Ace, Eagle, Albatross…In One Round!

A hole-in-one is a lifetime achievement for a golfer. Some of us might get two or three. With odds of approximately 13,000/1, expect it to take a while. For a tour pro, these odds narrow to 3,000/1.

Now, making an eagle happens to us more often. For good players, perhaps once a month. Two under par for the hole, it takes two good shots and a fine putt, or a cheeky hole-out on a par 4. The approximate odds for a golfer to make an eagle are tough to work out, it settles around once every 75 rounds, or about 1500/1.

In Tiger Woods’ 2000 season (arguably the greatest stretch of golf of all time) – he made 19 of them.

An albatross is much more rare. This can only happen by getting a hole-in-one on a par 4, or a 2 on a par 5. Think Louis Oosthuizen at the 2012 Masters Sunday, or perhaps Gene Sarazen way back in 1935 on Augusta’s 15^th, with ”the shot heard around the world”. The odds of making an albatross hover around 1,000,000/1, and only 10% of golfers are able to reach a par 5 in two shots. Some say an albatross is 10 times rarer than a hole-in-one, which would elevate the numbers to around 1.5 million to 1.

Congratulations to Karlos Jeong who cards an Eagle, Hole In One AND Albatross in Round 1 of Club Championship!! pic.twitter.com/RZ30KbBFKM

— Southwood G&CC (@southwood1894) August 27, 2022

Anyway, meet Karlos Jeong from Southwood Golf & Country Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In Round 1 of his club championship, he began with five pars, and two bogeys. Not bad, not great.

By the time he finished the front nine, he was two under par; carding an ace on the par 3 8th, followed by an eagle on the par 5 9^th.

But he wasn’t done. After a steady run of holes, Mr. Jeong dunked a three under par albatross on the 489 yard par 5 16^th. He signed for a 67; carding one birdie, and shot five under. The card was signed by his competitor, with a side note of ‘unreal’.

Unreal, indeed. He nailed the majority of golfing milestones in just 9 holes of golf. For that stretch, he was seven under par. We’re not sure if this has ever happened before in the same round, but I can speak for all golfers when we say we are slightly amazed, and a bit jealous.

Assuming the aforementioned odds, carding an eagle, a hole-in-one, and an albatross in the same round contains fourteen zeroes, and looks like 30,000,000,000,000 to 1. It turns out you are more likely to be struck by lightning than carding an albatross alone.

Good effort, sir.

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