WATCH: Sewanee’s Men’s Golf Team Niel Phillips drains 2 aces on the same hole, on the same day, to start both rounds

Every golfer dreams of that one perfect swing. It’s the one that finds the cup on the fly and earns you bragging rights for life. For most people, it never happens. For Niel Phillips of Sewanee’s Men’s Golf Team, it happened twice… on the same day.. on the same hole. to begin both rounds.

Niel Phillips teed it up at 195 yards, let one fly, and watched it drop for an ace to start his first round. Then he goes back out for Round 2, steps up to the exact same tee box, and does it again. Two holes-in-one on the same hole, same day, same starting shot.

That’s not just lucky. That’s cosmic intervention. That’s the golf gods saying, “You’ve done enough, son.”

WATCH: Sewanee’s Men’s Golf Team Niel Phillips drains 2 Aces on the same hole:

6-iron first swing of the day, 7-iron later that afternoon to start the second round. pic.twitter.com/lKbDJDPSwQ

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A 195-yard par-3 isn’t exactly a tap-in either. That’s a full swing, perfect distance, and precision that most golfers will never see in their lives.

To start both rounds with that kind of magic? C’mon man. You could play 10,000 rounds and never even come close to experiencing anything like it.

The rest of us are out here begging for one ace. Niel Phillips casually hit two before lunch. I’d retire on the spot, frame the scorecards, and tell that story for the rest of my life to anyone who’d listen.

Congrats to Niel Phillips on being the luckiest, most enviable golfer in America right now. The rest of us will be at the range, wondering why we even bother.

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