Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Double your pleasure

So exactly what was it with the month of September anyway?
No, I am not talking about Tiger Woods rolling to another FedEx Cup championship and another $10 million dollar check (that likely went to the petty cash fund anyway)that Mr. Woods deposited into his account.
What was truly amazing about the recently concluded month was a flurry of holes-in-ones across the globe. Now, I don't know what the exact numbers are on how many times a day someone, somewhere, experiemces the ultimate joy of golf. I'm sure there has to be at least one or two every week if not more.
But what we saw in September was above and beyond the norm for golf. Three people not only carded a hole-in-one in September, they did it twice. In the same round. And that number we do know.
According to Golf Digest the odds of a player recording two aces in the same round are 1 in 67 million. And here, in less than 30 days, we have three players beating the longest of longshots?
Did the poles suddenly shift around our planet? Is Lucifer still wearing his overcoat while trying to figure out where all that ice came from? What in the name of Bobby Jones is going on around here?
As blogged earlier this month, 64-year-old retiree Ruth Day, a 64-year-old retiree who lives in northern England started things off with her first two aces in 10 years of playing.
The very next day, a few thousand miles to the west in Pennsylvania, Steve Blass, a former pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, dropped in two aces 11 holes apart.
Then it was all quiet for about two weeks before Troy Radermacher of Ellendale, N.D. dropped in two aces just eight holes apart. According to the report printed in the Fargo Forum newspaper, Radermacher still can't believe what he did.
Trust me Troy, you are not alone.

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