Tournament History - Watney Lands Rare Albatross At U - Open

Albatrosses are supposed to rare, rarer even versus the enchanting hole throughout one.

But upon Thursday inside Round 1 in the U.S. Open during The Olympic Club inside San Francisco, Nick Watney holed out from your fairway within the par-5, 522-yard 17th. Watney struck a 5-iron from about 190 yards.

That's cost-free albatross in several models in a important championship.

In April, in Round four with the Masters, Louis Oosthuizen built a couple of around the par-5 second, which usually brought out the pup toward a narrow miss from Augusta National. Oosthuizen, the particular the year of 2010 British Open champ, lost in the playoff to be able to Bubba Watson.

Watney's albatross Thursday contributed him back to perhaps par midway by way of his round. He accomplished which includes a 1-under 69.

According in order to USGA administrators nevertheless many people admit information are imperfect it's your third albatross in tournament situation history: T.C. Chen did the idea first, throughout 1985 during Oakland Hills to the next hole. Shaun Micheel corresponding inside the year 2010 within the sixth problem with Pebble Beach.