LIV's Patrick Reed must pay attorney's fees, defendant costs despite dismissal of $750 million lawsuit: report

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Despite his $750 million lawsuit against multiple networks and media members being dismissed twice, Patrick Reed has reportedly been ordered to pay attorney fees and costs to the defendants.

Reed filed a $750 million defamation lawsuit in 2022 against Golfweek.com and columnist Emon Lynch, Associated Press national golf writer Doug Ferguson, Golf Channel commentators Brandel Chamblee and Damon Hack and Fox Sports golf reporter Shane Ryan. 

The 2018 Masters champion claimed that the parties had "conspired" with the PGA Tour and commissioner Jay Monahan to defame him "since he was 23 years old" but with a recent focus on his decision to join LIV Golf, according to multiple reports.

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Patrick Reed of The United States plays a shot on the 10th hole during the Pro-prior to the Hero Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club on January 25, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Oisin Keniry/Getty Images)

The suit, though, was dismissed on two occasions, with the most recent being last September.

According to The Tributary in Jacksonville, the court said that Reed had "brought the meritless lawsuits in order to stifle free speech."

"Many of the statements are not about Reed. Some statements are about LIV Golf, of which Reed is a member, but not specifically about Reed," U.S. Middle District Court Judge Timothy Corrigan wrote in his dismissal in September, according to The Florida-Times Union. "Others are matters of opinion or permissible rhetorical hyperbole. Still others are statements of fact, the truth of which are not challenged." 

Chamblee once said those who join LIV are "destroying