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Marysville golfer sinks 2 holes-in-one in 5 days

Published 2:00 pm Thursday, September 19, 2024

By Taras McCurdie

(From left to right) Kurt Wold, John Spasari, Steve Dalum and Dave Gilbertson. Dalum scored two holes-in-one on the Par 3 Course at Battle Creek Golf Course in a five-day span. (Photo courtesy of Dave Gilbertson)
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(From left to right) Kurt Wold, John Spasari, Steve Dalum and Dave Gilbertson. Dalum scored two holes-in-one on the Par 3 Course at Battle Creek Golf Course in a five-day span. (Photo courtesy of Dave Gilbertson)

(From left to right) Kurt Wold, John Spasari, Steve Dalum and Dave Gilbertson. Dalum scored two holes-in-one on the Par 3 Course at Battle Creek Golf Course in a five-day span. (Photo courtesy of Dave Gilbertson)
(From left to right) Kurt Wold, John Spasari, Steve Dalum and Dave Gilbertson. Dalum scored two holes-in-one on the Par 3 Course at Battle Creek Golf Course in a five-day span. (Photo courtesy of Dave Gilbertson)

There aren’t statistics about a player making two holes-in-one five days apart and at the same golf course, but for Marysville resident Steve Dalam, he achieved that task on the par-3 course at Battle Creek Golf Course.

According to the National Hole-In-One Registry, the official database of hole-in-one achievements, the odds of a tour player making an ace are 3,000 to 1, a low-handicapper 5,000 to 1 and an average player 12,000 to 1. The odds of a player making two holes-in-one in the same round are 67 million to 1, and a hole-in-one is scored once every 3,500 rounds.

Dalam made his first hole-in-one on Hole 5 (103-yards) on July 12 and then on Hole 8 (106 yards) five days later.

In Dalam’s group for his second hole-in-one were Dave Gilbertson, Kurt Wold and John Spasari who play golf regularly with him at Battle Creek. Dalam was later given a flag to recognize his accomplishment.

For other golf achievements, email The Herald at sports@heraldnet.com.

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