Coming into the 2025 U.S. Open, much of the conversation centered around the difficulty of Oakmont Country Club. On Thursday, despite some solid scoring early, we saw just how difficult Oakmont would be as the average score in the early wave was more than 5 over par despite the best conditions players will see all week.

The shot was just the fourth albatross in the U.S. Open since the tournament began keeping records 42 years ago, but Reed played it cool afterwards nonetheless.

After that, many golfers, as well as experts from the world of golf, gave their opinion regarding such phenomena on the golf scene. Patrick Reed, an experienced face of the golf scene, is one of those who supports driver testing, believing that it is a guarantor of fair play.