An amateur golfer who managed to make a hole-in-one twice a day
Weekend golfer in his 40s living in Busan… 1 in 162 million odds
“Not covered by hole-in-one insurance…I’m looking forward to good things in the future”
On the 22nd, an amateur golfer in his 40s recorded two holes-in-one in one round at Sangnok Country Club in Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam. Pictures are not related to the specific content of the article. photo = Pixar Bay
[아시아경제 김현정 기자] There is an amateur golfer who managed to make a hole-in-one twice a day, which is difficult to do once in a lifetime.
The main character of the subject is Choi, a public official in his 40s who lives in Busan. According to Yonhap News on the 23rd, Choi started rounding with fellow club members at 8:39am on the 22nd at Shimo Gimhae Club in Gyeongsangnam-do, and played two holes-in-one on the 5th and 8th holes . The two holes are known to be 130 meters apart, but Choi used an 8 iron on the 5th hole and a 9 iron on the 8th hole.
The odds of a non-professional golfer making two hole-in-ones in a round are 1 in 162 million for Golf Digest, a professional golf media, and 1 in 67 million from the American Hole-in-One Management Bureau .
The odds of an amateur making one hole-in-one in a round are 1 in 12,000. Considering that the odds of winning first place in the Korean lottery are 1 in 8,145,060, and the odds of being struck by lightning while walking all year are 1 in 1 million, you can estimate how difficult it is to happen
Although Choi is a weekend golfer, he is a single golfer with 18 years of experience. In an interview with Yonhap News, Choi said, “I went around with the members of the golf course and my condition was good. It’s fine, but I hope good things will happen in the future.”
Meanwhile, the side of the golf course congratulated Choi’s luck by holding up a banner and taking a commemorative photo.
By Kim Hyun-jung, staff reporter khj27@asiae.co.kr
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