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 Thursday on the par-5 fourth gap at Oakmont.
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 seemed surprised 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.
The 2018 Masters champion 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.