Father, son record holes-in-one on Father's Day

[June 21, 2013]  RICHMOND, Texas (AP) -- A father-son duo from South Texas showed no handicap when they stepped up to a par-3 tee and each shot a hole-in-one on Father's Day.

Lonnie Whitener, 57, told the Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/13VlAHF) that his 115-yard drive using a gap wedge on the sixth hole at River Pointe Golf Club in Richmond struck the flag stick and dropped in the hole.

Then, up stepped 13-year-old Zach Whitener, whose shot from 100 yards using a 6-iron landed near the pin and gently rolled in.

The U.S. Golf Association does not keep records of holes-in-one, but the National Hole-in-One Registry says the chances of two players acing the same hole in the same round are 1 in 17 million.

Two groups of players witnessed the feat and joined the celebration.

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Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com/

[Associated Press]

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