Mukilteo golfer makes albatross, ace all in the same round

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Updated: May 7, 2014

Jim Dyer of Mukilteo, Wash. not only hit the shot of his life during a recent round, he hit two. Dyer, 39, was playing the Highlander Golf Course in East Wenatchee last month when he pulled off a feat that you won’t hear of happening again for a very, very long time.
Dyer made a double-eagle (also known as an albatross) on the 5th hole making a 3-wood shot from 230 yards out. Then on the seventh hole, he sank a 9-iron on the par-3 hole for a hole-in-one. And not only all of that, Dyer nearly made an ace on the par-3 18th hole.
On the par-5 5th hole, Dyer pulled a 3-wood from 230 yards and watched as it was headed straight for the flag. The ball went in, the albatross was had, and his round of the year was complete.
Well, not quite. Two holes later, it was Dyer’s 9-iron that only needed one swing, smashing into the flag and dropping for the hole-in-one.
How rare is this feat?
The website doubleagleclub.org lists nine golfers, including the late UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who have accomplished the feat of making a double-eagle and a hole-in-one in the same round. Wooden did it in 1939 on an Indiana course. Chie Arimura, now on the LPGA Tour, isn’t on that website’s list but she had a double-eagle and an ace in the same round on the Japanese LPGA Tour in 2011.
Dyer went on to shoot a 13-over 83 despite those crazy shots, but who really cares what you post when those things happen?