67M to 1 shot! British woman makes 2 holes-in-one
September 18, 2009
WHITLEY BAY, England (AP)—Ruth Day, a 64-year-old retiree from northernEngland, had the day of her life on the golf course last week.
Day shot two holes-in-one in the same round at Whitley Bay Golf Club, whereshe is a member.
“A hole in one in itself is usually pretty amazing,” Day said in Friday’sedition of The Journal, a newspaper in northeast England. “But I couldn’tbelieve it when I did the same thing 10 holes further on.”
The feat is rare. Golf Digest estimates the odds against a golfer having twoholes-in-one in the same round at 67 million to 1.
But just last week, former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Steve Blass made twoholes-in-one in a span of 11 holes during the team’s annual alumni golf outing.
Day shot her first ace on the 149-yard third hole on Sept. 9. She added thesecond on the 161-yard 13th.
“The first time it happened, my friend was the one saying ‘It’s going in.It’s going in,’ but I was relatively ambivalent,” Day said. “Then the lads infront put their thumbs up to say it had gone in. I was pleased because it was myfirst hole in one.
“It was the second one that was really amazing because it was a moredifficult hole. We saw it turn and then we went searching for it round the backto see where it was. We couldn’t find it, and after a while we found it—in thehole.”
Day said she has been playing golf for about 10 years.
“Some people go through their whole life and never get a hole-in-one,” Daysaid. “I think there’s only a very small number of people around the world whohave done it twice in one round.”
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