# Kansas teen makes two holes-in-one during same round **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** golf\ **Created:** [July 10, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996 "2024-07-10T13:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/1 "2024-07-10T13:20:47Z")
Not bad for a 13-year-old. > **[Meet the Hesston 13-year-old golfer who made two holes-in-one in same round...](https://www.aol.com/meet-hesston-13-old-golfer-110200120.html)** > > According to the National Hole-In-One Registry, the odds of making two aces in a single round are 67 million to 1. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/2 "2024-07-10T13:26:20Z")
I’m impressed that a 13-year-old was even able to reach the green in one shot. Doesn’t that take some amount of strength? I’m also impressed that there’s still something called “AOL” with a presence on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/3 "2024-07-10T13:32:13Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m impressed that a 13-year-old was even able to reach the green in one shot. Doesn’t that take some amount of strength? The par-3 holes in question were 118 and 100 yards long respectively. Still an unbelievable achievement. \*There was a 99-yard par 3 with a challenging uphill approach on my home municipal course. The closest I ever got to the pin was about 2 feet. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/4 "2024-07-10T13:39:19Z")
Not bad considering he is not even Korean: > **[Behind Kim Jong Il's Famous Round of Golf](https://golf.com/news/behind-kim-jong-ils-famous-round-of-golf/)** > > GOLF contributor Josh Sens digs into the real story behind Kim Jong Il's famous round of golf where he made five holes in one.  (Spoiler: where the famous five holes in one are explained in an unexpected and, to me, credible fashion). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/5 "2024-07-10T13:50:52Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > (Spoiler: where the famous five holes in one are explained in an unexpected and, to me, credible fashion). Thanks. I don’t think I’d read this before. At first, it was similar to a narrative written by someone who went and ran in Pyonyang’s marathon, but then it does indeed explain why the golf error was made. Using this relative-to-par method, can we determine Kim Jong Il’s “actual” score? Quotes are intentional, as “actual” doesn’t exist. Just converting the one they wrote down to normal golf scoring. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/6 "2024-07-10T13:55:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m also impressed that there’s still something called “AOL” with a presence on the Internet. The article, as noted on the AOL page, was published in the _Wichita Eagle_. I’m pretty sure the Eagle’s online edition is paywalled, so I was happy that I found the AOL link. Although, like you, I was quite surprised to find it. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/7 "2024-07-10T13:58:30Z")
I suppose you would have to know what he scored on the other holes and what the par for the whole course is. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/8 "2024-07-10T14:06:38Z")
I don’t buy that. The article correctly notes that even the score recorded on the scorecard would be fudged. But do you really believe that Dear Leader’s caddy, who’s already fudging his score, would write down a score that’s never under par, and over par on 13 out of 18 holes? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/9 "2024-07-10T14:13:43Z")
That would explain why he never played again. Now seriously: the whole story is bogus anyway, whatever the caddie wrote whichever way. I thought that it was an interesting perspective on a well known “fact” concerning wholes in one, so it was fitting here. Now if we dig too deep into this we will awaken the Board’s Hijack Guardian, so beware! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/10 "2024-07-11T11:45:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m impressed that a 13-year-old was even able to reach the green in one shot. I was out driving with my kids years ago and stopped at a driving range at my son’s request. He was 12 or 13 at the time and had only played miniature golf. We got a bucket of balls and the guy showed my son the basics of how to stand and hold the club. He immediately started hitting balls way out there. Adults stopped hitting balls to watch. My son was a natural, for some reason. That was the last time he ever drove a golfball. He thought it was silly. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/11 "2024-07-16T07:19:10Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > [Meet the Hesston 13-year-old golfer who made two holes-in-one in same round in Kansas](https://www.aol.com/meet-hesston-13-old-golfer-110200120.html) Considering that there are [more than 500 million rounds played in the US each year](https://www.ngf.org/golf-industry-research/#:~:text=There%20have%20been%20more%20than,pandemic%20average%20from%202015%2D19.), it probably happens several times a year. I guess part of the ‘newsworthyness’ is that the boy is 13 (and good going, kid!). ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/12 "2024-07-16T07:43:47Z")
> [@Wallaby](#): > > it probably happens several times a year. Highly, highly doubtful. Considering that the odds of this happening are [67 million to one](https://www.nationalholeinoneregistry.com/facts-and-feats/#:~:text=Each%20course%20reports%2010-15%20hole%20in%20ones%20each,one%20is%20scored%20once%20every%203%2C500%20golf%20rounds). ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/13 "2024-07-16T11:38:27Z")
Then you’d expect it to happen over 7 times a year. If those are really the odds, and it’s really a random thing. Which I doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996/14 "2024-07-16T12:55:05Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > Then you’d expect it to happen over 7 times a year. Yes, my brain wasn’t functioning early in the morning. I Googled it, and actually got several recent hits. It’s happened three times in PGA play: 1955, 2006, and 2015. That’s probably not surprising, given the fact that the Par-3 holes on the tour are long and not easy to birdie.