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From GolfChannel.com:
Most golfers go a lifetime without making one hole-in-one, but Daniel Chopra notched two in a practice round at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Monday. Playing with rookie Richard H. Lee, Chopra aced the postage stamp par-3 seventh hole before recording another 1 at the 17th hole. Chopra used a 50-degree wedge from 104 yards on the seventh, then struck again with a 7-iron from 176 yards at No. 17. According to a 2010 Golf Digest article, the estimated odds of an amateur making two holes-in-one in a round are one in 64 million. The odds, of course, would be better for a player of Chopra's skill. Making two aces in a round would be like hitting the lottery for a lot of people but, in fact, it is easier than winning America's biggest lottery. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 175,223,510. Chopra may have wanted to save the aces for the money rounds, but he has been prolific with them in his PGA Tour career. He has a trio of aces in tournament competition in consecutive seasons. They began in 2007, when Chopra used a 5-iron at TPC Louisiana's 17th hole to make an ace in the final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. In 2008's Bob Hope Classic, Chopra drained an 8-iron from 173 yards at the 14th hole of SilverRock Resort. At the 2009 Barclays, Chopra used a 6-iron at the fourth hole of Liberty National to make a third-round ace. |
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| # 1 2/7/2012 4:49:11 PM |
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I have a tough time getting 2 birdies in a round much less 2 aces.
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| # 2 2/7/2012 4:51:16 PM |
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Big deal!
Recently departed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il was the best golfer who ever lived, and he hardly played at all. This from the Washington Post: In his very first golf game in 1994, Kim finished an 18-hole round of golf at 38-under par â€" over the 7,700-yard championship course at Pyongyang, according to state media. Kim was in a zone, recording five holes-in-one (some reports have the number as high as 11). Another legend had him bowling a perfect 300 in his first attempt at the sport. You can have Tiger and Phil. Me? I'll take Kim Jong Il. |
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| # 3 2/7/2012 4:55:27 PM |
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I have a tough time getting 2 birdies in a round much less 2 aces. Seriously. TWO??? I'd take one before I die. |
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| # 4 2/7/2012 5:04:40 PM |
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I would love to have just one. I had my closest ever today on hole 8 at my home course. I hit one to 3 inches and tapped in for a birdie.
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| # 5 2/7/2012 5:21:33 PM |
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Big deal! Recently departed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il was the best golfer who ever lived, and he hardly played at all. This from the Washington Post: In his very first golf game in 1994, Kim finished an 18-hole round of golf at 38-under par �" over the 7,700-yard championship course at Pyongyang, according to state media. Kim was in a zone, recording five holes-in-one (some reports have the number as high as 11). Another legend had him bowling a perfect 300 in his first attempt at the sport. You can have Tiger and Phil. Me? I'll take Kim Jong Il. KJ2 averaged in the 40s, I think. :) |
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| # 6 2/7/2012 5:58:59 PM |
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Not a word of a lie, I was playing in an Optimist International Junior tourney, when Craig Gouk (I'll never forget the name) aced two par 3's IN A ROW. Both were around 160 yards, the second hole and then the sixth. Most amazing thing I've ever seen on a golf course.
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| # 7 2/7/2012 6:02:27 PM |
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Not a word of a lie, I was playing in an Optimist International Junior tourney, when Craig Gouk (I'll never forget the name) aced two par 3's IN A ROW. Both were around 160 yards, the second hole and then the sixth. Most amazing thing I've ever seen on a golf course. That Gouk guy may be good, but he's no Kim Jong Il. |
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| # 8 2/7/2012 6:03:38 PM |
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Big deal! Recently departed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il was the best golfer who ever lived, and he hardly played at all. This from the Washington Post: In his very first golf game in 1994, Kim finished an 18-hole round of golf at 38-under par �" over the 7,700-yard championship course at Pyongyang, according to state media. Kim was in a zone, recording five holes-in-one (some reports have the number as high as 11). Another legend had him bowling a perfect 300 in his first attempt at the sport. You can have Tiger and Phil. Me? I'll take Kim Jong Il. KJ2 averaged in the 40s, I think. :) And he was only 4'-9" tall! |
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| # 9 2/7/2012 6:16:42 PM |
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I have a tough time getting 2 birdies in a round much less 2 aces. Seriously. TWO??? I'd take one before I die. Same. I've come close but can't knock 1 in. |
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| # 10 2/7/2012 8:00:17 PM |
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Cant remember which player it was but had an Albatross and a hole in one a couple holes apart at the Frys Open a couple years ago at Greyhawk in Scottsdale. Drop some strokes real fast. The odds of two hole in ones in one round has to be in the millions.
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| # 11 2/7/2012 8:06:15 PM |
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The odds of two hole in ones in one round has to be in the millions. I read somewhere that it was like 1 in 64 million. ;-) |
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| # 12 2/7/2012 8:51:04 PM |
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Cant remember which player it was but had an Albatross and a hole in one a couple holes apart at the Frys Open a couple years ago at Greyhawk in Scottsdale. Drop some strokes real fast. The odds of two hole in ones in one round has to be in the millions. I believe Steve Lowery was the guy that holed out twice coming in, one of them being an albatross, the other a hole in one, and pushed Rich Beem to a playoff. Had to have been 10 years ago now...amazing to watch! |
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| # 13 2/7/2012 9:00:35 PM |
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dandy here it is actually. I was sitting at 16 when he did it. We looked back as the crowd went nuts. It was in 2010
Thompson fired a 65 that included an ace and an albatross, the first time since statistics started being kept in 1983 that one player fired a hole-in-one and a double-eagle in the same round. Thompson fired his albatross on the par-5 11th hole, sinking a 3-wood shot from 261 yards for only the fourth double-eagle on the US PGA Tour this year, and then followed on the 199-yard par-3 13th with a 7-iron for an ace. Perfect playing conditions at Grayhawk Golf Club's Raptor course saw two more holes in one Saturday, both on the 198-yard par-3 16th. |
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| # 14 2/7/2012 9:43:40 PM |
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dandy here it is actually. I was sitting at 16 when he did it. We looked back as the crowd went nuts. It was in 2010 Thompson fired a 65 that included an ace and an albatross, the first time since statistics started being kept in 1983 that one player fired a hole-in-one and a double-eagle in the same round. Thompson fired his albatross on the par-5 11th hole, sinking a 3-wood shot from 261 yards for only the fourth double-eagle on the US PGA Tour this year, and then followed on the 199-yard par-3 13th with a 7-iron for an ace. Perfect playing conditions at Grayhawk Golf Club's Raptor course saw two more holes in one Saturday, both on the 198-yard par-3 16th. My bad...this was Lowery (from his bio) ...Missed 10-foot birdie putt on 18th hole at The INTERNATIONAL which would have given him the win by one over Rich Beem. In his final five holes, Lowery had a birdie on the par-5 14th after getting up and down from a water hazard, a hole-out eagle on the par-4 15th and hole-out double eagle on the par-5 17th (6-iron from 200 yards). |
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| # 15 2/8/2012 8:30:24 AM |
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Save those for Thursday or Friday when they count.
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