2 golfing buddies each sink an ace at same hole on same day at Cambridge, Ont., course

A hole-in-one is a outstanding effort for any golf player.

But what if 2 people who ar golfing together sink an ace on the same day and at the same hole? The odds of such a feat are 17 million to 1.

And yet, that's exactly what happened to Shawn Brown and Trevor Fackrell on June 26 at the Galt Country Club in Cambridge, Ont.

They two golfers were part of a foursome on the mild and overcast day, and were on the downhill, par-three 14th hole.

"Beautiful little hole with a rock face to the right of the green," Fackrell recalled.

Fackrell, a left-hander, got the first hole-in-one.

"It was a perfect 8-iron for me, and I just stood up, and hit it pure and it landed about six feet short of the hole, took one little hop and just jumped into the hole and it was incredible," he said.

Brown congratulated Fackrell, then the right-hander stepped up to tee off.

"You're just coming down off of the excitement. Obviously, you don't get to witness these things very often," Brown said.

"Then all of a sudden, two swings later, I knock it in on top of Trev."

Fackrell said he remembers jumping up and he "bear-hugged Shawn, and he bear-hugged me right back."

Golfing buddies both sink a hole-in-one on same day, same hole at Galt Country Club

Brown and Fackrell are no strangers to a round of golf. Brown has about five holes-in-one under his belt and Fackrell has six.

Fackrell is also the former head golf professional at Burlington Golf and Country Club, a golf professional with the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) of Canada and past president of the PGA of Ontario.

The two met last year when they golfed with friends Dave Smallwood and Shawn McGeachy and things didn't go nearly as smoothly.

"I actually hit [McGeachy] with my golf ball. I shanked a shot on No. 11," Fackrell said.

"I hit him right square in the back with a chip shot. So I was looking forward to redeeming myself."

This time around, after confirming with witnesses that the feat had been accomplished, the Galt Country Club posted the news on its social media feeds and the story was highlighted on the PGA of America website.

A story on the PGA of America website notes that data compiled by the National Hole-in-One Registry shows:

It's tradition for someone who gets a hole-in-one to buy a round of drinks for people in the clubhouse.

Brown and Fackrell celebrated the feat that night in the clubhouse, although Fackrell admitted he had to leave early to get home to family.

Brown said the club has a pool where people who get an ace get some drink tickets to spread around, adding "it was a pretty busy night that night and my tab got worked over pretty good."

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