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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Braemar Golf Course Regular Scores Two Holes-In-One
Edina, Minn., Oct. 7, 2016 – Statisticians calculate the odds of a talented amateur golfer hitting a hole-in-
one are no greater than 12,500 to 1. Even when a professional golfer takes the swing on a regulation course,
the odds are a paltry 2,500 to 1. Edina resident and Braemar Golf Course regular Michael Zamyslowski beat
these long odds not just once, but twice in a single round on Sunday, Sept. 11.
Incredibly, Zamyslowski followed a 113-yard hole-in-one on Hole 12 with an even more impressive 160-
yarder on Hole 17 later that same morning. “I can’t really explain how or why lightning struck twice,” he said.
Undoubtedly, familiarity with the course played a small part in Zamyslowski’s luck. During the summer, he
often plays the course three times per week. Zamyslowski is also a 33-year veteran of the Braemar Men’s
Club and a proud member of the Braemar Sandbaggers. Even so, scoring two perfect shots in the same game
is an exceedingly rare feat that the National Hole-in-One Registry pegs as no more likely than 67 million to 1.
“I’m especially surprised I played so well on that Sunday of all days,” Zamyslowski explained. “The Sandbaggers
hold a two-day tournament every year. We’d just finished the second day, and I hadn’t played that well over
either. I [also] generally don’t ever play three days in a row… yet it was the very next day during my regular
morning tee time with friends that I had this string of luck.”
Zamyslowski hit his first hole-in-one into the wind with his 8-iron with long-time friends John Mara and Tom
Goblirsch there to witness. As anyone would likely do in that situation, the group commemorated by shaking
hands and snapping a photo.
When Zamyslowski shot his second hole-in-one with a 5-wood on Hole 17, the players couldn’t see much
from the tee. They saw the ball hit the green and roll nicely in the right direction, but it was not until they
trekked the 160-yard span in a power cart that they realized the ball had actually gone in.
“It was unreal … just absolutely surreal,” Zamyslowski said. “It was as if everything just stopped.” He also
credits Head Golf Professional Joe Greupner for his luck, saying, “This doesn't happen without Joe. I would
like to thank all the many friends I play golf with every week, as well. Two Aces in one round, what a thrill!
Memories forever!”
For more information, contact Braemar Golf Course at 952-903-5760.
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