Hitting a hole-in-one in golf can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Most can only dream of the day. But how about making two holes-in-one on the same day? On the same hole?<\/p>\n
When Sewanee sophomore golfer Niel Phillips arrived at the Chick-fil-A Invitational on Monday morning in Rome, Ga., it felt like any other day. That was until he stepped up to the par-3, 182-yard, eighth hole at Stonebridge Golf Club, his first hole of what would be 36 holes and two rounds on the day.<\/p>\n
It was 40 degrees, a bit colder than Phillips was used to in his native New Orleans. He went with a 6-iron and nailed it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hit a perfect shot,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know that it went in until I got up there and saw what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
The momentum didn\u2019t last at first. He lost the ball he used for his ace when he hit it into the water on the very next hole. There wasn\u2019t much notable about the rest of his round, and he finished the round even par.<\/p>\n
As the day rolled along into the afternoon, Phillips returned to the eighth tee to begin his second round. The temperature had warmed up since Phillips\u2019 remarkable opening shot, so the young golfer shifted from a 6-iron to a 7-iron. He swung the club, and well, he did it again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was thinking, there was no way,\u201d Phillips said as the ball went toward the hole. \u201cI was in denial until I saw the ball in the cup, and then I was really pumped up. My next emotion was shock. I still haven\u2019t fully wrapped my head around it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Phillips was 1 under par in the second round and ended up finishing the tournament tied for 14th.<\/p>\n
\u201cPERFECT SHOTS ALL THE WAY!”<\/p>\n
A D3 golfer aced the same hole twice on the same day Monday at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational in Rome, Georgia.@SewaneeTigers<\/a> sophomore Niel Phillips began his first round with a hole-in-one (6-iron from 182 yards) on the par-3 eighth hole at\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/KLeBShUZVm<\/a><\/p>\n