Patrick Reed etched his name into the U.S. Open record books on Thursday at Oakmont with a 286-yard 3-wood that somehow found the cup for an improbable albatross.
Reed pounded a 332-yard drive on the par-5 fourth at the historic layout to leave him with a blind approach to the 621-yard hole from the edge of the fairway. He didn't even get to see the ball drop, relying on the sound of the crowd noise to tell him it went in for just the fourth albatross in the history of the U.S. Open.
The shot flipped Reed's score from 1-over to 2-under and helped him jump to just two strokes off J.J. Spaun's clubhouse lead.
