STONEHAVEN MAN'S TWO ACES IN NINE-HOLE ROUND

Stonehaven Golf Club member Adam Smith, 47, had time for only nine holes of golf today - and he had a hole in one at two of them! He was playing in the club's winter league singles competition along with Keith Taylor and Tom Hyder and he holed out his first shot of the day with a four-iron, at the 18th hole (163 yards). The Stonehaven winter course starts at the 18th.
Adam then went on to hole a five-iron at the seventh hole (132 yards). He had to stop after nine holes as he had to leave early to view a new car in Aberdeen.
In fact, Adam nearly did not play at all. His usual playing partner Ian Harrison had a sore ankle and had to pull out.
"I did think about whether I would go along or not - but I'm really glad I did!"
Adam, a seven-handicapper and an Aberrdeenshire Council technician, has been a Stonehaven GC member since 1994 and has had one hole in one before, at the 18th hole at Stonehaven.
The odds against two holes in one in a round are reputed to be 67 million to one. Two holes in one in nine holes? The sky's the limit! The miraculous feat has been achieved in the North-east before, believe it or not. Ian Angus of Duff House Royal aced the sixth and ninth short holes at the Banff course in 1982.