The odds of making a hole-in-one are about one in 12,000.
Paige Esford made two the past two days.
With one swing of her seven iron Monday, the Ball State University women's golfer sank her second hole-in-one in as many days at the Delaware Country Club.
"I don't think I've hit a better 7-iron in my life," Esford said. "It was all over the pin the entire time. I was like 'that's money.'"
Esford said she could not contain her emotions on the par-3, 16th hole, as she jumped around and screamed after notching the second ace.
"That was even more special than my first one," the sophomore said. "It was unbelievable, something that I will never forget."
Esford said she was shocked Sunday when she drained the first hole-in-one of her life and just gave high fives to the people around her. Monday, she could not keep the same tame demeanor, she said.
"I've never ever reacted like that in my life," she said.
Coach Katherine Mowat said Esford is the first player in her 10 years of coaching to have two holes-in-one. She said she cannot recall hearing of any other collegiate golfers to accomplish the feat.
"What Paige did [Monday] just surpassed all expectations," Mowat said. "It's a crazy game and it makes it pretty exciting.
"[Sunday's] hole-in-one was unbelievably exciting and [Monday] the excitement from that hole-in-one was ten fold."
Esford knocked in her first hole-in-one on the par-3, 14th hole with her 9-iron. The tee is 113 yards from the pin, compared to the 156-yard distance between the tee and the 16th hole.
In addition to the aces, Esford also birdied the holes in her two other attempts during the Cardinal Classic, which Ball State won. She sank the 16th hole Sunday in two shots and then did the same on the 14th hole Monday. The six shots Esford, who tied for 17th at the invitational, used to complete the holes were half of the amount designated as par for the course.
Esford said she does not know what made those two holes special, considering she has not played the course often.
She said she knows lots of people who have made a hole in one, including teammates Kirsty O'Connor and Sarah Windlan, who both had holes-in-one last year. However, Esford said she does not know anyone who has had two career holes-in-one, something that will make for a great story.
"The fact that it is pretty well unheard of to have two holes-in-one on back-to-back days is more exciting than anything," she said.
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