Club professional Frank Bensel Jr admitted it was “like an out-of-body experience” after scoring back-to-back holes-in-one in the second round of the US Senior Open.
Surprisingly, Bensel hit an ace on the 184-yard fourth hole and again on the 203-yard fifth hole at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island.
According to the National Hole-in-One Registry, the odds of getting two aces in the same round are 67 million to 1. Odds are not provided for consecutive holes.
“I've played a lot of golf in my life and it's very rare to see a hole-in-one in a tournament,” Bensel said after posting four straight bogeys and three more straight aces on the back nine. In the round of 74.
“The first one was great, and I got under par today. And the second one was just unbelievable. It was incredible to even think that something like that could happen.
“I hit the ball in the right place and it started rolling. I jokingly said, 'Okay, now let's hit another ball,' and it just happened to go in. Everyone couldn't believe it. We all went crazy.
“I have a lot of family and friends here and they were all going crazy, and so were the guys I was running with. They couldn't believe it. It was incredible.”
“It's definitely something I'll remember forever. After two holes-in-one, I had no idea… It was like an out-of-body experience. I was more excited than I thought.” “
Another instance of a player making consecutive holes-in-one in a tournament is thought to have occurred at the 1971 Martini International at Royal Norwich.
John Hudson had a hole-in-one on the 195-yard 11th hole and another ace on the par-4 12th hole (314 yards).
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