Seamus Power gets back to back Holes in One at Masters Par 3 contest 2023
Luck (or skill) of the Irish!
A hole-in-one is the ultimate dream for golfers everywhere. It is one of the most special shots you can have on the course, and many players go their entire lives without recording even a single ace.
Then again, most players aren't good enough to be teeing it up at the Masters this week. Seamus Power is.
The Irishman pulled off an incredibly rare feat by making back-to-back holes-in-one during the annual Masters Par 3 Contest on Wednesday. On his final two holes of the day, he spun one back into the cup on the 120-yard 8th hole then followed it up by getting a friendly roll for an ace on the 135-yard 9th hole.
According to PGA.com, the odds of a professional golfer making a hole-in-one on a given par 3 are about 3,000 to 1. Statistically speaking, that means if they hit 3,000 tee shots on the hole, on average only one of them would go in. Using those odds, a tour pro would have a .000009 percent (roughly 1 in 11 million) chance of making back-to-back aces on two given holes.
However, the Par 3 Course at Augusta National is much shorter and easier than your normal full-length course, making the odds significantly better. In fact, the achievement has happened twice before in Masters Par 3 Contest history. Bubba Watson and defending Masters champion Scottie Scheffler both also made holes-in-one on Wednesday.
Power, a 36-year-old from Waterford, Ireland, will be competing in his second career Masters this week after finishing tied for 27th in last year's tournament. He has two career wins on the PGA Tour, at the 2021 Barbasol Championship and the 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
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