Patrick Reed files another lawsuit against golf media

The 2018 Masters champion is suing Shane Ryan, Hachette, the New York Post, Fox Sports, Doug Ferguson and the Associated Press for defamation, injurious falsehood, and tortious interference over what he claims are “malicious false publications, all of which were designed to severely harm Mr Reed, his family and colleagues personally and professionally.”

This follows a similar suit filed by Reed against Brandel Chamblee, Eamon Lynch, Damon Hack, Shane Bacon and others in September.

Reed’s lawyer, Larry Klayman, alleges that Ryan, Ferguson and their co-defendants have “conspired with the PGA Tour” to damage LIV Golf, which Reed joined earlier in the year.

• LIV plots Schauffele and Cantlay moves

• R&A chief: No Open ban for LIV stars

It is alleged that Ryan, in particular, was “pathologically obsessed” with harming Reed and his family.

“My client, his family and colleagues have been made the whipping boy of cheap and dishonest journalists in the golf media, like Shane Ryan, who feed at the trough of the PGA Tour, a tour that historically mistreated Mr. Reed,” said Klayman, who is seeking $250m in damages for Reed.

“My client’s move to LIV Golf was primarily due to this mistreatment, where adequate…