Women golfers defy million-to-one odds
LONDON -- Two amateur women golfers hit consecutive holes in one at a course in England, defying odds of a million to one, their club said on Friday.
June Wiener, 75, and Sue Baskind, 61, both aced the 152-yard par-3 24th hole on the 27-hole course at the Moor Allerton Golf Club in Leeds during a four ball last weekend.
"We were told the odds were a million to one -- I wish I'd had a pound on it," said Wiener, whose two artificial hips appear not to have hampered her golf swing.
"We were so glad that there were two others with us as otherwise people wouldn't have believed us," she said.
Club manager Richard Crann said bookmakers William Hill had quoted odds of 1 million to one on consecutive holes in one.
"To get two holes in one in the same game is unbelievable, especially since it is a long par-3 surrounded by bunkers," he said.
The pair celebrated by buying members whiskey in the clubhouse and the club said it would be putting up a plaque to mark their achievement.
