The complaint was submitted by Florida based lawyer Larry Klayman, with the 30 page document containing the allegations available on line HERE.

Asking for a trial by jury, the complaint asks for “general (non-economic), special (economic), actual and compensatory damages in an amount to be determined by the jury in an amount in excess of $750,000,000.00 U.S. dollars ($A1.069 billion), as well as injunctive relief;” as well as other damages and costs.

First reported on Twitter by Cameron Langford, a Houston reporter for Courthouse News, Reed’s representative claims that the nine-time PGA Tour winner, who resigned his PGA Tour membership, was “constructively terminated as a member of the PGA Tour”.

The suit goes on to suggest the Tour, Commissioner Jay Monahan, Chamblee and The Golf Channel conspired against Reed.

Brandel Chamblee and The Golf Channel are the subjects of the defamation suit in Texas. PHOTO: Scott Halleran/Getty Images.

“Defendants Chamblee and NBC’s Golf Channel have conspired as joint tortfeasors for and with the PGA Tour, it’s (sic) executives and it’s (sic) Commissioner Jay Monahan to engage in a pattern and practice of defaming Mr. Reed, misreporting information with falsity and/or reckless disregard for the truth, that is with actual and constitutional malice, purposely omitting pertinent key material facts to mislead the public, and actively targeting Mr. Reed since he was 23 years old to destroy his reputation, create hate, and a hostile work environment for him, and with the intention to discredit his name as a young, elite and world-class golfer, and the good and caring person, husband and father of two children, he is,” the complaint reads in part.

“It is well known on tour that Mr. Reed has been abused and endured more than any other golfer from fans or spectators who have been allowed to scream obscenities only to be glorified by NBC’s Golf Channel for doing so because it gets Defendants Chamblee and Golf Channel ‘clicks,’ viewership, ratings and increased revenue. For Defendants it does not matter how badly they destroy someone’s name and life, so long as they rake in more dollars and profits.”

Reed has long been one of the most controversial players in world golf, with World No.2 Cameron Smith publicly speaking out on the current World No.49 in 2019 ahead of the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne in the wake of a penalty incurred by the American in the Bahamas during the Hero World Challenge.

“Defendants Chamblee and NBC’s Golf Channel have conspired as joint tortfeasors for and with the PGA Tour, it’s (sic) executives and it’s (sic) Commissioner Jay Monahan to engage in a pattern and practice of defaming Mr. Reed." 

Chamblee has been one of the most outspoken critics of the LIV Golf circuit where Reed now plies his trade, and has regularly spoken on Reed in the past.

Despite mentioning the PGA Tour and Monahan, among others, throughout the ‘Background Facts’ section of the complaint, Reed’s representatives have not brought action against the Tour in the same way that other LIV Golfers including Matt Jones, Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson and Ian Poulter have.

Reed teed it up on the Asian Tour last week at the International Series Singapore, and was initially scheduled to play again this week at the International Series Korea but is no longer in the field.