A Quambatook farmer and Kerang Golf Club Member pulled off an incredible feat that only golfers can dream of.
Not only did he score a hole-in-one, but the very next week, he did it again.
Allan ‘Poddy’ Free, 73, started playing golf at the age of 14 and it took 57 years to score his first hole-in-one at the Quambatook sand scrap course, on the 153 metre par 3 ninth hole.
Two years later, on August 18, ‘Poddy’ used his 4 iron on the 165 metre par 3 ninth hole at Kerang Golf Club.
The ball went low and straight, landing short of the green, took several bounces forward, before hitting the pin and dropping into the hole.
On September 1, playing the 166 metre par 3 sixteenth hole, ‘Poddy’ decided to use his 3 wood in wet conditions.
“I chose the club so I could hit a left to right shot up onto the green,” he said.
Upon reaching the green, ‘Poddy’s’ ball could not be found.
“We looked everywhere, but couldn’t find my ball.”
After some time, a playing partner jokingly checked the hole and to his astonishment, found the ball in the cup.
When you consider the odds of an amateur golfer getting a hole-in-one has been calculated at 12,500 to 1, ‘Poddy’s’ double hole-in-one is a remarkable achievement against all the odds.
