A father, son and stepdad have all remarkably loved their maiden holes-in-one in the identical month!
Following a visit to look at the second day of The Open at Royal Troon in July, father and son Carl Ham-Howes (49) and Lewis Ham-Howes (18) had been clearly impressed by the standard of golf that they had been watching.
Throughout their journey to Scotland, the pair, who’re each members at La Moye in Jersey, stayed at Cameron Home, Loch Lomond and performed the resident golf course, The Wee Demon, a difficult nine-hole course on the banks of the loch.
On the seventeenth gap, a straight par 3 of 151 yards, Carl hit a 6-iron that bounced twice on the inexperienced and disappeared into the opening. Having performed golf for 36 years, curiously each proper and left-handed and by no means having come shut earlier than, it was a second to cherish for the 20.3-handicapper as he picked his ball out of the opening.
Simply three weeks later, Lewis’ stepfather, Paul Soares, 46, was taking part in in his native membership competitors at St Clements in Jersey, and on the fifth gap, a par 3 of 134 yards, the 11.7-handicapper additionally sunk his first-ever ace.
Sarcastically, Lewis messaged his father to say: “That’s you and Paul each with holes-in-one, me subsequent….!” And he wasn’t incorrect.
The 16.9-handicapper, taking part in within the Jersey Golf Junior Competition the next week at St Clements, stepped as much as the par-4 4th gap, 275 yards from the pin.
A gap most would lay up on, Lewis took it on together with his 3-wood and delivered the right shot to clear the hazard, touchdown simply shy of the inexperienced and rolling into the opening.
An England Golf spokesperson mentioned: “Whereas the chances of a hole-in-one are estimated to be round 12,000-1 for novice golfers, to get a hole-in-one on a par-4 (albatross) is estimated to be at odds of 6 million-1.
“Carl and Paul’s achievements are spectacular whereas Lewis’ is outstanding, and the actual fact they’ve all picked up their first ones within the area of a month is astonishing. For everybody nonetheless dreaming of 1, it instils that little bit of inspiration and perception – and that’s why we love the sport!”
