Golfer hits '1 in 67 million' shot that only one pro player managed last year
A golfer has hit a shot rated at odds of one in 67 million - that only a single professional managed in a competitive tournament last year.
Scottish golfer Douglas Spencer, who resides in the Highlands, managed to achieve the feat at the Boat of Garten Golf & Tennis Club at the weekend.
Spencer, 60, was competing for the Roddy MacLeod Trophy and kicked off his 18-hole round at 8am.
He then managed to achieve a hole-in-one at the 152-yard par three ninth, before repeating the feat at the 170-yard hole 16 to secure an ultra-rare double hole-in-one.
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The Strathspey & Badenoch Herald described the feat as 'nigh-on impossible' - which is pretty much spot on.
According to the National Hole in One Registry, there is a one in 67,000,000 chance of hitting a double hole-in-one in a single round.
Only three instances of the feat have been recorded on their official website, which invites golfers to submit details of any hole-in-one they have achieved.
But there are various other recorded feats of the same kind - including by a DP World Tour professional in 2025.
Dale Whitnell, from Colchester, is a one-time winner on the European Tour, having won the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed tournament by three strokes back in 2023.
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He appeared at the 2012 edition of The Open Championship and made the cut, before finishing in a tie for 60th place.
The 37-year-old was previously ranked as the leading amateur across England back in 2009.
During the DP World Tour's Investec South African Open Championship in 2025, Whitnell produced one of his most remarkable career feats.
Whitnell achieved hole-in-ones on the third and the 12th holes in his second round of the event, which took place in Durban.
Dale Whitnell made TWO holes-in-one during his second round last year 🤯
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) February 25, 2026
The Englishman carded a round of 63 (-9), which included three eagles, one double bogey, two bogeys, seven birdies and five pars. #InvestecSAOpen | #TourArchive pic.twitter.com/H5GS26Ct7R
He labelled his feat as 'bizarre', telling reporters: "Birdied the first then hit a flush 7-iron at the second. Didn't realise it went in until, down at the bottom [the fans] cheered.
"Then hit hybrid-hybrid into the par 5, and made eagle there. So I was five-under through three, never done that before. Then managed to get another hole-in-one on the 12.
"It was bizarre."
As for Spencer, the Scottish golfer carded a one-under-par 36 on the front nine of his round.
He scored seven-over-par on the back nine to complete a round of 78.
That meant he didn't win the medal competition and was four shots behind the eventual winner - but that didn't particularly bother him by the time he had reached the clubhouse.
"I've never even had a hole-in-one before," he told local media. "It had alluded me for 44 years, or something like that.
"The first one was very good and the second hole in one was, not lucky, but the ball rolled in from a long way.
"My playing partner John Ingles saw the first ace, and said it was one bounce and into the hole. And the second one was seen by three guys on the 17th tee who were watching on as the ball went in, and they went mad with delight."
"I got a very perfunctory high-five and a 'well done'," he said, when asked how he celebrated his first hole-in-one.
"There was a bit more celebration with the guys who had been on the 17th tee for the second one."
Recalling what he did after the round had finished, Spencer explained: "I put a bottle of whisky behind the bar - there was only one spare bottle of whisky in the back cupboard.
"It was there for everyone to enjoy, and it was polished off by mid-evening having finished my round by 11:30am. Not many were wanting to drink whisky at that time!"
Ryan Smart