What are the Odds?

​What are the odds of getting a hole-in-one or ace?  According to the National Hole-in-One Registry, the odds of the average golfer making a hole-in-one are 12,000 to 1. 
Some other interesting facts about hole in ones ...

• Tour player making an ace: 3,000 to 1
• Low-handicapper making an ace: 5,000 to 1
• Average player making an ace: 12,000 to 1
• Two players from the same foursome acing the same hole: 17 million to 1

• Each course reports 10-15 hole in ones each year
• A hole in one is scored once every 3,500 golf rounds
• Only 1-2% of golfers score a hole in one during the year
• Average years of playing is 24
• Average handicap of golfers making hole in one is 14
• Age group that makes the most holes in one is 50-59 (25%) and the next highest is 40-49 (24%)

Aces are rare, but the same golfer getting aces three years in a row, what are the chances? 2018 and 2019 aces were at Greenhills Golf Club in Lambeth, and most recent 2020, at Tangle Creek Golf and Country Club near Barrie. One golfer. Three aces. Three years. Congratulations to him!