How a 20-handicapper Irish golfer shot a hole in one and an albatross in one round

“Statistically, the chances of a hole in 1 are 12,000-to-1 and an albatross is 6 million-to-1. The odds of one of each in the same round…who knows? Some say it is 72 billion to one"
How a 20-handicapper Irish golfer shot a hole in one and an albatross in one round

Rowan McCarthy after his round in Perth last week

Rowan McCarthy is still pinching himself.

Last Wednesday on an Australian public golf course, the Cork man produced a feat that no PGA tour professional has ever achieved, including Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus.

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