67 million to one. That’s the odds of making two holes-in-one in a single round, according to the National Hole-In-One Registry. On Friday, Frank Bensel Jr. made two in a row.
While some of the game’s most talented players wait years – even entire careers – for an ace, the 56-year-old went back-to-back in a remarkable few minutes at the second round of the US Senior Open. The Jupiter, Florida-native tore through the par-three fourth and fifth holes of Rhode Island’s Newport Country Club in just two swings, going 184 yards from tee to cup before acing again from 203 yards mere minutes later.
A hole-in-one is made just once every 3,500 rounds across more than 500 million rounds played in the United States each year, according to data compiled by the National Hole-In-One Registry, which has logged more than 108,000 “valid” aces since 2006. An “average” player has a 12,000 to one chance of making an ace, four times less likely than the odds of a Tour player holing one, the registry states.
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