Golf pals hit holes-in-one in consecutive shots beating 17,000,000-to-one odds

Two golfers are celebrating a sporting ‘miracle’ after they both got holes-in-one on the same hole – beating odds of 17 million to one.

Peter John, 72, and Jaswant Sidhu, 69, both landed aces within just a minute of each other on the ‘hardest hole’ at Wergs Golf Club last month.

Neither of them have ever achieved a hole-in-one in their 15 years of playing together in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton – let alone one after the other.

Jaswant, a retired post office master, hit his incredible shot on the course’s fifth hole first.

The granddad-of-five said: ‘I couldn’t believe it had gone in. It was incredible.

‘There were a few celebrations and once that had settled down, Pete hit his shot like an action replay.

‘I could see that the ball had gone in as well. None of us knew what to say, I think we were all in shock.’

Jaswant said he used a 9-wood on the 145 yard, par three hole to hit the shot, with Peter, a retired builders merchant, then doing the exact same.

Peter John, left, and Jaswant Sidhu, right, have played together for 15 years (Picture: Emma Trimble / SWNS)

The granddad-of-three said: ‘We were on our regular Friday competition two weeks ago, we got to the fifth hole and Jas went first.

‘He teed a lovely shot and got a hole in one. We celebrated and it was absolutely phenomenal. I stepped up and then somehow did exactly the same thing.

‘It’s so unique. It’s our first hole-in-one for both of us. You don’t expect to get a hole-in-one in your career.’

Amazingly there has only been one other report of two consecutive aces happening before.

The fifth hole on the course is the ‘hardest one’ as there are bunkers surrounding it (Picture: Emma Trimble / SWNS)

Peter said: ‘Most golfers don’t get a hole-in-one in their whole life. We’d never ever heard of it happening before.

‘To get one is special. You never really think about it and you certainly never expect it, not least when you’ve just watched someone else do it.

‘The reaction from John and Rogers, the two other men we were playing with, was absolute surprise, then pure celebration.’

The pair, both from Wolverhampton, were playing as part of a four-ball, paired teams group in a Friday Senior Stableford game on October 28.

Their achievement is so special that they say they would choose the incredible shots over winning the lottery.

The group of four were playing at Wergs Golf Club in Wolverhampton (Picture: Emma Trimble / SWNS)

Jaswant said: ‘My daughter-in-law asked me which I would prefer, to win the lottery or this.

‘And of course I said this, no one can take this away from me.’

Unfortunately their luck has not continued, with the two men unable to re-create the same accomplishment.

Peter said: ‘On our next competition on the Monday I hit the ball into the bunker on the same hole. But that’s golf.’

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‘It’s probably the hardest hole, you’ve got an out of bounds on the left and a bunker, accuracy is key, and you’ve got to have a damn good shot.’

Golf course general manager Adrian Bambrough said: ‘To get a hole-in-one is unlikely, to get two in the same round is very unlikely and to have two players do it in consecutive shots is pretty much unheard of.

‘It really is special. Most golfers will never score a hole-in-one so we are very pleased for both of them.’

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‘I would choose this over winning the lottery.’