"Is this possible?" Two par-3 holes in a row! A hole-in-one with a golf ball that my daughter gave me as a gift
"Is this possible?" Two par-3 holes in a row! A hole-in-one with a golf ball that my daughter gave me as a gift
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Lee Young-hwan, 65, who runs a precision measuring device manufacturing business in Daegu, recorded hole-in-ones in succession at Gimhae Sangnok Golf Club No. 5 (145m) and No. 8 (140m) in South Gyeongsang Province in early October.
Making two hole-in-ones in a round is more difficult than the probability of winning the first place in the local lottery for 19 consecutive times, which is about one in 155 million.
Golf Digest, a golf media outlet, has analyzed that the probability of making two hole-in-ones in one round is one in 162 million.
Lee participated in a high school alumni golf meeting on Oct. 4. It was a friendly round with five teams in total.
He targeted the par 3 and 2 holes in the first half with the Daiwa G3 Iron, which he has been using since 10 years ago, and the ball he was using at the time was a Toby golf ball that his daughter (Lee Chae-won) gave him as a gift in early September.
"I came across a pretty ball with a beautiful line on it. I bought it because I thought my dad was going to play the round soon," her daughter Chae-won said. "I sent a text message that morning saying, 'Enjoy the round.'
Not long after Lee Chae-won texted her, she received a text from her father. "Daddy did a hole-in-one for the first time in his life. Daughter! But it's a miracle. Oh my god. I made a hole-in-one both times in three holes in a row in the first half. Thanks to the credit that my daughter bought me."
Lee Young-hwan, a single golfer with a driving history of about 10 years, usually visits the golf course about once a month. Since he does not visit the golf club often, he had no intention of getting hole-in-one insurance.
"I was playing around three over par until Hole 4 that day," Lee recalled. "The pin was 140 meters away from the fringe and the pin was stuck about three meters away. Back then, I grabbed No. 6, not No. 7, because of the strong wind. I thought I would be able to put the ball near the pin only when I put the tee high and floated the ball," he said.
The 8th hole is usually played at a distance of about 125 meters, but the pin is stuck behind the green, so Lee once again pulled out the 6th iron. 메이저놀이터
"When I saw the ball reach 145 meters, I grabbed No. 6 again," Lee said. "I didn't like No. 6, but I started targeting as much as I did at Hole 5. I felt like I would get in again," Lee said. "I thought it might have been a bit short because I brushed the sand in the tee-ing area. But the ball fell 50 centimeters before the pin and rolled in."
"It was an amazing moment. I thought, 'This could happen to me, too. I wondered what kind of message this would be if it were a message," Lee said after making a hole-in-one at three or two consecutive holes.
"On that day, I wore a Titleist T-shirt that my son bought me and played with a golf ball (Toby) that my daughter gave me as a gift in the same group as my wife. Now that I think about it, it was a moment when my family was all together. I am so happy and happy. I hope this good fortune can be conveyed to everyone around me," he said.
Toby's golf ball, which he used to make a hole-in-one, is a low-compression golf ball that is rapidly gaining popularity through social media these days. It is a golf ball with excellent straightness, and the price of this ball is soaring quite a bit these days.
What is interesting is that in October 2022, Choi Joon-young (Busan), an office worker in his 40s, recorded a hole-in-one in the 5th and 8th holes of Gimhae Sangnok Golf Club.
What is the probability of making two consecutive hole-in-ones at the same golf course in two years.