A DP World Tour pro defied staggering odds to make not one, but two holes-in-one during the same round. And that was just the beginning of what will go down as one of the wildest days in pro golf history.

Dale Whitnell aced both the second and 12th holes at Durban CC during the second round of the Investec South African Open. The winner of the 2023 Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed became one of just a handful of pros to pull off the feat statisticians give only 1 million-to-1 odds of happening. (The National Hole-in-One Registry lists 67 million-to-1 odds for regular golfers.)

Whitnell holed a 7-iron from 185 yards on No. 2. His ace on No. 12 was a 50-degree wedge from 128 yards. Have a look at both here:

But around those aces were some other wild scores for the 36-year-old Englishman.

Whitnell eagled No. 3 and had seven other birdies, including a closing one to shoot a nine-under-par 63. So why wasn’t it lower? Well, he also mixed in a pair of bogeys and a double bogey on 16 that ended his chances of shooting a sub-60 score to match what Jake Knapp did on the PGA Tour on Thursday.

Needless to say, Whitnell was thrilled with shooting himself into contention (five behind 36-hole leader Shaun Norris) for a second career DP World Tour title after an opening 72. And for making a bit of history.

“I got off to a hot start as they say,” Whitnell, who had never made an ace in tournament play previously told reporters after his round. “I birdied the first and then hit a flush seven iron on the second and didn’t realize that it had gone in until down the bottom [greenside] they cheered so that was lovely.

“I hit two hybrid, hybrid into the par five and made eagle there so I was five under through three which I have never done before and then managed to get another hole-in-one at the 12th. It was bizarre.”

No arguments here, Dale. Have a look at this crazy scorecard:

As you can see, Whitnell had a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on his card on Friday. And, again, TWO 1s. Insanity.

Dale joined Andrew Dodt (2013) and John Hudson (1971) as players to make a pair of aces in the same round on the DP World Tour. Although, the European Tour wasn’t officially formed until 1972, the following year after Hudson’s daily double. It’s happened three times on the PGA Tour: Bill Whedon (1955), Yusako Miyazato (2006) and Brian Harman (2015).

Coming into the week, there had only been five aces on the DP World Tour this season in 10 events. But Whitnell needed only 10 holes to make a pair himself. Here are some other stats and notes around Whitnell’s accomplishment, courtesy of our own Jamie Kennedy’s Twitter thread:

Oh, and of course, drinks were on Dale after:

Congrats, Dale. Although, that’s going to be one tough act to top over the weekend.

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