Ruth Day wins odd shoots 2 holes-in-one

September 19, 2009

Ruth Day, a 64-year-old retiree from northern England, had the day of her life on the golf course last week.

Day shot two holes-in-one in the same round at Whitley Bay Golf Club, where she is a member.

“A hole in one in itself is usually pretty amazing,” Day said in Friday’s edition of The Journal, a newspaper in northeast England. “But I couldn’t believe it when I did the same thing 10 holes further on.”

The feat is rare. Golf Digest estimates the odds against a golfer having two holes-in-one in the same round at 67 million to 1.

But just last week, former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Steve Blass made two holes-in-one in a span of 11 holes during the team’s annual alumni golf outing.

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