Most amateur golfers are elated to ink even a single birdie on their scorecard during a round. 

Try being a pair of siblings that bagged aces on consecutive holes…on the same day…on the same course.

Just over a year ago, Mackenzie and Logan Eyberg did just that.

Mackenzie and Logan were enjoying a routine round at the 6-hole executive course in Lake Elmo, Minn. where they had played many rounds as youngsters at the Royal Golf Club. Their parents, Jason and Lisa, were enjoying dinner and a show at Chanhassen Dinner Theater when they received a rather unexpected call from Jason’s parents, Dave and Sheryl.

As a parent myself, I can only imagine that in the moment. Considering the timing, Jason and Lisa thought the call was going to be emergent, and it was.

But not for reason they had initially assumed.

Logan, who was five years old at the time, recalls playing the 51-yard fifth hole with a pitching wedge on July 15, 2023 when he lofted the perfect shot that sailed in the air for more than 50 yards before landing just behind the hole on the green, spinning right and disappearing into the cup. 

Mackenzie, who was nine a year ago when she carded her amazing ace, recalls playing the 98-yard sixth hole with a 6-iron.

“We were looking all over the place,” Mackenzie said.  “We looked in the parking lot and the rough because we couldn’t really see it.  Logan ended up finding it in the hole for me.  Grandma (Sheryl) almost started crying.”

According to Jason, Logan and Mackenzie have been playing golf as long as they have been able to walk. They have progressed and expanded their game at a remarkable rate since picking up their first set of plastic clubs when they were infants.

Fast forward to today, merely a year after their aces on consecutive holes, and they still love the game.

“They both have a natural passion for the game,” Lisa said with a smile.  “It is cool as a parent watching them on this journey where they have found something that gives them that love of the game feel.”

Ironically, Mackenzie nearly accomplished another rare golf feat that most kids only dream of achieving when she competed in the initial stages of a drive, chip and putt competition two years ago, nearly qualifying for the ultimate prize of getting the chance to compete at Augusta National as part of Masters Week leading up to one of the sport’s most cherished events in Augusta, Georgia. 

Mackenzie made it through Minnesota qualifiers in both Rochester and Stillwater before landing a spot in the regional competition in Denver, Colorado. Ultimately, Mackenzie finished in eighth place at the regional event and fell just shy of her ultimate goal, but the entire experience won’t soon be forgotten for the young and talented golfer.

“It is an awesome memory,” Lisa said.  “The GM of the club addressed the kids during a dinner in Denver.  He spoke to the kids and made them feel as special and important as a professional golfer.”

The mere odds of a hole-in-one for an amateur golfer are nearly 12,500 to 1.  Whether you are the golfer hitting the ace or simply the witness, both are memories that last a lifetime.  The odds of back-to-back aces by siblings seems unfathomable.  However, the Eyberg siblings proved this feat to be possible merely a year ago.

I don’t know about you, but if I were Jason and Lisa, I would be asking Dave and Sheryl to go golfing with the kids and book another show at Chanhassen Dinner Theater, stat!

Until next month, hit ‘em long and straight – and most of all have fun!

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Cover photo: Mackenzie Eyberg tees off at The Misfits Par 3 Challenge at Havana Hills Golf, Range & Event Center on Saturday, July 27