Seamus Power amazingly made back-to-back holes-in-one during the par-three contest ahead of the 87th Masters.
Power span his tee shot on the eighth back into the hole for an ace and amazingly repeated the feat just moments later on the last on the newly renovated layout at Augusta National.
The world number 34 is the third player to make consecutive aces in the traditional curtain-raiser, joining Claude Harmon (1968) and Toshi Izawa (2002).
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler also made a hole-in-one in bizarre circumstances, the world number one’s tee shot on the ninth plunging straight into the cup after he and playing partners Tom Kim and Sam Burns had teed off simultaneously.
Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson’s hole-in-one on the fourth and one from Tom Hoge on the eighth took the total number of aces in the contest’s history to 107.
“It’s a dream come true,” said the Waterford native, after carding two of the five holes-in-one recorded on Wednesday.
“Obviously, to get one was special, but to get the second one was a bit surreal. It was an absolute blast out there.”
It marked the first time the 36-year-old, a two-times winner on the PGA Tour, recorded consecutive holes-in-one which he said brought his career total to 16.
“Being able to share it with my brother out there, that was probably the best part,” said Power, who will make his second Masters start on Thursday after finishing joint 27th last year.
“I don’t know whether it carries into tomorrow, but it’s certainly a lifelong memory that I’ll treasure for a long time.”
Since the event started in 1960, nobody has ever become par-three and Masters champion in the same week.
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Power makes back-to-back aces at Masters par-three
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