East Lake, Atlanta, GA … Patrick Reed is so fired up for a second Ryder Cup he’s been re-watching the fictional American Revolutionary War film – “The Patriot”.

And the Texan is so proud to be pulling on the Stars and Stripes he reckons there’ll be need to repeat his ‘Shhh!’ gesture at next week’s Ryder Cup at Hazeltine.

Reed is best remembered for his ‘Shhh’ actions starting at the seventh hole during his 2014 Gleneagles Singles match against Swede Henrik Stenson.

The crowd erupted when Stenson holed a 20-footer for birdie but leaving Reed, who had been undefeated in teaming three times that week with Jordan Spieth, a 10-footer to halve the hole.

It’s when Reed’s putt dropped he turned to the crowd and with right left index finger placed over his lips.

“Shhh!” Patrick Reed turns to the Gleneagles crowd during his Singles round encounter with Henrik Stenson. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

However the reaction wasn’t what Reed was expecting as he was booed loudly forcing Reed into screaming out to the small USA contingent:  “Come on!”

For the remainder of the match the crowd yelled ‘Shhh!” in Reed’s direction but claiming a shock 1up victory to eventually leave Scotland unbeaten and three-and-half points from his four matches.

“The booing comes with the territory and I thought it was just fantastic.  The crowds at Gleneagles where phenomenal,” said Reed in speaking with Golf Digest magazine.

“Maybe it’s the history of the Ryder Cup and the fans’ love of competition, but the intensity went way beyond anything I’ve ever experienced.

“They were unbelievable in some details they knew about players and they put that into songs and chants.  The whole time I never heard a single four-letter word or any sign of disrespect.”

Aussie-born Mel Glbson, who played the part of Scottish legend William Wallace in ‘Braveheart’, also starred as an American in ‘The Patriot’.

But then it will a sea of red-white-and-blue Reed will see when he turns to the crowd at Hazeltine and with the 26-year old also revealing to Golf Digest magazine he’s been warming to the challenge by re-watching The Patriot – the 2000 fictional film centred around the American Revolutionary War.

Reed said:  “There’s a scene where the Americans are in a battle against the British and retreating.   At which point Mel Gibson’s character retrieves an American flag, turns toward the British and charges headlong into them.

“The other colonists, seeing this, turn and follow.  It totally turns the tide.  That’s the spirit I try to play with in the Ryder Cup.  It’s far from life and death, but pride, determination and passion can take you a long way.

“And ever since my first Ryder Cup appearance at Gleneagles it’s led to me carrying a red, white and blue cover for my yardage book. It’s getting a little worn now, and I’m trying to find a duplicate.

“So anytime I can feed off my national pride, I’ll do it.”

And Reed has a message for his fellow American team mates.

He said:  “One thing I have encouraged my team mates is not to keep a lid on their pride and their passion, and don’t deliberately keep a lid on it.

“Don’t be shy.  If you’re bleeding red, white and blue, let it show.

“If someone gets offended by an ordinary display of patriotism, that’s a ‘them’ problem, not a ‘you’ problem.