Ace I: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pilots jet fighters, pens operas, produces movies and accomplished a feat unmatched in the annals of professional golf by shooting 11 holes-in-one on the first round he ever played.
Uh. Sure.
Read about some of the incredible (as in not very credible) feats that one website claims Kim Jong-il possesses. (via Kottke)
Ace II: Earlier this May there was a story of two players in the same foursome hitting a hole-in-one on the same hole. Odds against are something like 17 million to one.
Ace III: After waiting 50 years, one-handed golfer gets three aces in six months.
Ace IV: From a 1999 Golf Digest article, read about a 15-year-old kid who claimed to have nine holes-in-one over a 73-day period. There appears to have been some controversy over the authenticity, though...
Sidenote: You know those Hole In One contests they sometimes have at local golf courses, where you can win a new car or $1,000,000 or ball washes for life or whatever... Did you know those are often paid by taking out an insurance policy against someone getting a hole-in-one? In fact, there are insurance companies just for that purpose.
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