Tyrel (left) and Torrey Hough
Tyrel Hough and Torrey Hough work together, play together and beat the odds together. The brothers, sales reps with Platinum Realty Inc. in Kamloops, B.C. each got a hole in one, on the same day, and the same hole, one after the other.
“We don’t know the exact odds, however I found an old golf digest entry on the net that stated something to the effect of ‘two people from the same foursome, acing the same hole, 17 million to one odds’. Now factor in those two people being brothers. I would love to hear how astronomical the probability is,” says Tyrel Hough.
It was Sept. 8 when the brothers “hole-in-one’d the same hole” while golfing with Del Schwitzer, managing broker at Platinum Realty, and Schwitzer’s colleague Sheldon Watch.
“At first our brotherly competitiveness had us feeling some resentment like, ‘Really? Did you have to do this the same time as me and steal my moment of glory?’ Then the excitement from our two companions helped us realize the magnitude of what just happened,” Tyrel says.
The brothers used to play golf when they were in their early teens, but didn’t start playing again until about three years ago, trying a variety of courses in order to meet new faces and try different challenges. On the day of their 15th hole “miracle”, the brothers were at Sun Rivers Golf Resort Community’s course. Sun Rivers is billed as one of the few “true” desert golf course in Canada. It is set among natural sage, rolling hills and views of Thompson Valley, its website says.
“We are very proud of this accomplishment,” says Tyrel. “My brother and I have been agents for just over four years. We started out together and figured from our success that we were a good team. I think it’s safe to say that this is a definite sign we were meant to work together.”
