In golf, some moments are so rare they border on impossible. That’s exactly what happened at Three Pines Country Club in Woodruff, when two senior golfers — playing in the same foursome — each made a hole-in-one on the same hole, moments apart.

If you let you mind calculate the odds of this happening, don’t. It has got to be in the zillions.

For 85-year-old Tom Woodard, when his gap wedge found the hole it was his second ace.

 But for Gene Wetmore, 72, it was a moment more than six decades in the making.

“I’ve been playing since I was 10,” said Wetmore. “I’ve won a few tournaments, even had two double eagles — but never a hole-in-one. Until now.”

The pair were playing in their regular Friday group — affectionately known as “The Friday Group,” a rotating cast of 12 to 25 golfers that Wetmore helps organize each week. The setting was hole No. 11, a par-3 playing at about 125 yards from a temporary tee while renovations were underway.

Woodard hit first. With the green elevated and hidden from view, the group didn’t see the ball drop — but they heard the satisfying sound and had a good feeling. 

“I teed off first and what followed was nearly unthinkable: 

After two more tee shots from playing partners Will West and John Morris.

Wetmore’s tee shot, also blind, found the same cup.

“I got out of the cart and walked up. I didn’t see any balls on the green, and John Morris was the first to peek in the hole,” Wetmore recalled. “He says, ‘There’s one in here.’ Then he looked again and said, ‘Wait a minute — there’s two.’ I’ll never forget it.”

Also in the group were Morris and Will West, whose tee shots landed close, with Morris carding a kick-in birdie. Between them, the foursome walked away from the hole with two aces and a near third — and some disbelief.

“It’s just a special thing,” said Wetmore. “Guys have given me grief for years about never having a hole-in-one, but I finally got it — and what a way to do it.”

Woodard, who worked part-time in the pro shop at Three Pines, has long been one of the most consistent senior players in the area.

“Ive only done one better than Gene. I made my other hole in one over at Lan-Yair back in the 70’s,” said Woodard. 

Despite the historic moment, neither Wetmore nor Woodard cashed in — their team didn’t win anything in the group’s dogfight format that day. “We played a two-ball format,” Wetmore said. “Zero and zero. And we didn’t win a thing.”

“It wasn’t about the money,” Wetmore added. “It was about being with a great group of guys and seeing something none of us will probably ever see again.”

As for the commemorative ball? Wetmore chuckled. “I forgot and put it back in my bag. I probably played with it again — it’s long gone.”