With five holes-in-one this season at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, head golf professional Chad Penman said the club's average is better than what is recorded on the professional golf tour.

“Our calculations say that we have had 13,060 par three holes played so far this season. Out of those 13,060 chances, we have had five holes-in-one. The current average puts our odds at 1 in 2,612 for a hole in one. That is better than the tour average,” said Penman in an email to the newspaper.

Players who have made a hole-in-one this season at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club include: Bryan Shepp on hole #2; Munro Dodge on hole #7; Alan Tilton on hole #7; Tim Smith on hole #17; and Seymour Kagan on hole #17.

Penman listed below what he had found in Golf Digest regarding the odds of getting a holes-in-one: tour player making an ace: 3,000 to 1; low-handicapper making an ace: 5,000 to 1; average player making an ace: 12,000 to 1; average player acing a 200-yard hole: 150,000 to 1; two players from the same foursome acing the same hole: 17 million to 1; one player making two holes-in-one in the same round: 67 million to 1.

Source: Primary source is Golf Digest;more info on acer odds and holes-in-one can be found in the September 2005 issue.