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In golf, a hole in one or hole-in-one (also known as an ace, mostly in American English) occurs when a ball hit from a tee to start a hole finishes in the cup. Holes-in-one most commonly occur on par 3 holes, the shortest distance holes on a standard size golf course. Longer hitters have also accomplished this feat on longer holes, though nearly all par 4 and par 5 holes are too long for golfers to reach in a single shot.^[1] While well known outside golf and often requiring a well hit shot and significant power, holes in one need also a significant element of luck. As of January 2021^[update], a condor (four under par) hole-in-one on a par 5 hole had been recorded on five occasions.

Description

In golf, a hole in one or hole-in-one occurs when a ball hit from a tee to start a hole finishes in the cup. The feat is also known as an ace, mostly in American English. As the feat needs to occur on the stroke that starts a hole, a ball hit from a tee following a lost ball, out-of-bounds, or water hazard is not a hole-in-one, due to the application of a stroke penalty.

Rarity

While well known outside golf and often requiring a well hit shot and significant power, holes-in-one need also a significant element of luck.^[2]^[3]^[4] Time magazine reported 1,200 holes in one were made by American golfers in 1922.^[5] As of January 2021^[update], a condor (four under par) hole-in-one on a par 5 hole had been recorded on five occasions, aided by thin air at high altitude, or by cutting the corner on a doglegged or horseshoe-shaped hole.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Holes-in-one most commonly occur on par 3 holes, the shortest distance holes on a standard size golf course. Longer hitters have also accomplished this feat on longer holes, though nearly all par 4 and par 5 holes are too long for golfers to reach in a single shot. As such, they are more common and considered less impressive than other hole accomplishments such as completing a par 5 in two shots (an albatross).^[9]

Miniature golf

The world record on one round of minigolf is 18 strokes on 18 holes. More than a thousand players have officially achieved this score on eternit. On other playing systems, a perfect round of 18 holes-in-one is extremely rare, and has never been scored in an official national or international tournament. Unofficial 18-rounds on concrete and felt courses have been reported in Sweden.^[10]

Holes-in-one on par 5 (or higher) holes

As of January 2021^[update], a condor (four under par) hole-in-one on a par 5 hole had been recorded on five occasions,^[6]^[7]^[11]^[8] aided by thin air at high altitude, or by cutting the corner on a doglegged or horseshoe-shaped hole.^[6]^[7]^[8]

A horseshoe-shaped par-5 hole once enabled a condor hole-in-one to be achieved with a 3-iron club.^[6]^[7]
Another may have been achieved at the former Piedmont Crescent Golf Course in 1973 after bouncing multiple times on a very firm fairway due to unseasonably dry weather.^[12]
The longest recorded straight drive hole-in-one is believed to be 517 yards or 473 metres, on the par-5 No. 9 hole at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver in 2002, aided by the thin air due to the high altitude.^[6]^[7]

None of the five par-5 holes-in-one were achieved during a professional tournament.^[6]

Notable holes-in-one

A memorable hole-in-one was made in the 1973 Open Championship by Gene Sarazen at age 71. Earl Dietering of Memphis, Tennessee, 78 years old at the time, is believed to hold the record for the oldest person to make a hole-in-one twice during one round.^[13]

During the second round of the 1971 Martini International tournament, held at the Royal Norwich Golf Club in England, John Hudson had two consecutive holes-in-one. Teeing off, using a 4-iron, at the par-three, 195-yard 11th hole, Hudson holed his tee shot for a hole-in-one. At the next hole, the downhill 311-yard, par-four 12th, and this time using a driver, he once again holed his tee shot, for another ace. This is believed to be the only time a player has scored holes-in-one at consecutive holes in a major professional tournament.^[14]^[15]

Despite the relative rarity of holes-in-one, there have been a total of six in Ryder Cup matches. Peter Butler scored the first in 1973 at Muirfield followed by a 20-year gap before Nick Faldo scored a hole-in-one in 1993. Two years later, Costantino Rocca and Howard Clark both scored holes-in-one before an 11-year gap to 2006 saw Paul Casey and Scott Verplank both hole out in one on the 14th hole.^[16]

On August 11, 2016, Justin Rose shot a hole-in-one during the first round of the golf tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which is considered to be the first in Olympic history. For the 189 yards par-3 hole, he used a 7-iron.^[17]

Traditions

It is traditional for a player who has scored a hole-in-one to buy a round of drinks for everyone at the clubhouse bar.^[18]

Competitions

Occasionally special events host a hole in one contest, where prizes as expensive as a new car, or cash awards sometimes reaching $4 million are offered if a contestant records a hole in one.^[19] Usually such expensive prizes are backed by an insurance company who offers prize indemnification services. Actuaries at such companies have calculated the chance of an average golfer making a hole in one at approximately 12,500 to 1, and the odds of a tour professional at 2,500 to 1.^[2]

References

^ "What is Ace in Golf? A Complete Guide! - Golf Gearz". 2024-06-08. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
^ ^a ^b "What Are The Odds of Making a Hole In One?". US Hole In One. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
^ Halley, Jim. "With holes in one, no matter how you slice them luck is vital". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2022-02-12. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ Oscarson, Paul. "Top 10 Craziest Holes-in-One". The Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ "Miscellany". Time. New York City. March 3, 1923. p. 27. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Condor", GolfToday.co.uk, 2010, webpage (dated October 2008): GT-condor Archived 2021-02-24 at the Wayback Machine.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kelley, Brent. "Has There Ever Been a Hole-in-One on a Par-5 Hole?". About.com Golf. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2014. One was even recorded with a 3-iron! That one was made by Shaun Lynch, playing at Teign Valley Golf Club in Christow, England, in 1995, on the 496-yard No. 17. According to a 2004 article in Golf World magazine, Lynch aimed straight toward the green on a horseshoe par-5, clearing a 20-foot-high hedge, then hitting a downslope on the other side. The downslope carried his ball to the green and into the cup.
^ ^a ^b ^c "What is a condor in golf? We explain the rarest of birds in golf?". The Golf Newsnet. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
^ Fields, Bill (April 2, 2004). "The Rarest Bird: The albatross took flight at the 1935 Masters, but golf's most unlikely shot isn't easy to find". Golf World. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
^ "Svenska Bangolfförbundet". Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved April 8, 2007.
^ "Odds for hole in one, albatross, condor". PGA of America. Archived from the original on 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
^ "Longest hole-in-one in history? Well, maybe". The Times News. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
^ Stukenborg, Phil (April 20, 2012). "It's a pair of aces for senior golfer". The Commercial Appeal. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf: Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 222. ISBN 0-85112-847-5.
^ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
^ "6 Ryder Cup Hole In Ones". Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
^ Myers, Alex. "Justin Rose makes the first hole-in-one in Olympics golf history - Golf Digest". Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
^ "Golfers Hit Hole-In-Ones Within Seconds of Each Other". ABC News. July 19, 2012. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
^ Harris, Chris (February 26, 2006). "Hole-in-one insurance policies provide safety net for glitzy tournament contests". Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2013.

External links

Hole-In-One FAQs United States Golf Association

[1] "What is Ace in Golf? A Complete Guide! - Golf Gearz". 2024-06-08. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

[odds-2] "What Are The Odds of Making a Hole In One?". US Hole In One. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2013.

[3] Halley, Jim. "With holes in one, no matter how you slice them luck is vital". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2022-02-12. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[4] Oscarson, Paul. "Top 10 Craziest Holes-in-One". The Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[5] "Miscellany". Time. New York City. March 3, 1923. p. 27. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

[Condor01-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Condor", GolfToday.co.uk, 2010, webpage (dated October 2008): GT-condor Archived 2021-02-24 at the Wayback Machine.

[Condor02-7] Kelley, Brent. "Has There Ever Been a Hole-in-One on a Par-5 Hole?". About.com Golf. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2014. One was even recorded with a 3-iron! That one was made by Shaun Lynch, playing at Teign Valley Golf Club in Christow, England, in 1995, on the 496-yard No. 17. According to a 2004 article in Golf World magazine, Lynch aimed straight toward the green on a horseshoe par-5, clearing a 20-foot-high hedge, then hitting a downslope on the other side. The downslope carried his ball to the green and into the cup.

[Condor03-8] "What is a condor in golf? We explain the rarest of birds in golf?". The Golf Newsnet. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.

[9] Fields, Bill (April 2, 2004). "The Rarest Bird: The albatross took flight at the 1935 Masters, but golf's most unlikely shot isn't easy to find". Golf World. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved February 14, 2013.

[autogenerated22-10] "Svenska Bangolfförbundet". Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved April 8, 2007.

[11] "Odds for hole in one, albatross, condor". PGA of America. Archived from the original on 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2019-08-23.

[12] "Longest hole-in-one in history? Well, maybe". The Times News. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.

[13] Stukenborg, Phil (April 20, 2012). "It's a pair of aces for senior golfer". The Commercial Appeal. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2013.

[guinness-14] Steel, Donald (1987). Golf: Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 222. ISBN 0-85112-847-5.

[alliss-15] Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.

[16] "6 Ryder Cup Hole In Ones". Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2014.

[17] Myers, Alex. "Justin Rose makes the first hole-in-one in Olympics golf history - Golf Digest". Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2016-08-12.

[18] "Golfers Hit Hole-In-Ones Within Seconds of Each Other". ABC News. July 19, 2012. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2013.

[19] Harris, Chris (February 26, 2006). "Hole-in-one insurance policies provide safety net for glitzy tournament contests". Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2013.

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+{{short description|In golf, the occasion when a ball hit from a tee finishes in the cup}}
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-In [[golf]], a '''hole in one''' or '''hole-in-one''' (also known as an '''ace''', mostly in [[American English]]) occurs when a ball hit from a [[teeing ground|tee]] to start a hole finishes in the cup. A ball hit from a tee following a lost ball, out-of-bounds, or water hazard is not a hole-in-one.
+In [[golf]], a '''hole in one''' or '''hole-in-one''' (also known as an '''ace''', mostly in [[American English]]) occurs when a ball hit from a [[teeing ground|tee]] to start a hole finishes in the cup. Holes-in-one most commonly occur on [[par (score)|par]] 3 holes, the shortest distance holes on a standard size golf course. Longer hitters have also accomplished this feat on longer holes, though nearly all par 4 and par 5 holes are too long for golfers to reach in a single shot.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-08 |title=What is Ace in Golf? A Complete Guide! - Golf Gearz |url=https://golfgearz.com/what-is-ace-in-golf-a-complete-guide/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> While well known outside golf and often requiring a well hit shot and significant power, holes in one need also a significant element of [[luck]]. {{As of|January 2021}}, a [[Par (score)#Condor|condor]] (four under par) hole-in-one on a par 5 hole had been recorded on five occasions.
+== Description ==
-Holes-in-one commonly occur on [[par (score)|par]] 3 holes, the shortest distance holes on a standard size golf course. Longer hitters have also accomplished this feat on longer holes, though nearly all par 4 and par 5 holes are too long for golfers to reach in a single shot. While well known outside golf and often requiring a well hit shot and significant power, holes in one need also a significant element of [[luck]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Halley|first1=Jim|title=With holes in one, no matter how you slice them luck is vital|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2006-07-16-hole-in-one_x.htm|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Oscarson|first1=Paul|title=Top 10 Craziest Holes-in-One|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1693444-top-10-craziest-holes-in-one|publisher=The Bleacher Report|accessdate=31 October 2014}}</ref> As such, they are more common and considered less impressive than other hole accomplishments such as completing a par 5 in two shots (an [[Par (score)#Albatross|albatross]]).<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Bill |last=Fields |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/majors/masters/index.ssf?/majors/masters/gw20040402albatross.html |title=The Rarest Bird: The albatross took flight at the 1935 Masters, but golf's most unlikely shot isn't easy to find |magazine=[[Golf World]] |date=April 2, 2004 |accessdate=February 14, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305063301/http://www.golfdigest.com/majors/masters/index.ssf?%2Fmajors%2Fmasters%2Fgw20040402albatross.html |archivedate=March 5, 2007 |df= }}</ref> {{As of |October 2008}}, a [[Par (score)#Condor|condor]] (four under par) hole-in-one on a par 5 hole had been recorded on four occasions, aided by thin air at high altitude, or by cutting the corner on a doglegged or horseshoe-shaped hole.<ref name=Condor01/><ref name=Condor02/>
+In [[golf]], a hole in one or hole-in-one occurs when a ball hit from a [[teeing ground|tee]] to start a hole finishes in the cup. The feat is also known as an ''ace'', mostly in [[American English]]. As the feat needs to occur on the stroke that starts a hole, a ball hit from a tee following a lost ball, [[out-of-bounds]], or water hazard is not a hole-in-one, due to the application of a stroke [[Penalty (golf)|penalty]].
-Holes-in-one ("aces") are also recorded in [[disc golf]]. The current world record for disc golf's longest hole in one is held by Brent Bell, who set the record at the 2002 [[Big Sky State Games]] at the Diamond X Disc Golf Course in [[Billings, Montana]].
 ==Rarity==
+While well known outside golf and often requiring a well hit shot and significant power, holes-in-one need also a significant element of [[luck]].<ref name=odds>{{cite web |url=http://www.holeinoneinsurance.com/hole-in-one-odds.html |title=What Are The Odds of Making a Hole In One? |publisher=US Hole In One |access-date=February 14, 2013 |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109172936/http://www.holeinoneinsurance.com/hole-in-one-odds.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Halley |first1=Jim |title=With holes in one, no matter how you slice them luck is vital |newspaper=USA Today |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2006-07-16-hole-in-one_x.htm |access-date=31 October 2014 |archive-date=2022-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212213111/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2006-07-16-hole-in-one_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Oscarson |first1=Paul |title=Top 10 Craziest Holes-in-One |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1693444-top-10-craziest-holes-in-one |access-date=31 October 2014 |website=The Bleacher Report |archive-date=24 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224060502/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1693444-top-10-craziest-holes-in-one |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Time'' magazine reported 1,200 holes in one were made by American golfers in 1922.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Miscellany |url=https://time.com/vault/issue/1923-03-03/page/27/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=27 |date=March 3, 1923 |access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref> {{As of|January 2021}}, a [[Par (score)#Condor|condor]] (four under par) hole-in-one on a par 5 hole had been recorded on five occasions, aided by thin air at high altitude, or by cutting the corner on a doglegged or horseshoe-shaped hole.<ref name="Condor01">"Condor", GolfToday.co.uk, 2010, webpage (dated October 2008):    [https://golftoday.co.uk/golf-a-to-z-the-condor/ GT-condor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224185515/https://golftoday.co.uk/golf-a-to-z-the-condor/ |date=2021-02-24 }}.</ref><ref name="Condor02">{{cite web |last=Kelley |first=Brent |title=Has There Ever Been a Hole-in-One on a Par-5 Hole? |url=http://golf.about.com/od/faqs/f/par5aces.htm |access-date=August 24, 2014 |publisher=[[About.com]] Golf |quote=One was even recorded with a '''3-iron'''! That one was made by Shaun Lynch, playing at Teign Valley Golf Club in Christow, England, in 1995, on the 496-yard No. 17. According to a 2004 article in Golf World magazine, Lynch aimed straight toward the green on a '''horseshoe''' par-5, clearing a 20-foot-high hedge, then hitting a downslope on the other side. The downslope carried his ball to the green and into the cup. |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214061853/http://golf.about.com/od/faqs/f/par5aces.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Condor03">{{cite web |title=What is a condor in golf? We explain the rarest of birds in golf? |url=https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2021/01/13/what-is-a-condor-in-golf-we-explain-the-rarest-of-birds-in-golf-121666/ |access-date=August 25, 2021 |website=The Golf Newsnet |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825214017/https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2021/01/13/what-is-a-condor-in-golf-we-explain-the-rarest-of-birds-in-golf-121666/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-Holes-in-one are rare, and, although skill definitely increases the probability, there is a great element of luck involved.<ref name=odds>{{cite web |url=http://www.holeinoneinsurance.com/hole-in-one-odds.html |title=What Are The Odds of Making a Hole In One? |publisher=US Hole In One |accessdate=February 14, 2013}}</ref> It is traditional for a player who has scored a hole-in-one to buy a round of drinks for everyone at the clubhouse bar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/07/golfers-hit-hole-in-ones-within-seconds-of-each-other/ |title=Golfers Hit Hole-In-Ones Within Seconds of Each Other |publisher=ABC News |date=July 19, 2012 |accessdate=December 7, 2013}}</ref>
+Holes-in-one most commonly occur on [[Par (score)|par]] 3 holes, the shortest distance holes on a standard size golf course. Longer hitters have also accomplished this feat on longer holes, though nearly all par 4 and par 5 holes are too long for golfers to reach in a single shot.  As such, they are more common and considered less impressive than other hole accomplishments such as completing a par 5 in two shots (an [[Par (score)#Albatross|albatross]]).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fields |first=Bill |date=April 2, 2004 |title=The Rarest Bird: The albatross took flight at the 1935 Masters, but golf's most unlikely shot isn't easy to find |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/majors/masters/index.ssf?/majors/masters/gw20040402albatross.html |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Golf World]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305063301/http://www.golfdigest.com/majors/masters/index.ssf?%2Fmajors%2Fmasters%2Fgw20040402albatross.html |archive-date=March 5, 2007 |access-date=February 14, 2013}}</ref>
-A memorable hole-in-one was made in the [[1973 Open Championship|1973 British Open]] by [[Gene Sarazen]] at age 71. Earl Dietering of Memphis, Tennessee, 78 years old at the time, is believed to hold the record for the eldest person to make a hole-in-one twice during one round.<ref>{{cite news |title=It's a pair of aces for senior golfer |publisher=The Commercial Appeal |first=Phil |last=Stukenborg |date=April 20, 2012 |url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/apr/20/its-a-pair-of-aces-for-senior-golfer/ |accessdate=February 14, 2013}}</ref>
+=== Miniature golf ===
-During the second round of the 1971 [[Martini International]] tournament, held at the Royal Norwich Golf Club in England, [[John Hudson (golfer)|John Hudson]] had two consecutive holes-in-one. Teeing off, using a 4-iron, at the par-three, 195-yard 11th hole, Hudson holed his tee shot for a hole-in-one. At the next hole, the downhill 311-yard, par-four 12th, and this time using a driver, he once again holed his tee shot, for another ace. This is believed to be the only time a player has scored holes-in-one at consecutive holes in a major professional tournament.<ref name=guinness>{{cite book |title=Golf: Records, Facts and Champions |first=Donald |last=Steel |authorlink=Donald Steel |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd. |year=1987 |isbn=0-85112-847-5 |page=222}}</ref><ref name=alliss>{{cite book |title=The Who's Who of Golf |first=Peter |last=Alliss |authorlink=Peter Alliss |publisher=[[Orbis Publishing]] |year=1983 |isbn=0-85613-520-8 |page=250}}</ref>
+The world record on one round of [[Miniature golf|minigolf]] is 18 strokes on 18 holes. More than a thousand players have officially achieved this score on [[eternit]]. On other playing systems, a perfect round of 18 holes-in-one is extremely rare, and has never been scored in an official national or international tournament. Unofficial 18-rounds on concrete and felt courses have been reported in Sweden.<ref name="autogenerated22">{{Cite web |title=Svenska Bangolfförbundet<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.bangolf.se/t2.aspx?p=112569 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505103330/http://www.bangolf.se/t2.aspx?p=112569 |archive-date=May 5, 2007 |access-date=April 8, 2007}}</ref>
+== Holes-in-one on par 5 (or higher) holes ==
-Despite the relative rarity of holes-in-one, there have been a total of six in [[Ryder Cup]] matches. [[Peter Butler (golfer)|Peter Butler]] scored the first in [[1973 Ryder Cup|1973]] at [[Muirfield]] followed by a 20-year gap before [[Nick Faldo]] scored a hole-in-one in [[1993 Ryder Cup|1993]]. [[1995 Ryder Cup|Two years later]], [[Costantino Rocca]] and [[Howard Clark (golfer)|Howard Clark]] both scored holes-in-one before an 11-year gap to [[2006 Ryder Cup|2006]] saw [[Paul Casey]] and [[Scott Verplank]] both hole out in one on the 14th hole.<ref>{{cite news |title=6 Ryder Cup Hole In Ones |url=http://www.mdhio.net/6-ryder-cup-hole-in-ones/ |accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref>
+{{As of|January 2021}}, a [[Par (score)#Condor|condor]] (four under par) hole-in-one on a par 5 hole had been recorded on five occasions,<ref name="Condor01" /><ref name="Condor02" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Odds for hole in one, albatross, condor |url=https://www.pga.com/news/golf-buzz/odds-hole-in-one-albatross-condor |access-date=2019-08-23 |publisher=PGA of America |archive-date=2019-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823203536/https://www.pga.com/news/golf-buzz/odds-hole-in-one-albatross-condor |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Condor03" /> aided by thin air at high altitude, or by cutting the corner on a doglegged or horseshoe-shaped hole.<ref name="Condor01" /><ref name="Condor02" /><ref name="Condor03" />
+* A horseshoe-shaped par-5 hole once enabled a condor hole-in-one to be achieved with a 3-iron club.<ref name="Condor01" /><ref name="Condor02" />
+* Another may have been achieved at the former Piedmont Crescent Golf Course in 1973 after bouncing multiple times on a very firm fairway due to unseasonably dry weather.<ref>{{cite web |title=Longest hole-in-one in history? Well, maybe |url=https://www.thetimesnews.com/article/20130727/News/307279894 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |website=The Times News |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825214008/https://www.thetimesnews.com/article/20130727/News/307279894 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+* The longest recorded straight drive hole-in-one is believed to be {{convert|517|yd|m|0|disp=or}}, on the par-5 No. 9 hole at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in [[Denver]] in 2002, aided by the thin air due to the high altitude.<ref name="Condor01" /><ref name="Condor02" />
+None of the five par-5 holes-in-one were achieved during a professional tournament.<ref name="Condor01" />
-On August 11, 2016, [[Justin Rose]] shot a hole-in-one during the first round of the [[Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics|golf tournament]] of the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio de Janeiro, which is considered to be the first in Olympic history. For the 189 yards 3-par hole, he used a 7-iron.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.golfdigest.com/story/justin-rose-makes-the-first-hole-in-one-in-olympics-golf-history|title=Justin Rose makes the first hole-in-one in Olympics golf history - Golf Digest|last=Myers|first=Alex|access-date=2016-08-12}}</ref>
+== Notable holes-in-one ==
-==Competitions==
+[[File:Hole in One Golfer.jpg|thumb|An amateur golfer celebrates a hole in one.]]
-Occasionally special events host a hole in one contest, where prizes as expensive as a new car, or cash awards sometimes reaching $4 million are offered if a contestant records a hole in one.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2006/02/27/focus2.html |title=Hole-in-one insurance policies provide safety net for glitzy tournament contests | first=Chris |last=Harris |date=February 26, 2006 |accessdate=February 14, 2013}}</ref> Usually such expensive prizes are backed by an [[insurance]] company who offers [[prize indemnity insurance|prize indemnification services]]. [[Actuary|Actuaries]] at such companies have calculated the chance of an average golfer making a hole in one at approximately 12,500 to 1, and the odds of a tour professional at 2,500 to 1.<ref name=odds/>
+A memorable hole-in-one was made in the [[1973 Open Championship]] by [[Gene Sarazen]] at age 71. Earl Dietering of Memphis, Tennessee, 78 years old at the time, is believed to hold the record for the oldest person to make a hole-in-one twice during one round.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stukenborg |first=Phil |date=April 20, 2012 |title=It's a pair of aces for senior golfer |newspaper=The Commercial Appeal |url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/apr/20/its-a-pair-of-aces-for-senior-golfer/ |url-status=dead |access-date=February 14, 2013 |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502022515/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/apr/20/its-a-pair-of-aces-for-senior-golfer/ }}</ref>
-==Holes-in-one on par 5 (or higher) holes==
-{{outdated section|date=March 2019}}
-As of October 2008, a [[Par (score)#Condor|condor]] (four under par) hole-in-one on a par 5 hole had been recorded on four occasions.<ref name=Condor01>"Condor", GolfToday.co.uk, 2010, webpage (dated October 2008):    [http://www.golftoday.co.uk/golf_a_z/articles/condor.html GT-condor].</ref><ref name=Condor02>{{cite web|title=Has There Ever Been a Hole-in-One on a Par-5 Hole?|url=http://golf.about.com/od/faqs/f/par5aces.htm |first=Brent |last=Kelley |publisher=[[About.com]] Golf|accessdate=August 24, 2014|quote=One was even recorded with a '''3-iron'''! That one was made by Shaun Lynch, playing at Teign Valley Golf Club in Christow, England, in 1995, on the 496-yard No. 17. According to a 2004 article in Golf World magazine, Lynch aimed straight toward the green on a '''horseshoe''' par-5, clearing a 20-foot-high hedge, then hitting a downslope on the other side. The downslope carried his ball to the green and into the cup.}}</ref> A horseshoe-shaped par 5 hole once enabled a condor hole in one to be achieved with a 3-iron club.<ref name=Condor01/><ref name=Condor02/> The longest recorded straight drive hole-in-one is believed to be {{convert|517|yd|m|0|disp=or}}, on the par 5 No. 9 hole at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in [[Denver]] in 2002, aided by the thin air due to the high altitude.<ref name=Condor01/><ref name=Condor02/> None of these four par 5 holes-in-one were achieved during a professional tournament.<ref name=Condor01/> A condor is also known as a double albatross, or a triple eagle.<ref name=Condor01/><ref name=Condor02/>
+During the second round of the 1971 [[Martini International]] tournament, held at the Royal Norwich Golf Club in England, [[John Hudson (golfer)|John Hudson]] had two consecutive holes-in-one. Teeing off, using a 4-iron, at the par-three, 195-yard 11th hole, Hudson holed his tee shot for a hole-in-one. At the next hole, the downhill 311-yard, par-four 12th, and this time using a driver, he once again holed his tee shot, for another ace. This is believed to be the only time a player has scored holes-in-one at consecutive holes in a major professional tournament.<ref name=guinness>{{cite book |title=Golf: Records, Facts and Champions |first=Donald |last=Steel |author-link=Donald Steel |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd. |year=1987 |isbn=0-85112-847-5 |page=222}}</ref><ref name=alliss>{{cite book |title=The Who's Who of Golf |first=Peter |last=Alliss |author-link=Peter Alliss |publisher=[[Orbis Publishing]] |year=1983 |isbn=0-85613-520-8 |page=250}}</ref>
-==Kim Jong-il myth==
-Over a period of several years, many U.S. and European media outlets &ndash; including [[ESPN]] and the ''[[New York Times]]''<ref>{{cite news |first=Jere|last=Longman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/sports/remembering-kim-jong-ils-ventures-into-the-sporting-world.html?_r=0|title=Kim Jong-il, the Sportsman |work=New York Times |date=20 December 2011 |accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref> – reported that former North Korean Supreme Leader [[Kim Jong-il]] was claimed to have shot five holes in one during his first attempt at playing [[golf]] (an alternate version of the story claims North Korean media once reported Kim had shot 18 holes in one). This is explained as a case of the North Korean government assigning supernatural feats of [[heroism]] to its leaders as part of an effort to perpetuate a [[cult of personality]]. This myth was originally published by Eric Ellis, a reporter for the [[Australian Financial Review]], as having been told by a [[Pyongyang Golf Course|Pyongyang Golf Club]] professional in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ericellis.com/archivenorthkorea1-htm/ |title=Dear Leader and The Golf War |last1=Ellis |first1=Eric|date=22 October 2012 |website=ericellis.com |publisher=Eric Ellis  |accessdate=July 1, 2016}}</ref> [[NK News]] reports that "informal surveys of North Koreans themselves revealed that no one in [[Pyongyang]] was aware of this legendary feat, unless told it by a tourist."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nknews.org/2012/12/the-top-ten-most-bizarre-rumours-to-spread-about-north-korea/ |title=The top ten most bizarre rumours to spread about North Korea |last1=Abrahamian |first1=Andray|date=6 December 2012 |website=nknews.org |publisher=NK News |accessdate=19 January 2014}}</ref> Richard Seers, a British journalist who played at the Pyongyang Golf Club asked officials there, who revealed it was nothing more than an urban myth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.golfclubmanagement.net/2011/12/kim-jong-ils-golf-feat-an-urban-myth/ |title=Kim Jong Il’s golf feat an 'urban myth' |first=Alistair |last=Dunsmuir |date=December 20, 2011 |work=Golf Club Management |accessdate=October 26, 2012}}</ref>
+Despite the relative rarity of holes-in-one, there have been a total of six in [[Ryder Cup]] matches. [[Peter Butler (golfer)|Peter Butler]] scored the first in [[1973 Ryder Cup|1973]] at [[Muirfield]] followed by a 20-year gap before [[Nick Faldo]] scored a hole-in-one in [[1993 Ryder Cup|1993]]. [[1995 Ryder Cup|Two years later]], [[Costantino Rocca]] and [[Howard Clark (golfer)|Howard Clark]] both scored holes-in-one before an 11-year gap to [[2006 Ryder Cup|2006]] saw [[Paul Casey]] and [[Scott Verplank]] both hole out in one on the 14th hole.<ref>{{cite news |title=6 Ryder Cup Hole In Ones |url=http://www.mdhio.net/6-ryder-cup-hole-in-ones/ |access-date=October 1, 2014 |archive-date=March 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330080621/http://www.mdhio.net/6-ryder-cup-hole-in-ones/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+On August 11, 2016, [[Justin Rose]] shot a hole-in-one during the first round of the [[Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics|golf tournament]] of the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio de Janeiro, which is considered to be the first in Olympic history. For the 189 yards par-3 hole, he used a 7-iron.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.golfdigest.com/story/justin-rose-makes-the-first-hole-in-one-in-olympics-golf-history|title=Justin Rose makes the first hole-in-one in Olympics golf history - Golf Digest|last=Myers|first=Alex|access-date=2016-08-12|archive-date=2020-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029234207/https://www.golfdigest.com/story/justin-rose-makes-the-first-hole-in-one-in-olympics-golf-history|url-status=live}}</ref>
+== Traditions ==
+It is traditional for a player who has scored a hole-in-one to buy a round of drinks for everyone at the clubhouse bar.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 19, 2012 |title=Golfers Hit Hole-In-Ones Within Seconds of Each Other |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/07/golfers-hit-hole-in-ones-within-seconds-of-each-other/ |access-date=December 7, 2013 |publisher=ABC News |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111041952/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/07/golfers-hit-hole-in-ones-within-seconds-of-each-other/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+=== Competitions ===
+Occasionally special events host a hole in one contest, where prizes as expensive as a new car, or cash awards sometimes reaching $4 million are offered if a contestant records a hole in one.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2006/02/27/focus2.html |title=Hole-in-one insurance policies provide safety net for glitzy tournament contests |first=Chris |last=Harris |date=February 26, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213003932/https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2006/02/27/focus2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Usually such expensive prizes are backed by an [[insurance]] company who offers [[prize indemnity insurance|prize indemnification services]]. [[Actuary|Actuaries]] at such companies have calculated the chance of an average golfer making a hole in one at approximately 12,500 to 1, and the odds of a tour professional at 2,500 to 1.<ref name=odds/>
 ==See also==
 * [[Golf glossary]]
+* [[Miniature golf]]
+* [[Hail Mary pass]], similar feat in American football
+* [[List of longest NBA field goals]] (all of which are [[buzzer beater]]s) for context on the similar feat in basketball
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 * [http://www.usga.org/RulesFAQ/rules_answer.asp?FAQidx=148&Rule=100 Hole-In-One FAQs] [[United States Golf Association]]
+{{Golf}}
 [[Category:Golf terminology]]