Patrick Reed had a Masters rarity on his front nine on Thursday

Patrick Reed became one of the few players in Masters Tournament history to record two eagles in the same round of the event, and he did so inside the first eight holes of the front nine at Augusta National on Thursday, April 9.

Reed took an early lead with a 27-foot eagle putt from the back fringe on the par-5 second hole, putt in behind Kurt Kitayama and then regained the lead when he holed a 56-foot eagle putt on the par-5 eighth to lower his score to 5 under.

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Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, also birdied the first hole with a 6-foot putt. He stopped the par-4 ninth hole after missing a 37-foot birdie attempt and turned in a 31 on the front nine.

Reed has two more chances, at the par-5 13th and 15th holes, to become the second player to make three eagles in a single round at Augusta. Dustin Johnson took Nos. 2, 8 and 15 in the third round of the 2015 tournament.

Patrick Reed makes historic start to his Masters

Reed set up his first eagle by splitting the fairway on No. 2 and then hit a 289-yard fairway metal shot. The ball bounced off the green and rolled slightly over the bottom.

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He hit the fairway at No. 8 and then hit a second shot to the front of the green. He then rolled his eagle putt to the back hole location.

Reed was the sixth player in Masters history to start a birdie-eagle in the first round. The last ones were Sam Burns and amateur Sam Benett in 2023, but it had not been done before since John Schroeder in 1983.

Earlier Thursday, Burns again made eagle on the second hole of the first round, the third triple of his career on the second hole.

This article originally appeared in the Florida Times-Union: Masters 2026: Patrick Reed makes 2 eagles on the front nine Thursday