Hole in 1 Club:  What are the odds in making a hole in one?

The Golf Digest study provided many great nuggets of information, even breaking the odds down by quality of play:

 

  • Tour player making an ace: 3,000 to 1
     
  • Low-handicapper making an ace: 5,000 to 1
     
  • Average player making an ace: 12,000 to 1
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    Our 5,000/12,000 to 1 Special Honorees:

          1.  Jim Leahy               August 22, 1990

        2.  Logan Sharrah           June 19, 1992

        3.  Don Tucker              Sept. 8, 1993

        4.  Clem Straub             June 15, 1994

        5.  Fred Hannum             May 15, 1996

        6.  Jack Trinkle            July 17, 2001

        7.  Jim Hogan               May 2, 2002

             8.   Clay Emery              May 11, 2005

        9.  Bob Bradley            Aug. 29, 2007

       10.  John Iredell     # 8   July 9, 2008

       11.  Burns Robertson  # 8   November 5, 2008

       12.  Donald Mims      #14   December 3, 2008