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What Golfers Have the Most Holes in One?


A hole in one, or an ace, is one of the most difficult things a golfer can accomplish.

It isn’t easy to drive a ball 300 or 400-yards straight into the cup.

Sinking an ace is a combination of skill and luck, and some PGA players have a little more of both than others.

According to the 2021-22 PGA Tour Media Guide, 35 tour players have hit five or more holes in one.

PGA TOUR Player with Most Hole in Ones

Robert Allenby – 10

The Australian has tallied 10 aces and accumulated 22 professional wins. Four wins have come on the PGA Tour.

Hal Sutton – 10

Sutton won the PGA Championship in 1983. His only PGA Tour major win.

Who Has the Most Hole in Ones in Golf?

Mancil Davis – 51

Known as the “King of Aces”, Davis holds the PGA world record for holes in one. His first ace came in 1967. His 51st was tallied in 2007 during a celebrity golf tournament. All hail the king!

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41 comments

  1. I have had 3 hole in ones. My 1st one was 234 yards at CottonWood golf course in El Cajon, Ca and I screamed “bloody murder” for a long time!!!

    A ball 1 inch in diameter to a hole 4 inches diameter 234 yards away with a club in my hands. What would you do??

  2. I have had 3 hole in ones. My 1st one was 234 yards at CottonWood golf course in El Cajon, Ca and I screamed “bloody murder” for a long time!!!
    A ball 1 inch in diameter to a hole 4 inches diameter 234 yards away with a club in my hands. What would you do??

  3. I have made 1 hole in one. That being said; I’ve made (9 ) 2’s on par 4’s. You’d think that would be a closer ratio?

    It’s all about the odds. You only get 4 chances per round whereas you get like 10 chances on the par 4’s per round.

  4. I have 7 Hole in 1’s lifetime already.
    11-17-2003
    12-10-2017
    5-22-2019
    12-18-2019
    2-12-2021
    12-1-2021
    11-10-2022

  5. I’ve played for about 20-25 years. I got my first hole in one, 1/28/23 at Stewart Penisula GC in Colony. Texas. Par 3 147 yards. All I could do is swear and scream for about 3 minutes.

    Best golf game ever

    Claude C.

  6. Back in the day I hit a real banger. Went right in the cup and swirled in there like a whipped cream on a latte.

  7. Roger, no last name, claimed he has 17 hole in ones. Hate to point it out, but that’s pretty much mathematically impossible. The average golfer has a 1 in 10000 chance of getting an ace. That would almost have to be on a par 3 hole. The average golf course has 3, or 4 par threes. That means that a player would have to play at least 2500 rounds to get an ace. If you played every day you’d have to play for almost 7 years for each one. The average pro gets one every 2500 attempts, that means it would take them about two years. Jack Nicholson has 21 lifetime aces, Tiger Woods has 20.

  8. My only hole in one was Feb 11, 2021 when I was 82, I shot 83 that day. Spanish Wells Club, Hilton Head Island, SC

  9. 19 aces in the last 17 years plus 1 albatross .

    It only took about 4000 rounds

    5 different holes 1 ace each

    2 other holes 7 aces each

  10. I have 2 hole in ones.My first hole in one came in 1983.I took 5 golf lessons and it was my second time out. I used a 6 iron with a distance of 133yds. at Sunnybrooke golf course in Toledo.

  11. I got one in 2016, on a par three course in mn. Hole 8, 121yards. I watched my brother get one in 2015, on the same course on hole 7, 97 yards I think. Only two I’ve ever witnessed in 15 years of playing. Not likely to see many more as we’re both bogey golfers.

  12. I have recorded 26 aces from August 1990 til now (September 2023). However, they have all been on par 3 courses. Not sure if that’s as impressive as even getting one ace on a full length course.

    My longest was from 85 yards at Ambleside pitch and putt in West Vancouver, BC.

    My latest was on number 7 (67 yards) at West Richmond Pitch and Putt in Richmond, BC, on September 11, 2023.

    I once had 2 aces on the same day in 2011 at Queen Elizabeth Par 3 in Vancouver. Not during the same round, but in consecutive rounds.

    Even from short yardage it still feels good!

  13. I have had 4 all in Tampa over 50 years. Two of them with the same five iron. The two holes were litterally the closest to my home. Within six months of each other. 175 yards
    I’ve played a lot of golf all over the world but all hole in ones have been in my home town

  14. My family has a total of 37 holes in ones . My dad was a professional and had 19 my oldest brother has 10 , I have 4 , my sister has 1 , and my little brother has 3 . Oldest brother is professional and my little brother is also a professional

  15. I’ve had 2. I was with a driver on a 255 yd hole(albatross) in 1974 with my 1st wife at 26 years old. The 2nd was with a pitching wedge on a 102 yard hole with my 2nd wife at 67 years old. Should I get married again?!!

  16. I think I have the closest possible hole-in-one without it going in. Ball mark was 1″ to the right, and the ball was 1″ to the left. No idea what it did in between – from 157 out.

  17. Im the Capt. Of the OC i have 13 hole in ones. One on par 4 funny thing it was my 10th hole in one on hole 10 cost me about $350 in booze.

  18. I READ WHERE A GOLFER HAS TO PLAY FOR 46 YEARS BEFORE HE GET A HOLE IN ONE, I HAD BEEN
    PLAYING 46 WHEN I GOT MINE AND NOW I HAVE 5 BUT I AM 77 YEARS OLD WHICH MAY HAMPER MY
    EVER GETTING ANOTHER!

  19. I have 8 hole in ones, 5 came in 1992 and last one was May 25 2024. All of the hole in ones were made after at least one hip replacement, the last one was after 3 hip replacements. All were made in the Nashville Tenn area and all on different golf courses.

  20. I am 80 yrs old and have had 2 holes in one. First one on a par 3 course, 90 yds with a 9 iron. Second one on a regular course 135 yds with a 7 wood. Both after I turned 64.

  21. I have only hit 1 hole. 6 witnesses including the course superintendent. He saw it before everyone. My friend has 7, and with a cattywampus flag lean, he should have 13, but he won’t count the 6 because they weren’t “in” the hole.

  22. I have 8 hole in ones. 2 that were 2 weeks apart and 2 more at 6 weeks apart, 2 more 7 weeks apart. And also 2 more scattered in the middle.
    What a game

  23. I have 8 hole in ones. 2 that were 2 weeks apart and 2 more at 6 weeks apart, 2 more 7 weeks apart. And also 2 more scattered in the middle.
    What a game

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