Blind golfer one of SIX to hit a hole-in-one at the UK's 'luckiest' course
A BLIND golfer and 12-year-old boy are two of the six players to score a hole-in-one on the 'luckiest course in Britain' in the space of just two weeks.
The Cleobury Mortimer golf course, in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, saw four of the once-in-a-lifetime shots take place on the same day last month.
The odds of the six aces in such a short space of time are more than a million to one, and course director Graham Pain said: "It is just incredible luck we have had here, all of the chaps came here to enjoy themselves on different days and they all couldn't believe it when they got the hole-in-ones and neither can we.
"Something crazy is going on."
Blind golfer Arthur Aston, 67, from Stourbridge, played a round with his 'buddy' Roy Chapman, 65, and was elated to hear he had beaten odds of a million to one, and scored a hole in one.
He said: "It was my first time at the course and along with my partner Roy, I was able to play as normal, with Roy describing each shot for me and pointing me in the right direction.
"We got to the 8th hole and lo and behold I got a hole in one. I have never had that in my golfing career before I lost my sight so I couldn't quite believe it."
"I actually asked Roy to guide me to the hole so that I could feel it had gone in as I just didn't believe it. I was totally stunned to find out it had."
Roy added: "It was a 125-yard uphill hole with a bunker in front of the green."
Arthur lost his sight due to a medical condition just over two years ago, and in the 12 years of playing before going blind never hit a hole-in-one.
Along with Arthur, 12-year-old Jack Severn also managed to score an ace, as well as Mike Stevens, Rick Clayton, Sam Pain, and Bob Rudge, who celebrated his hole-in-one by making a donation to Cancer Research.
Bookies William Hill have offered Arthur odds of a million to one on him bagging himself a hole in one.
Joe Crilly, from William Hill said: "This is one of those rare moments when we can actually offer realistic odds of a million to one."
The course's Director of Golf, David Pain, said the club is used to only getting a couple of hole-in-ones a year.
He said: "We were just amazed that they all seemed to happen one after the other, over the space of 14 days.
"It's such an achievement for any golfer - and most golfers are lucky to experience one in a lifetime.
"The feats were all at different holes which is what is remarkable with all the golfers of a different standard."