Two Golfers Hit Consecutive Holes-In-One To Defy 17 Million To 1 Odds

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 – but this lottery-style return is exactly what happened at Studley Wood Golf Club in the UK on Monday 9th September 2024.

Steve Wilmshurst and Liam Nairn Both Hit A Holes-in-One On The Same Hole

A friendly fourball game of golf at Studley Wood Golf Club in Oxfordshire, England turned into a historic day for two players – who both fired in golfing aces on the same hole, when playing in the same foursome group.

The National Hole-In-One Registry has the odds on such a feat down as a monster 17-million-t0-one – with a single player’s odds around 12,000/1 of hitting the bullseye.

Amateur players Steve Wilmshurst (58) and one of this three playing partners Liam Nairn (70) did the golfing unthinkable when tackling the 167-yard par 3 16th hole at Studley Gold Club (index 14).

Nairn Had NEVER Hit A Hole-in-One Before

70 year-old Liam Nairn, who up till this point had never recorded golf’s dream shot, was said to be “overjoyed” – saying “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”

Liam’s ball had hit the pin on the way with the players all hearing the ball go in the hole – to confirm the ace.

With Nairn and his three playing partners celebrating back in the 16th tee – high fiving and cheering – it was the turn of Steve Wilmshurst to take aim once the dust had settled.

Expecting to just hit one “down there – 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.

However, when Nairn (who hit the first ace) went to get his hole-in-one ball out of the hole, he shouted over “Oh, yours is in here as well”.

With Wilmshurst thinking it was a joke – he had to go and check and even though his ‘golf ace’ 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.

Once back in the Studley Wood Clubhouse the pair signed the club’s special ‘hole-in-one’ book.

While, as per tradition for hitting an ace, it was drinks all round – but at least the bar tab was split in half on this occasion.