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USA Today
02-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Golfer on DP World Tour has not one but two holes-in-one in the same round
Golfer on DP World Tour has not one but two holes-in-one in the same round This might be one of the crazier scorecards you'll see. It might also be one of the few times you'll ever see a golfer record two aces. Dale Whitnell of England opened with a birdie Friday in the second round of the Investec South African Open Championship at Durban Country Club in South Africa. On his next hole, he recorded a hole-in-one. Three swings, one putt and he was 3 under. On the par-5 third, he made eagle, so he was then 5 under through three holes. Talk about your hot starts. From there, Whitnell made three pars and a bogey before two more birdies, thus making the turn in 30. Then on the par-3 12th, he struck again, making his second ace of the day. According to the National Hole-in-One Registry, the odds of one player making two holes-in-one in the same round are 67-million-to-1. "I got off to a hot start as they say. I birdied the first and then hit a flush seven iron on the second and didn't realise that it had gone in until down the bottom [greenside] they cheered so that was lovely," he said. 'I hit two hybrid, hybrid into the par five and made eagle there so I was five under through three which I have never done before and then managed to get another hole in one at the 12th. It was bizarre." Whitnell also had a late double-bogey and when he signed for a 9-under 63, his scorecard had a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and a 6. He's also 9 for the tournament, tied for eighth, five shots back of leader Shaun Norris. "I had everything today. An air shot, two bogeys, a double bogey, three eagles and I come out nine under par so I can't complain.' Whitnell says he now has five aces but never before in competition. Andrew Dodt in 2013 was the first player on the DP World Tour to make multiple holes-in-one in the same round. Later in the clubhouse, there was a nice selection of beverages courtesy of Whitnell.
BBC News
28-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
67 million to one - Whitnell hits two holes-in-one
Englishman Dale Whitnell carded a remarkable two holes-in-one during his round on the second day of the South Africa aced the 179-yard second and repeated the trick on the 149-yard 12th at Durban Country 36-year-old immediately followed his first hole-in-one with an eagle and he was chasing a remarkable 13-under-par 59 until making a double bogey - including an air shot - on the eventual score of 63 beat his level-par Thursday round by nine shots."Coming back this morning I knew I was struggling to make the cut, so I knew I needed to go out and play well and I got off to a hot start," Whitnell told DP World Tour."I birdied the first and hit a flush seven iron on the second, I didn't realise it had gone in until they cheered down at the bottom."Then I got another hole-in-one on the 12th. Bizarre."It's a weird feeling, everything in one. I was excited and adrenalin was pumping, but I had to focus on my job and managed to do that OK."Whitnell, who hails from Essex and sits 545th in the world rankings, had never previously achieved a hole-in-one in US-based National Hole-in-One Registry says the odds of carding two in the same round are 67 million to is just the second Englishman to have made two holes-in-one in the same round in professional competition, after John Hudson, who achieved the feat in the European Tour's Martini International at Royal Norwich in double was made even more impressive by the fact that he managed to do it across successive holes, with the second coming at a 314-yard par Frank Bensel Jr also made two holes-in-one on consecutive holes at the 2024 US Senior Open.
