{"id":6471,"date":"2024-09-11T14:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=6471"},"modified":"2024-09-11T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:03:07","slug":"two-golfers-hit-consecutive-holes-in-one-to-defy-17-million-to-1-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/two-golfers-hit-consecutive-holes-in-one-to-defy-17-million-to-1-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Golfers Hit Consecutive Holes-In-One To Defy 17 Million To 1 Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The odds on two players both hitting holes-in-one on the same hole when playing together is reported to be 17 million to 1 &#8211; but this lottery-style return is exactly what happened at Studley Wood Golf Club in the UK on Monday 9th September 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Steve Wilmshurst and Liam Nairn Both Hit A Holes-in-One On The Same Hole<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A friendly fourball game of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/golf\/\">golf<\/a> at <strong>Studley Wood Golf Club<\/strong> in Oxfordshire, England turned into a historic day for two players &#8211; who both fired in golfing aces on the same hole, when playing in the same foursome group.<\/p>\n<p>The National Hole-In-One Registry has the odds on such a feat down as a monster 17-million-t0-one &#8211; with a single player&#8217;s odds around 12,000\/1 of hitting the bullseye.<\/p>\n<p>Amateur players <strong>Steve Wilmshurst (58)<\/strong> and one of this three playing partners <strong>Liam Nairn (70)<\/strong> did the golfing unthinkable when tackling the 167-yard par 3 16th hole at Studley Gold Club (index 14).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6494 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/studley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/studley.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/studley-560x206.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/studley-350x129.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Nairn Had NEVER Hit A Hole-in-One Before<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>70 year-old Liam Nairn, who up till this point had never recorded golf&#8217;s dream shot, was said to be <em>&#8220;overjoyed&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; saying <em>&#8220;I was absolutely elated because it was such a rare thing for that kind of thing to happen to me, so I was over the moon&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Liam&#8217;s ball had hit the pin on the way with the players all hearing the ball go in the hole &#8211; to confirm the ace.<\/p>\n<p>With Nairn and his three playing partners celebrating back in the 16th tee &#8211; high fiving and cheering &#8211; it was the turn of Steve Wilmshurst to take aim once the dust had settled.<\/p>\n<p>Expecting to just hit one &#8220;down there &#8211; but having taken his shot, it disappearing from sight, Steve Wilmshurst just thought his ball had missed the green and would be in the nearby bunker.<\/p>\n<p>However, when Nairn (who hit the first ace) went to get his hole-in-one ball out of the hole, he shouted over <em>&#8220;Oh, yours is in here as well&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>With Wilmshurst thinking it was a joke &#8211; he had to go and check and even though his &#8216;golf ace&#8217; was classed a bit of an anti-climax due to no one knowing it had go in, it was still the second half of what later was worked out to be a 17-million-one double hit.<\/p>\n<p>Once back in the Studley Wood Clubhouse the pair signed the club&#8217;s special &#8216;hole-in-one&#8217; book.<\/p>\n<p>While, as per tradition for hitting an ace, it was drinks all round &#8211; but at least the bar tab was split in half on this occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The odds on two players both hitting holes-in-one on the same hole when playing together is reported to be 17 million to 1 &#8211; but this lottery-style return is exactly what happened at Studley Wood Golf Club in the UK on Monday 9th September 2024. 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