IF WINDSOR Country Golf Club’s Peter Carey cut the hole on the 13th a few centimetres in another direction on April 26 and July 1, then two hole-in-ones would not have happened.
The hole is a par three and it is roughly 140-150 metres from the tee.
The green is thin, and is hugged by a bunker.
There are deep swales to the left of the green, and the slant ensures the ball will end up in them if you miss the green.
Carey, the course superintendent, said as far as par threes at the course go, it is probably the easiest.
However, he said that was not to take anything away from the hole-in-ones which Lorna O’Brien and Ray Oakley scored on the lucky 13th hole in recent times.
In January, Steve Hudson also had a hole-in-one on the same hole, to bring the tally to three in just over six months.
‘‘Obviously hole-in-ones are fairly rare but I’ve definitely never seen that many in that short of a time,’’ Carey said.
‘‘It is pretty much the easiest hole on the course. We have about five par threes,’’ he said.
‘‘One of them you are shooting long and uphill and over a creek.
‘‘Another you are over a big damn, and another you are shooting up to a small pimple green, so it is definitely the easiest on the course.’’
Carey said despite the apparent ease of the hole, he had no plans to make it harder to get the golfing milestone.
The club’s general manager, Rob McLean, said it was statistically improbable to record a hole-in-one.
‘‘A hole-in-one I think is about a one in 30,000 chance in club golf and I imagine the odds against it happening back to back would be quite high,’’ he said.
