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Traditional golf etiquette calls for waiting for the front group to leave the green before hitting the ball on a par-three hole.
As 99-year-old Hugh Brown often struggles to reach the green in one stroke, he struck his ball when the previous group had not yet left the green of hole 5 at the Indooroopilly Golf Club in Queensland, Australia.
The next thing Brown saw was the group in front waving their hands.
He thought it was a sign of anger at not having waited for them to come out.
But when he walked to the green and asked where his ball was, he was pointed to the hole.
Hugh Brown made his first hole in one since 1960.
Brown hit a hole-in-one on a 147-meter par-3 hole just two months away from his 100th birthday.
According to a report by CNN affiliate 9News Queensland, it was Brown's first hole in one since 1960, ending a remarkable 61-year drought.
He is also believed to be the oldest Australian golfer to achieve the feat.
As usual after hitting a hole-in-one, Brown had to buy a round of drinks for his fellow players, the self-proclaimed "Old and Bold" group, who play three times a week.
The round cost less than the last time he made a hole in one.
"I think it cost me 15 pounds ($ 337.73 in 1960), which was a lot of money at the time," Brown said.
While hitting when the group in front has not come out may not be good practice, the truth is that it paid off for Brown.
Brown playing golf.
Although professional golfers are significantly more likely to hit a hole in one than the average player, they can go their entire career without succeeding.
The odds of a circuit player making a hole in one are 3,000 to 1, while for average players it is 12,000 to 1, according to the National Register of Holes in One.
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