Holes In One – Stats Had YOUR Ace Yet? (Revised)

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Note: Revised again – for Aces not included in the online reports for Steve Sauter.  Sorry for reporting Jim Bausch in error – my source had a head cold.

Ever wonder how many Holes-In-One Metro Seniors Members get?  Are we getting more or less Holes-In-One than “average”?  Who had one recently? How about “Celebrating” these events a little more?

The most referenced numbers for a Hole-In-One on a Par 3 are:

  • Odds of an amateur making a hole-in-one: 12,500 to 1
  • Odds of a low-handicapper making a hole-in-one: 5,000 to 1
  • Odds of a professional golfer making an ace: 2,500 to 1

Assuming four (4) Par 3 holes per round, for each 18 hole round of golf the odds are:

  • Odds of an amateur making a hole-in-one: 3125 to 1 per round
  • Odds of a low-handicapper making a hole-in-one: 1250 to 1 per round

How does Metro Seniors stack up to those odds?

From 2013 through 2015, we played a total of 28,000 rounds of golf.  We had 14 Aces paid out.

Drum Roll Please!

That is 1999 rounds for every Ace:  1999 to 1 per round

About half way between the “average” amateur and the low-handicapper.

It is most interesting, that the number look like they are improving.  But, I may be missing some data.

  • 2013 – 1 Ace  (bad year for aces)
  • 2014 – 5 Aces
  • 2015 – 8 Aces

The fourteen players who made these are:

2013 Div 2 Patrick Wampler
2014 Div 1 Jack Hipolito
Div 1 John Ammon
Div 2 Bill Molz
Div 3 Bill Riley
Div 1 Richard Bourisaw
2015 Div 1 Wardell Patterson
Div 1 Steve Sauter
Div 4 Allen F. Rector
Div 4 Donald J. Lemp
Div 5 Ed Rodgers
Div 5 Cap Kovarik
Div 5 Michael Walters

Division 1 has the most at 5, but Division 5 had 3 in their first year.

Now for those quick enough, thirteen players, 14 Aces. Hmmmmm

Yep, Allen F. Rector should have bought a lottery ticket. He got TWO (2) Aces this past year.

So how we get our Holes-In-One?  Play More (and perhaps pray more)!  Get that handicap down to 5, play 1250 rounds, and you’ll get it.  That is only 60 rounds per year for 22 years.

Now the final question – did they all buy the foursome a round????? 

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