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Incredibleacesleavelocal golfertotallystunned ACHESHIRE golfer has achieved BY PAUL CHAPPLE the unthinkable after hitting holes in oneonthe same hole in consecutive “Wewereamong the early starters so rounds. therewasn’t anyone at the bar whenwe Paul Smith, amember at Macdonald finished so Ijust tookSimonand John Portal Hotel,Golf&Spa, managed the out forafew drinks and something to incredible feat on successivedayslast eat.” month on the par three fifth hole of the The very next day, the Cuddington Tarporley-based resort’sChampi- man who nowplays off 12, tooksome onship Course. work colleagues foragame and was wax- The 50-year-old’s first acecame dur- ing lyricalabout his previous day’s ing the Professional’s Trophy Medal, achievement when theyreached the fifth whichhewent on to win withanett72. tee. “Wewereplaying off the white tees and “Wewereall laughing and joking and it was about 190 yards into the wind,” someone said Ibet youcan’t do that again. explained the Liverpool fan. “Thepin was stillinthe same position “I decided to hit afour iron and as and because we were playing from the soonasitwas in the air Iknewitwas yellow tees, Ijusthit afive iron.Itwas vir- goingtobegood.Ihadaimedalittleto tually the identical shot with the ball the leftasthe ballalwayskicks to the landing just shortand running on. right. The pin was at the frontand the “I was even using the same ball,”added ballbounced just shortofthe green, Smith, who worksinfinancial services. hopped on and rolled up and in. “Now I’mgoing to getitmounted as a “Myplaying partners, SimonWalton keepsake.” and John Hilditch, both said they Smith, who is adrummer in local rock thought they’dseen it disappear into band 50 Fingers,said: “I just can’tquite the hole,but we didn’t knowfor sure believe it has happened to me. until Ichecked in the cup,although I “Theodds of getting twoaces in the havetoadmit Ithought it was in too. same round areestimated at about 67 Smith, who notched his first ever ace milliontoone so Iwould imagineitmust twoyearsago on the 17th hole at the be similar odds formytwo on the same adjacent Premier Course,added: “The hole.” feeling was unreal and Icarried on He joked: “I am going to ask the club playing well and managed to pip John, to consider changing the hole’s name to Paul Smith at the scene of his who hadanett 73 to finish second. 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Theypowered their waythrough the foursomes 5-1 and the contest was over after theyclaimed sixofthe first sevensingles when the onlyre- sistance came from Cheshirecaptain David Peel who beat Bury’sCiaran Dohertybytwo holes and England playerJames Newton who eclipsed S&A’s Paul Howard3&2. Peel, who led his side to the league title in his first season at the helm in 2011, and spared them the wooden spool last year after alast daywin at Northumberland, admitted: “Lan- cashirekilled us off in the four- somes.Theyhad so much experience right down to