‘Perfect shots all the way’: D3 golfer aces same hole twice in same day

Think one hole-in-one is impressive? Try two holes-in-one, on the same day, on the same hole.

Thatâ€s exactly what Sewanee sophomore Niel Phillips did Monday at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational in Rome, Georgia.

With the tournamentâ€s 36-hole day requiring back-to-back shotgun starts, Phillips, a New Orleans native competing on the Tigers†B-team, began his first round on Stonebridge Country Clubâ€s par-3 eighth hole and holed a 6-iron from 182 yards for an ace, according to his head coach, Keenan Hickton.

Phillips followed by playing his next four holes in a combined 5 over, but birdies on Nos. 15-17 and a slew of pars allowed him to polish off an even-par 72.

Then Phillips headed back to No. 8 to start his second round. With the hole locations remaining the same, Phillips took one less club, a 7-iron, and again jarred his tee shot.

“Watched them both,†Hickton texted Golf Channel. “… Both were perfect shots all the way.â€

“PERFECT SHOTS ALL THE WAY!”

A D3 golfer aced the same hole twice on the same day Monday at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational in Rome, Georgia.@SewaneeTigers sophomore Niel Phillips began his first round with a hole-in-one (6-iron from 182 yards) on the par-3 eighth hole at… pic.twitter.com/KLeBShUZVm

— Brentley Romine (@BrentleyGC) October 20, 2025

Itâ€s believed to be the first time that any college player, at any level, has aced the same hole in back-to-back rounds on the same day.

This is Phillips†third start of the fall. He finished 82nd out of 96 players at Sewaneeâ€s fall opener, the Gate City Invitational (Phillips recorded two eagles during that event), and he most recently placed last in the 87-man Tartan Invitational, withdrawing during his second round. He is ranked No. 831 by Scoreboard while Sewanee is fifth nationally as a team.

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