Twenty-three-year-old PGA Tour rookie Patrick Reed proved he was mentally tough during the 2012 season when, lacking any playing status whatsoever, he set an unofficial record by Monday qualifying for six separate events.  Having survived the year-end Q School, however, he began 2013 fully exempt and, after sniffing around weekend leads on several occasions, broke through for his maiden victory at the Wyndham Classic, beating 20-year-old Jordan Spieth on the second hole of sudden death.  Reed held or shared the lead after 36 and 54 holes, and extended it to three by the final nine before an untimely bogey at the 16th opened the door for Spieth to tie with a birdie at the 17th.  Reed missed a chance to end the playoff on the first extra hole when, after Spieth holed a desperation 25-footer for par, he missed his own seven-footer for birdie.  Reed then appeared to be in deep trouble at the second (the par-4 10th) when his drive finished only a few feet from an out-of-bounds line.  He then hit a miraculous recovery from an uphill lie to within eight feet of the hole and calmly holed the putt to deny Spieth, the John Deere Classic winner in July, the chance to become the youngest two-time Tour champion of the modern era.  Two more young players of note, Brian Harman and John Huh, shared third place two strokes out of the playoff, while Matt Every, Zach Johnson and Matt Jones (who closed with 62) tied for fifth.