WATCH: Reed And Zalatoris Make US Open Holes-In One

There were two aces on Thursday at Winged Foot, both coming on the 7th hole

WATCH: Reed And Zalatoris Make US Open Holes-In One
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There were two aces on Thursday at Winged Foot, both coming on the 7th hole

WATCH: Reed And Zalatoris Make US Open Holes-In One

The opening round of the 2020 US Open is in the books and we saw a couple of beautiful holes-in-one.

Patrick Reed and Will Zalatoris both made 1's at the par-3 7th at Winged Foot, with Reed dunking it after one bounce and Zalatoris' falling into the left edge.

Watch Patrick Reed's hole-in-one at the US Open:

That stunning ace helped Reed shot four under to sit just one behind Justin Thomas who carded a 65.

"I had 166 yards, and from there I was thinking, just kind of a stock 9-iron and Kes thought I needed to take a hair off of it. From there I knew that if I hit it a little too hard, it's going to kind of bounce and use that backstop, going to be able to come down. And the biggest thing was make sure it enters from the right because it could kick left.

"I hit a perfect 90 percenter, and I think it one- or two-hopped in. One-hopped, all right, so we couldn't see how many hops it took. But it went in."

Watch Will Zalatoris' hole-in-one at the US Open:

The American shot level par on Thursday thanks to his ace as well as three birdies.

Zalatoris made a hole-in-one on the same hole and then, incredibly, almost made another just six holes later:

It was centre cup and somehow didn't drop.

Related: US Open Leaderboard - Who is leading at Winged Foot?

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

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Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

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