While most golfers go all their lives without scoring a hole in one, Branshaw member Lance Ferguson has had two in a week!

Lance, 39, who plays off 12 handicap, holed out at Branshaw's 159-yard 18th with a five iron for his first-ever 'ace' after seven years. Then on Sunday, during a courtesy round at Rawdon while Branshaw was hosting a Bradford Union event, he was right on target with an eight iron tee-shot on the 149-yard second.

"It was just incredible. To get one hole-in-one is marvellous, but to get two in a week is just unbelievable.'

His first hole in one was witnessed by fellow members on the adjacent first tee at Branshaw. 'They said they had seen it go into the hole. I started jumping up in the air. We could see where it had pitched on the green and rolled in,' says Lance, who runs Sowden Stores in Highfield Lane.

On Sunday Lance knew his drive at Rawdon's par-three second hole was close to the pin, and as he approached the green he could see the trail his ball had left in the morning dew.

"It had run right up to the hole, it was a brilliant feeling," he said.

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