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 Beth
Bates beats odds!!!
19.09 To ganger hole in one på samme runde:
Odds 1:67 millioner
Utrolig, men sant! Det skjedde faktisk, og klokkeprodusenten måtte ut med
to klokker.
Det er ikke ofte at man får hole in one.
Denne skribent fikk hole in one i pro-am'en før LET-turneringen på Losbys 13.
hull for noen få år siden. Under takketalen sa denne skribent følgende:" Hole
ine one. Ingen big deal. Det får jeg rett som det er" Det ble stille under
premieutdelingen før fortsettelsen: " Sist jeg fikk hole in one var 26. mai......
(PAUSE)...... 1969"
Men to holes in one på samme runden skjer ikke SÅ ofte! Oddsen er beregnet til
1: 67 millioner.
Her er historien:
BETH BEATS ODDS OF 67 MILLION-TO-ONE TO RECORD TWO HOLES-IN-ONE IN SAME ROUND
A 52-year-old deaf golfer from Huddersfield defied odds of around 67
million-to-one to record two holes-in-one in the same round of golf.
Beth Bates, who works part-time in a NHS maternity unit, recorded aces on both
the 206-yard eighth and the 122-yard 14th holes to astound golf analysts and,
more importantly, to lay claim to two BOSS watches courtesy of the BOSS Watches
H1 Club, which rewards club golfers for every hole-in-one recorded during
qualifying club competitions between April and November this year.
Bates, who subsequently saw her handicap cut from 16 to 13.4 following her
winning nett 60 in the September monthly medal, lost her hearing in 2009, and
began to play golf again after calling a halt to a promising junior career to
concentrate on other sports.
An impressive junior, she recorded an incredible six holes in one and was even
selected to play for the Yorkshire girls team, but gave up golf to coach
gymnastics and trampolining aged 19.
She said: "When I lost my hearing I thought it was a good time to take up golf
again."
Earlier this year she was selected for England's Deaf Golf team in the Four
Nations Cup - against Wales, Ireland and Scotland - played at the Vale of
Glamorgan last month. However, she pulled out of the team after being told she
would not be allowed to take her hearing dog, Biscuit, a two-year-old cocker
spaniel, with her on to the course, unlike Outlane which allows Biscuit in the
club and on the course.
"I'd waited four years for my hearing dog, and she goes everywhere with me, so I
wasn't prepared to just leave her in the hotel room, as was suggested," she
added.
Recalling her two aces, Bates, who lip-reads, said: "I honestly couldn't believe
my luck. They are the two hardest par threes on the course. I normally score
five on them so I saved a lot of shots. On the 14th it can be easy to end up
with a five as it's over a small ravine to an elevated green with bunkers
guarding it. On the eighth I usually get four - it has out of bounds in the
trees to the right and, on the left, it has a banking all the way down from tee
to green and is the longest par three in Yorkshire.
"Everyone in the clubhouse knew about the first one, because we let the two
people behind us play through when it happened, as I needed to calm down. They
told everyone else so when I got back to the club house everyone said
‘congratulations' and I said ‘no I've got two!'. I went back in the evening to
buy drinks when the afternoon and evening ladies had played."
She added: "I'm looking forward to receiving the watches - I can have one on
each wrist!"
On one previous recorded occasion when a club golfer achieved the feat, experts
said the odds were in the region of 67 million-to-one - roughly the same odds as
winning the lottery four times.
Karen Jennings, from Worldwide Hole ‘N One - which specialises in providing
hole-in-one insurance - said the chances of an amateur golfer recording two aces
in the same round were "extremely remote".
"We know Australian Tour pro Andrew Dodt achieved it, at the Nordea Masters at
Bro Hof Slott, in Sweden, earlier this year, but it would be a pretty amazing
for an amateur to achieve such a feat," she explained.
"The odds are almost impossible to add up, but it would be millions to one. It's
absolutely astonishing, and congratulations to Beth. If I was her I'd go
straight out and buy a lottery ticket - it sounds like her luck is in!"
Stephen Brydon, commercial director for MGS Distribution, the official licenced
UK distributor for BOSS Watches, said: "We've given away around 1,600 watches to
golfers so far this year, but we've not had a story as remarkable as Beth's.
Congratulations to her."
BOSS Watches has pledged to reward club golfers with an exclusive watch for
every hole-in-one recorded during a club competition between April 15 and
October 31 this year. And, with nearly 4,000 holes-in-one recorded annually,
BOSS Watches could feasibly be giving away £1m-worth in 2013.
The scheme is open to any golfer whose club uses HowDidiDo - a free-to-use,
web-based social network for golfers - and anybody playing in official club
competitions will be eligible. Currently, more than 1,800 clubs use the website.
In addition to her two limited-edition watches, Bates is also awarded membership
of the exclusive BOSS Watches H1 Club which offers its members access to
exclusive benefits and merchandise.
No extra registration is required to participate in the BOSS Watches promotion
as all official club competitions are recorded on the HowDidiDo system, so
holes-in-one will be noted and automatically ratified by the golfer's club.
www.bosswatches.co.uk
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