OAKMONT, Pa. — Patrick Reed made solely the fourth double eagle because the U.S. Open began preserving information some 4 many years in the past, dunking in his second shot from 286 yards with a 3-wood Thursday on the par-5 fourth gap at Oakmont.
The double eagle put Reed at 2 underneath after he bogeyed the second gap.
Nonetheless, the 2018 Masters champion gave all of that again after which some over the following 14 holes, capturing an opening-round 3-over 73, together with a triple bogey on the 18th.
“There’s 71 different holes we have now to play,” he stated when requested concerning the albatross. “One gap does not imply jack, to be sincere with you.”
The so-called albatross is taken into account the rarest shot in golf, with just a few hundred made per yr all over the world, in contrast with greater than 30,000 holes-in-one.
Reed stated it was the third of his profession.
Reed regarded shocked after he hit a fairway wooden onto the inexperienced, watched the ball bounce thrice after which roll towards the opening. Not sure of the place the ball went, he raised his palm to the sky, then pointed downward, asking if it went in.
The applause up on the inexperienced gave him the reply.
“Oh, it is superior. That is nice,” Reed stated. “However I imply, it is type of a type of issues that after you end with a triple, that is actually the very last thing you are actually serious about.”
Reed joins T.C. Chen (1985 at Oakland Hills), Shaun Micheel (2010 at Pebble Seashore) and Nick Watney (2012 at Olympic) as the one gamers to make an albatross on the U.S. Open because the occasion began preserving information in 1983.
Info from The Related Press was used on this report.
