Making a hole-in-one on an empty golf course deprived Patrick Reed of the cheers that typically accompany any great shot. It did, however, do a whole lot for his score.Reed one-hopped a 9-iron into the cup on the 165-yard, par-3 seventh hole at Winged Foot in the first round of the U.S.
Open on Thursday. The ace helped him erase a double bogey on No. 5 and set him up to finish at 4 under for the day, just one stroke behind leader Justin Thomas heading into the afternoon.“Of course I was excited about it, but really I knew from that point that, hey, you need to settle out, get ready for the next hole,” the 2018 Masters champion said. “Around here at Winged Foot, every golf shot you have to pay attention to because you hit one poor golf shot,.