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Old 02-19-2013, 09:24 AM
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as an aside, since we don't have enough information to fully answer your original question:

the odds of your husband getting his first hole-in-one on the third hole (of a nine-hole course) using a #3 ball (assuming there are eight numbers) are 1 in 72

the odds of him getting his first and second holes-in-one 3/3 are 1 in 5,184

and the odds of him getting his first, second and third holes-in-one 3/3 are 1 in 373,248

and these odds are without factoring in the chances of him getting each of those holes-in-one in the first place

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