Two golfing pals bagged stunning holes-in-one in shots on the same hole in a game — beating odds of 17 million to one.<br /><br />Andrew Booth achieved the feat first before his pal Simon Moss, 55, did the same just seconds later - his first ever hole in one despite playing the game for almost 40 years.<br /><br />The pair completed the super-rare feat on the second hole at Normanton Golf Club in West Yorkshire during a Texas Scramble game that sees four players compete.<br /><br />Andrew, a lecturer at a college, hit the first hole-in-one on the three-par hole with a nine iron club on Saturday, December 11.<br /><br />The rest of the players decided to continue despite not being able to beat his feat.<br /><br />Simon's son Jacob went next and landed the ball just 20ft from the hole.<br /><br />Then Simon, who also used a nine iron, stepped up and saw his ball sail 10ft past the pin before spinning back and landing in the hole.<br /><br />Simon, an engineer from Wakefield, West Yorks., said: “Andy went first and because it’s a par-three hole we could see it drop and we all cheered. It’s an elevated hole so we could see it clearly.<br /><br />“It was a four-man team event so we won the points but thought we should carry on, so my son Jacob went next.<br /><br />“Then I went and I put it on the green and it spun back before dropping. We couldn’t believe it.<br /><br />“We cheered Andy’s but we thought just ‘never’ when mine went in. That doesn’t happen.<br /><br />“We were all just in shock.”<br /><br />After talking with a bookmaker friend, they calculated that the chances of it happening are around 17 million-to-one.<br /><br />Simon, who has a handicap of two, had never hit a hole-in-one before, but Andrew has.<br /><br />Simon said: “We keep trying, Andy has got one but for me it’s the first one in playing for more than 30 years.<br /><br />“I’ve had some a few inches away, and one resting on the edge of the pin, but never a hole-in-one.<br /><br />"It was just amazing really. You have more chance of winning the lottery."<br /><br />And like all players who land a hole-in-one, it was their round at the clubhouse afterwards for anyone enjoying a drink.<br /><br />Simon said: “We’ve put two bottles of whisky across the bar, so if anyone wants a nip, they can.”
