Frank Bensel Jr., a membership professional from New York, made historical past Friday when he made consecutive holes-in-one on the U.S. Senior Open, the primary ever recorded in america Golf Affiliation’s historical past.
Bensel, 56, described the second as an “out-of-body expertise,” and the numbers assist that feeling.
Frank Bensel, left, and his caddie and 14-year-old son, Hagen, pose with gap 4 and 5 flags after Bensel recorded a pair of aces on back-to-back holes through the second spherical of the U.S. Senior Open in Newport, R.I., Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Picture/Jimmy Golen)
In response to the Nationwide Gap-in-One Registry, the chances for one participant making two aces in the identical spherical are 67 million to 1.
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“I’ve performed numerous golf in my life, and simply to see a hole-in-one in a match is fairly uncommon,” Bensel mentioned after the second spherical of the match in Newport, Rhode Island. “The primary one was nice; that received me underneath par for the day. After which the second, I simply couldn’t imagine it. To even assume that that might occur was superb.”
Bensel’s superb feat started on the fourth gap, a 184-yard par 3. He did the unthinkable subsequent when he aced his subsequent shot, a 203-yard par 3.
Newport Nation Membership Superintendent Chris Coen, left, and volunteer Joe Oliveria, proper, watch as Frank Bensel indicators the outlet cutter, the blade of which goes to the USGA museum after Bensel transformed a pair of aces on back-to-back holes through the second spherical of the U.S. Senior Open in Newport, R.I., Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Picture/Jimmy Golen)
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“After these two holes-in-one, I simply didn’t even know,” Bensel, who splits his time between New York and Florida, mentioned. “Oh, yeah. Everyone goes to desire a lesson now, for positive — on a 6-iron.”
Regardless of his back-to-back aces, the day didn’t prove effectively for Bensel. Instantly after, he made 4 bogeys in a row and added three extra on the again 9. He completed the day at 4-over 74 and missed the minimize.
“I didn’t do something nice aside from form of these photographs at this time,” he mentioned. “I hoped that I may have added much more good scoring after that to have made the minimize, however that didn’t occur.”
Frank Bensel Jr. of america performs a shot through the singles matches of the 2022 PGA Cup on The Longcross Course at Foxhills Membership and Resort Sept. 18, 2022, in Ottershaw, England. (David Cannon/Getty Photographs)
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Regardless of an general lackluster day, Bensel’s efficiency nonetheless landed him within the USGA historical past books.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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