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Plenty of golfers go through their whole playing lives without a hole in one – but Philip Derbyshire scored two in one round at Worthing Golf Club.

What’s more, it takes the 69-year-old’s tally of aces to four in the three decades he has been playing.

He admits he is still pinching himself about the feat – and is getting plenty of comments since along the lines of ‘How many holes in one are you going to get today?’ from amazed fellow golfers.

And if you think a hole in one is enough to make any golfer’s head spin, you’d be right – for Philip followed each of his aces with a tee shot that went awry and led to the two balls he’d holed in one being lost.

Philip Derbyshire at Worthing Golf Club - where he hit two holes in one in one round | Picture supplied by Worthing GC

Philip, who lives in Goring-by-Sea, has been playing at Worthing GC since 1993, when he got hooked after his wife bought him lessons. His two holes in one came in a round with playing partner Ian MacDonald in a seniors’ matchplay knockout which, not surprisingly, he won.

"My first hole in one was about 15 years ago on the ninth hole on the Colt (lower) course, then I got another on the 14th hole on the same course about five years later,” Philip told us.

"You never think you’re going to get one, let alone two or more. But last Tuesday we teed off from the second hole on the Vardon course – the upper course – and I was happy with my tee shot, but you can’t see the hole from the tee.

Golfer Philip scores a hole in one – then does it again in same round