Watch: Patrick Reed holes out for albatross, only fourth in history of U.S. Open
🚨 ALBATROSS ALERT 🚨@PReedGolf with a 2 on a par 5, just the 4th in U.S. Open history! pic.twitter.com/FNDFzWwlzT — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
Patrick Reed did something Thursday that only three others have ever done in the history of the U.S. Open.
Playing his fourth hole during the opening round of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, Reed hit a 3-wood from 286 yards on the par-5 second hole. His ball landed at the front of the green and took a couple of hops before releasing, and it never left the cup. The ball rolled into the hole, and voila, it was an albatross for Reed.
The other three golfers to accomplish the feat are Nick Watney at Olympic Club in 2012, Shaun Micheel at Pebble Beach in 2010 and T.C. Chen at Oakland Hills in 1985.
The big bird moved Reed from 1 over to 2 under in the first round and to T-5 on the leaderboard.
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