Teenage golfer defies the odds with double ace on same round

A TEENAGE golfer is celebrating after notching up two holes-in-one during the same round.

Jamie Brittain, 19, defied odds estimated at up to 67,000,000-1 to ace both the 12th and 17th holes at Shropshire's Wrekin Golf Club yesterday.

The brace – described by officials at the 600-member club as "very, very unusual" – represented Mr Brittain's first holes-in-one.

The keen amateur golfer, who works part-time at another course, said his remarkable feat, witnessed by a workmate, was missed by his grandfather, who had retired to the clubhouse part-way round the course.

Mr Brittain said: "It was quite a weird feeling when it happened on the 12th and then for it to happen again on the 17th was just unbelievable."

Wrekin's club captain, Peter Buchanan, said: "Jamie's a great golfer – it's a very rare occurrence and we are extremely proud."