Bensel Jr hits successive holes-in-one at US Senior Open

Frank Bensel Jr changeable back-to-back holes-in-one during nan 2nd information of nan US Senior Open successful Rhode Island.

Bensel, 56, landed his first hole-in-one connected nan 184-yard par-three 4th earlier repeating nan feat connected nan 203-yard par-three fifth.

The American is first subordinate to deed successive aces successful master title since Englishman John Hudson astatine Royal Norwich successful 1971.

Hudson followed a hole-in-one astatine nan 195-yard 11th pinch different astatine nan par-four 12th, which measured 314 yards.

The United States Golf Association (USGA) posted an image of Bensel Jr's scorecard connected societal media, external, hailing his accomplishment astatine Newport Country Club arsenic "truly historic".