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In a moment that the golf world won’t stop talking about anytime soon, Niel Phillips, a sophomore at Sewanee: The University of the South, did something most players will never experience once, let alone twice. On Monday, October 20, 2025, during the Chick-fil-A Invitational at Stonebridge Golf Club in Rome, Georgia, the New Orleans native made two holes-in-one on the same hole in the same day.
Yes, you read that right. Two aces. Same hole. Same day.
Phillips, a longtime Louisiana Golf Association and former Louisiana Junior Golf Tour member, started his morning round by knocking in a 6-iron on the par-3 eighth hole. Hours later, he returned to that same tee box in his afternoon round, this time pulling a 7-iron, and did it again.
“It was something else, that’s for sure,” Phillips told Golf Channel after the round. “Two good swings and some good luck.”
The odds of an amateur making a single ace sit somewhere around 12,000 to 1. Pulling off two on the same hole within a few hours pushes those odds into the tens of millions to one. It’s the kind of thing you have to say out loud twice just to believe it happened.
For those who have followed Phillips’ journey through Louisiana junior golf, the moment came as no surprise. His calm, steady game has been a staple of LGA/LJGT competition for years, and now his name is etched into one of the most remarkable golf stories of 2025.
Phillips’ incredible feat has already made national headlines, with Golf Digest, Golf.com, Barstool, and NBC Sports all covering the story. From junior golf roots in Louisiana to national attention on the college stage, this was truly a day to remember.
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