7-year-old golfer scores record hole-in-one!
Golf Boy
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This seven-year-old boy just hit a "one in a million" shot and broke a golfing record.
Freddie from Lancashire was taking part in a junior golfing competition at Carus Green Golf Club when he hit an incredible hole-in-one.
A hole-in-one is when a golfer hits the golf ball from the starting tee, straight into the hole at the end of the course in one go.
It is a very rare and tricky thing to do, and according to the National Hole-in-One Registry, only around 1 in every 12,500 average golfers achieve it in their lifetime.
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Freddie and his Dad were chuffed with his hole-in-one
Freddie's amazing hole-in-one was captured on camera by golfing tech company Official Hole in 1, who were trying out new video technology by chance on the course that day.
The total distance to the hole is 64 metres (70 yards), with Freddie hitting it into the 10.8 cm (4.25 inch) hole.
The golfing club verified Freddie's scorecard - which is used to keep track of how many hits it takes to complete each course - making it an officially recognised hole-in-one.
However, this also means that Freddie might also be the youngest ever Briton to record a verified hole-in-one!
Freddie has been playing golf since he was three-years-old, and said getting a hole-in-one was "not easy".
Well done Freddie!
