Golfer Makes Back-To-Back Holes-In-One At U.S. Senior Open, Still Somehow Shoots Over Par On Opening Nine

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The unthinkable has happened, a golfer has made back-to-back holes-in-one, and in a major championship no less. We're not talking about consecutive aces on Par 3s with a few holes mixed between them, either, we're talking two straight swings and two straight holes-in-one.

Frank Bensel Jr., the longtime head professional at Century Country Club, is the man who managed to pull off the feat during Friday's second round of the U.S. Senior Open at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. The first ace came on the 184-yard fourth hole before he managed to jar his tee shot on the 203-yard fifth. 

While there doesn't appear to be footage of the two perfect swings, the USGA posted a video of Bensel grabbing his ball from the cup on one of the Par 3s.

While Bensel experienced the highest of highs, he fell back down to Earth in a rather quick fashion as he followed his pair of aces with four straight bogeys to shoot one-over on his opening nine holes of the day. 

Shooting over par on nine holes with not one, but two holes-in-one, is some special, special stuff.

Since record-keeping of holes-in-one began, Englishman John Hudson is the only other professional who has managed to card consecutive aces when he did so at the Martini Invitational on the British PGA circuit back in 1971.

Brian Harman is the most recent PGA Tour player to make two holes-in-one in the same round during the Barclays in 2015.

There was a writer here at OutKick who made a hole-in-one earlier this month, and my sources are telling me it was the second one he's made in his life.

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