Wow...Two Hole-in-Ones in the Same Round!!!

This article/interview was just done today about my uncle Rick...I'm very proud of him (you can click on "Video" to view the interview):

One round, two hole-in-ones for Minnesota golfer

It's something every golfer dreams about; smacking a ball off the tee, and seeing it land in the cup for a hole in one.

You'll forgive retired Postmaster Rick Misencik, then, for pinching himself after scoring two hole-in-ones in the same round.

"You sit there a little bit numb", Misencik recalled. "It's not supposed to happen and then... it happened, and it was awesome."

Misencik was golfing at The Preserve near Pequot Lakes on October 12 when he performed the feat, which comes with odds of 67 million to 1. The first came on hole number two.

"We could see it was tracking the whole way, it was all over the flag," said assistant pro Patrick Johnson, who was playing with Misencik. "Took one bounce, and went in."

There was plenty of yelling and high fives, and then the threesome played on.

Fast forward to hole 13, and a tee shot that Rick thought was going to put him in major trouble. "He pulls it left, and wasn't happy, we're thinking it's got a chance cause it always kicks off that hill", said Johnson. "It goes right on the green, rolls at the flag, hits it, then goes in. It was unreal."

With odds like 67 million to 1, you'd think two holes-in-one in one round would be a rarity. In fact, the Minnesota Golf Association says at least two golfers have achieved the feat since 2001.

That doesn't take the shine off of what Misencik accomplished two Fridays ago. When The Preserve re-opens next spring and golfers talk, he figures his name will come up.

"I don't know about being a legend", he laughed, "but I set the bar pretty high."