Frank Bensel Jr.: Club pro hits a hole-in-one on two consecutive holes at the US Senior Open | Golf News

According to the National Hole-in-One Registry, the odds of making two holes in one in the same round are 67 million to one. Frank Bensel Jr. followed his consecutive aces with four bogeys in a row, along with three more on the back nine in a round of 74.

Club pro Frank Bensel Jr. admitted it was “like an out-of-body experience” after making two consecutive hole-in-ones in the second round of the US Senior Open.

It’s hard to believe, but after an ace on the 164-meter fourth hole, Bensel managed another on the 203-meter fifth hole at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island.

According to the National Hole-in-One Registry, the odds of hitting two aces in the same round are 67 million to one. Odds for consecutive holes are not given.

“I’ve played a lot of golf in my life and it’s pretty rare to see a hole-in-one in a tournament,” Bensel said after following his back-to-back aces with four bogeys in a row and three more on the back nine in a round of 74 holes.

“The first one was great, it put me under par for the day. And then the second one, I just couldn’t believe it. Just thinking that something like that could happen was unbelievable.”

“I somehow hit the ball in the right place and then it just started rolling. I was just kidding and thought, ‘Okay, now let’s try another one,’ and it went in. Everyone just couldn’t believe it. We all went crazy.”

“I have a lot of family and friends here and they all went crazy, and the guys I played with were the same, they couldn’t believe it. It was unbelievable.”

“Of course, that will stay with me forever. After those two hole-in-ones, I just didn’t know what to do anymore… it was like an out-of-body experience. I was more excited than I wanted to be.”

The only other case of a player scoring two consecutive holes-in-ones during a tournament probably occurred under even more remarkable circumstances: the 1971 Martini International at Royal Norwich.

John Hudson followed up a hole-in-one on the 195-yard 11th hole with another ace on the par-4 12th hole, which was 314 yards long.

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