Ugh, here we go again. It’s not that we don’t want people to do incredible things, it’s just that we’re sick and tired of those incredible things not happening to worthy individuals. Basically, we’re ticked that while we fighting alligators and rabid otters for golf balls, there are guys treating the course like it was the kitten level of Tiger Woods 08.
You’ll forgive retired Postmaster Rick Misencik, then, for pinching himself after scoring two hole-in-ones in the same round.
“You sit there a little bit numb”, Misencik recalled. “It’s not supposed to happen and then… it happened, and it was awesome.”
Misencik was golfing at The Preserve near Pequot Lakes on October 12 when he performed the feat, which comes with odds of 67 million to 1. The first came on hole number two.
“We could see it was tracking the whole way, it was all over the flag,” said assistant pro Patrick Johnson, who was playing with Misencik. “Took one bounce, and went in.”
There was plenty of yelling and high fives, and then the threesome played on.
Fast forward to hole 13, and a tee shot that Rick thought was going to put him in major trouble. “He pulls it left, and wasn’t happy, we’re thinking it’s got a chance cause it always kicks off that hill”, said Johnson. “It goes right on the green, rolls at the flag, hits it, then goes in. It was unreal.”
With odds like 67 million to 1, you’d think two holes-in-one in one round would be a rarity. In fact, the Minnesota Golf Association says at least two golfers have achieved the feat since 2001.
Okay, we’ve thought about it and we’re sorry Rick. You do deserve this once in a lifetime opportunity, so enjoy. However, with such high odds and so many occurrences, we gotta wonder: are there any NBA refs involved in all of this?
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[KARE11.com]: On round, two hole-in-ones for Minnesota golfer