Irish Golfer Seamus Power Makes Successive Holes-in-One at The Masters Par 3 Contest

The 2023 Masters golf tournament is underway! And while Brooks Koepka has dominated the rest of the field through two rounds, one golfer, Seamus Power made history before the tournament even started. First, Power made a hole in one at The Masters Par 3 Competition. And then he made another, one hole later. This is certainly one of the most unlikely events to happen in sports history. But just how improbable is it? We took a closer look.

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Two Holes in One at The Masters?

The Masters is a tournament known for its pageantry, and that begins every week with the Par 3 Competition in Augusta on Wednesday, the day before the tournament truly begins. Golfers compete in a laid-back environment on the Par 3 course, and rarely does any adult participant make headlines other than a few highlights here and there.

That changed this week when Seamus Power made not one, but two hole in ones on back to back holes. The accomplishment was unheard of, and certainly fun to watch. Here at Dimers, we celebrate sports achievements big and small that come at improbable odds - we love a good longshot parlay, and this highlight had the same feel as hitting a huge payout parlay bet. It may never happen again, but it was thrilling to watch play out. But just how improbable was it?

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What Are The Odds?

Making a hole in one has plenty of variables - for example, how difficult is the particular hole you are playing, what are the weather conditions, what is the skill level of the golfer themselves?

The PGA itself released a study concluding that a professional golfer making a hole in one happens once in every 3,000 attempts, in others words, at 3,000 to 1 odds. For a low-handicap amateur golfer, that jumps to 5000/1.

But those odds increase to astronomical levels when you start talking about multiple hole in ones in the same round, let alone two-in-a-row. A player to make two hole-in-ones in the same round is a whopping 67 million to 1 chance. Now, let's extrapolate that out to consecutive holes (albeit both Par 3s) - the improbability is absolutely astronomical. 

Want to bet The Masters?

While Power set the tone for a wild week, the action is only heating up. LIV Golf's Brooks Koepka is making a run at the championship, and amateur Sam Bennett has held his own atop the leaderboard too. If you're feeling as lucky as Seamus Power was, you can use our Golf H2H Matchup Tool that compares our model's head-to-head probabilities for golfers competing in the current PGA Tour tournament to guide your bets. Choose your players and switch between Fair Odds or Percentages. We'll update with additional write-ups as the tournament progresses with the bets you should be making. After two rounds, our model loves Jon Rahm to win.

BET: Jon Rahm to win The Masters (boosted with DraftKings +260)