It certainly seems miraculous. What the English amateur Ali Gibb did on Tuesday in a 36-hole tournament at the Croham Hurst Golf Club in Surrey, is something out of the ordinary. The 51-year-old scored three holes-in-one in the two-day competition. Specifically, all three came in a span of 25 holes, only eight of which were par 3s. Outstanding.
“It’s absolutely extraordinary,” Gibb told BBC Sport. “I think I’ll wake up tomorrow wondering if I’ve been dreaming about it and if today is the club’s championship day instead,” he added.
Predictably, Gibb, who said that until that miraculous tournament he had previously made three holes-in-one in his sporting life, won the tournament, successfully defending his club’s title. But despite the three holes-in-one, the amateur’s two rounds were not without ups and downs. The player, handicap 6, made 9 strokes on the last hole of the first round and needed 8 to finish the first hole of her second round, which prevented her from dropping below 80 on both days (she signed 75 and 76 respectively). The holes-in-one came twice on the 144-yard 5th and the other on the 190-yard 11th.
“Our pro, Adam, came up to me and said, ‘I’ve had a hole-in-one in 42 years, and you just had three in five hours,'” Gibb said.
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