U.S. Open: Patrick Reed drains impressive ace
Dressed in red, white and blue, you’d expect Captain America to step up at the U.S. Open. In the early hours of Thursday’s first round, Patrick Reed did exactly that.
On the par-3, 165-yard 7th hole, Reed was sitting at one over after a double-bogey two holes before. But he stepped up and erased that in a hurry:
Captain A̶m̶e̶r̶i̶c̶a̶. Captain Ace!@PReedGolf with the first hole-in-one in the 120th #USOpen. pic.twitter.com/gV5dJZ6OrF
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) September 17, 2020
Not bad. Shame that there wasn’t more of a crowd to enjoy it. Reed would go on to pull within a stroke of the lead later in his round.
Reed’s best performance at a U.S. Open is a solo fourth place finish in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills. An ace will help improve on that.
UPDATE: Reed wasn’t alone. Will Zalatoris followed up on the same hole a few hours later with an ace of his own, marking only the 47th time a hole-in-one had been recorded at the U.S. Open:
What is going on at Winged Foot's 7th hole?! @WillZalatoris with the SECOND ace of the day. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/6RHXZyOmC9
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) September 17, 2020
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