par that’s when I knew it was it was going to be fun and yeah that’s that’s what you That’s what you want and I guess we get to do it again tomorrow patrick I mean I felt like I was behind him all day and uh you know really just kind of trying to feed off of them harold’s out there playing some solid golf hitting some quality golf shots and uh you know it’s always nice when you’re seeing that because you can kind of feed off of it and it really was making some quality putts and quality iron shots there and uh you know obviously it was bonus chipping in there for Eagle on two and you know at that point all I was really thinking about on the last hole is try to make that putt and clip him but uh you know unfortunately I stayed a little high and
yeah he gave me a gift so I got nothing no I know you see I know you’re here
dj’s also in the top 10 you guys are leading by five shots right now uh searching for that first win since 2023 what’s the team room been like uh this year
Patrick
yeah no the team room’s been fine um you know the golf the golf aspect of it has just kind of been too up and down like you’ll have one or two guys play really well one day and then you know one or two of the guys just don’t quite have it and then it flips the next day and things like that so uh you know I feel like right now the team’s playing really solid uh we know TP will bounce back i mean his game actually looks pretty solid for the most part so you know the biggest thing is just kind of keep the throttle down really kind of even though we have a lead now just kind of start tomorrow as if everyone’s even par and try to go win the day as a team and uh you know build on the lead and just just keep going harold from your standpoint from a team perspective uh obviously you haven’t had a chance to celebrate one of their wins yet how much would it mean to to be on the winning team for the Aces this week um yeah it’ll be it’d be a lot of fun uh selfishly I think it’d be really fun if I won one of these tournaments um I think everyone on our team’s thinking that um so you can only take care of what you can do and that’s yourself playing well so don’t get caught up in the team thing thinking about this or that uh the team camaraderie on the like in the locker room is uh I think we’re having a lot of fun maybe too much fun so that I’ve never worried about that um that’s easy i think I can get along with a few people especially this guy so I golf’s just golf like at the end of the day that’s going to be there when we leave this earth some people still be playing golf like that’s whatever but the relationships that I’ve built in this team are um have been uh something I you know I’ll have the rest of my life so I think that’s more important the golf part’s easy no one’s going to die we’re all well off we get to take care of things we we want to take care of so I I don’t that that’s easy like if you have a problem try to fix it work at it when you feel like you’re doing something wrong it’s it’s the same thing i think when you guys ask us though it’s like it’s just be a dead horse like I play golf cuz it’s fun and I’m going to play it whether I play on this tour or whatever tour i’m going to play at home i play golf probably every day in my break um so it’s my favorite thing to do so Patrick you played 25 30 professional tournaments in the state of Texas obviously you were born here live here when’s the last time do you remember the last time you you won a tournament in Texas and what would it mean to win this week the first part of that question uh what was that junior golf probably i don’t know it’s been a it’s been a while um but no I mean it’d mean a lot to obviously to win in your home state but uh really to me honestly it doesn’t matter where it is winning a golf tournament is winning golf tournament you know the the adrenaline and kind of that feeling standing up on stage and uh you know hosting that trophy is an amazing feeling it doesn’t matter really where you’re at or anything like that but doing it in my home state would be special for sure but uh got a long way to go we got 36 holes left and so uh really go out there and compete with this guy hopefully feed off each other again tomorrow and just kind of keep pushing up that leaderboard and uh you know hopefully dragging the other two aces with us have them keep on climbing and uh you know like I said win the day tomorrow and then go out Sunday and win the day again
all right we’ll open it up to questions from the media if you can just raise your hand we’ll bring over a microphone
i didn’t see any hands thanks for having us guys matt over here
um you guys your really last great team performance was at this golf course what about Merido do you think uh kind of suits your team strengths i mean really I feel like it’s a you have to really think your way around here you have to you have to have control of your golf ball you got to hit it well and and you have to work it both ways you can’t just sit up there and hit one dimensional and hit one shot every time you have to kind of hit different shots and be creative and uh you know I’d say the other three guys on our my team they hit it really well and it seems like for me when I start hitting the ball well is when I have to actually hit a golf shot not sit there think about swing and actually go you know work it both ways and and manufacture it rather than sit there and just kind of take a full swing at everything
you can’t really meow it around out here can you
well done my son yeah that was a good one harold did you Harold right here did did you sense something on the range this morning that this was out there for you and what was working well uh I did not actually i just thought I was going to play well i didn’t really know how I was going i mean I think every day I tee it up I’m going to play well i’ve been hitting it unbelievable this whole year and I just happened to make a couple putts today so I don’t think there’s like a genie in the bottle or anything like that but yeah I felt like I was going to play well
and then for both of you assess each other’s play today what you saw from the each other saw the best chip worst putt ever uh so if y’all are watching today this guy hit the worst whatever iron he hit on this par five and it was on this heel did anyone see this shot no you didn’t so let me explain it so he is sitting like this and the green’s sitting like this and over the green is it’ll go on the next T- box it’ll be like 50 yards away so he chips it somehow shimies it through the rough misses the bunker and it goes to four feet and he misses the putt but it was the best chip best shot I saw it be it will be the best shot in all of golf on this golf course this week without a doubt and you guys didn’t see it that’s the best that’s even better so yeah it was sick
i don’t There’s nothing else to talk about
not really
yeah I know
yeah i mean it was awesome to finally see you know Harold kind of get a score out of the round where I felt like he should have been around um I played with him a lot this year where he goes out and you you sit there and you just start scratching your head you’re like how’d you shoot that because you know he’s hitting the ball great and just you know a couple putts here and there burning edges rather than going in and you know today to be able to see the putter kind of make some putts and go in i mean it was it was good to see cuz he’s hitting it well enough this year to continuously compete and you know today I felt like finally the score added up to kind of how he should have been playing all year
that’s the nicest thing he’s ever said about me he’s Yeah
all right any more questions all right i think we’re good
yes awesome thanks guys
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Like Harold, Reed is a douche!