USA Ryder Cup rookie Patrick Reed is set to rock the Ryder Cup establishment with his wife Justine likely to skip ‘Wives Week’ and caddy for her husband at Gleneagles.

Reed cemented his place in Tom Watson’s side some six months ago with victory in the WGC – Cadillac Championship at Doral in suburban Miami.

It was the Texan’s third PGA Tour success and third occasion he had his wife on the bag, and on this occasion with his wife just months away from the couple’s first child. (Windsor-Wells born in May.)

“I’d love for Justine to caddy for me at Gleneagles as we’ve had some great times together on the golf course and winning three times with her caddying for me was just awesome,” he said.

“We all want to win and we all want to play well, and she’s definitely been the key to me winning three times on the PGA Tour and getting into the Ryder Cup team.

Patrick Reed wins his first PGA Tour title in capturing 2013 Wyndham Championship with his future wife Justine as caddy.

“So we’ll just have to wait and see.  I know I would feel a lot more comfortable competing in the Ryder Cup if Justine was there beside me.

“But whatever happens I just can’t wait to get over to Scotland and represent my country as it’s a dream for me, and for any golfer growing up in the States.

“I would have liked to play Gleneagles around The Open when Tom organised for us to play the course but I so close to making the team I thought it more important to try and secure my place in his side.

“So it was just awesome to earn my place on the team the way I did and that’s by qualifying automatically.”

However having his then pregnant wife caddying at Doral was not the only news headline Reed generated that first week in March.

The San Antonio-born golfer stirred the pot on the eve of the final round suggesting he was good enough to be ranked Top-Five in the world.

The comment predictably blew up on social me with some fans criticized Reed as either delusional, disrespectful or just plain cocky, and perhaps a combination of all three. After all, up until that time Reed have never competed in a major.

In his winner’s news conference Sunday night, Reed was asked which other players round out his personal top 5.  Off the top of his head, he listed Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell and Dustin Johnson.

Ten days later Reed turned up at Bay Hill for a practice round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational sporting a tacky-looking silver bracelet on one wrist, a watch that dwarfed the other and a clear intention to stick by his ‘top five’ comments after winning at Doral.                                   

“I found the furore pretty funny, to be honest,” he said.

“I’m just amazed it could rub anyone up the wrong way. How are you going to be a winner on Sunday or a top-five player if you don’t have that belief?

Patrick Reed and pregnant wife, Justine holding aloft the WGC – Cadillac C’ship winning trophy.

“I’ve learned watching Tiger you have to have that killer instinct and will to win.”

What was indisputable is that Reed joined Woods, Mickelson, Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy as the only PGA Tour players who have won three or more times before turning 24 years old.

And in a Tiger Woods copycat like way, Reed also wore a red shirt and black trousers during that final round at Doral that also raised a few eyebrows.

“I know Tiger owns the colours but they’ve been pretty good for me too and there’s no way I’m going to change something that’s working,” he said.

“So if the best player ever to live when I was growing up wore black pants, a red shirt I feel I can.  When I was growing up watching him, I always thought, you know, it would be cool to wear black and red come Sunday.

“You know I did it when I was in juniors, I did it in amateur golf, and you know, it’s worked.

Obviously there’s something behind it.”

And Reed loved it when it was suggested he was something of an American version of Ian Poulter.

“That’s fine by me,” he said.

“Ian’s a great golfer, I love his personality and outfits, and that look in his eye he gets at the Ryder Cup. People will remember the fact he always clicked when it mattered and that’s something I hope to do.”

Despite not being well known this side of ‘The Pond’ Reed is no stranger to competing in Scotland as he contested the 2011 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and missing the cut but just a shot.

“I’ve haven’t played that much golf in Scotland and just the once at the Alfred Dunhill Links a few years back,” he said.

“Of course, the three courses were all links courses but then I felt very comfortable on the courses.

“So even though Gleneagles is not a links golf course I am sure that Mr. Watson and Phil (Mickelson) and all the other guys who have played in Scotland before will help me out.

“But one thing I do know from having played the Dunhill is that the Scottish golf crowds are very knowledgeable, so it’s going to be a lot of fun going back to Scotland.”

And what is not a well-known fact is that Reed has enjoyed success in UK capturing the 2006 Junior British Open title at Heswall, and just days before Woods won The Open at nearby Royal Liverpool.

“I would just love it so much to be on that winning team and take the Ryder Cup back home with us,” he said.