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Brothers ace same hole
SINGAPORE – Brothers Chiang Hock Woo and Chiang Hock Tew aced the 147-yard, par-3 second hole at Sembawang Country Club on Jan. 31, defying odds of about 17 million to one. Francis Schneid, a retired chairman of Boston University’s math department, calculated the odds of two players making an ace on the same hole at 12,000 to one.
Brothers ace same hole
SINGAPORE – Brothers Chiang Hock Woo and Chiang Hock Tew aced the 147-yard, par-3 second hole at Sembawang Country Club on Jan. 31, defying odds of about 17 million to one. Francis Schneid, a retired chairman of Boston University’s math department, calculated the odds of two players making an ace on the same hole at 12,000 to one. He calculated the odds of two brothers making a hole in one at about 17 million to one. According to the Web site of Glenmuir Ltd., a golf apparel company, brothers Eric and John Wilkinson managed the same accomplishment at Ravensworth Golf Club in England in 2001.
High schooler scores 113 points
NEW YORK – Move over Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain and Sheryl Miller, Epiphanny Prince scored 113 points Feb 1, leading Murry Bergtraum past Louis Brandeis 137-32. Prince broke Miller’s national-prep record of 105 set in 1982. Prince, who plans to attend Rutgers in the fall, registered 39 points in the first quarter and tallied 59 by halftime. WNBA star Leslie Leslie once scored 101 points in the first half of a 1990 California high school game but the opponents refused to play the second half.
Girl wins prep wrestling title
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – High School sophomore Michaela Hutchinson earned a 1-0 victory in a Feb. 4 wrestling match, scoring an escape with 16 seconds remaining to claim the Alaska state championship in the 103-pound weight class. Hutchinson is the first girl in the country to claim a state title in a competition against boys.
Place your bets, Mrs. Gretzky
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Wayne Gretzky’s wife Janet Evans is one of about a half dozen people accused of wagering on events with a nationwide sports gambling ring financed by Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach Rick Tocchet according to The Associated Press. The events were not hockey games. State police Col. Rick Fuentes said they are investigating the processing of more than 1,000 bets exceeding $1.7 million. The ring has a connection to organized crime in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, Fuentes said.