Texas agent duplicates first ever hole-in-one

When a State Farm agent from Lubbock, Texas, entered the insurance business at 27-years-old, he never dreamed that his love of golf could make him one of the more famous insurance agents nearly 25 years later. But when Danny Leake hit a hole in one at a local tournament — not once, but twice on the same hole, using the same club, on the very next day — the industry and golf lovers everywhere took notice.

Leake aced the sixth hole on Saturday, July 29, with a 5-iron from 174 yards out. He aced the same hole with the same club from 178 yards out in Sunday’s final round.

Jack North, managing director of the Rawls Course, where Leake accomplished the feat, told The Associate Press, he’s “never even heard of such a thing.”

Leake, who began playing golf just about the same time he entered the insurance business, called his feat as one of pure “elation.”

Leake has a 14 handicap and was seeded in one of the tournament’s lowest flights. While he went on to win the sixth flight with a score of 256, Leake said he was so excited after his first hole in one, he double-boggied on the next hole.

And on that faithful second day, Leake had no intention of repeating another hole in one. “The main thing I was thinking about was, ‘OK, don’t embarrass yourself, just get par,'” Leake said. But when someone yelled, ‘It’s in the hole,’ Leake said, it was “really just pretty overwhelming.”

Leake, who had always dreamed of hitting a hole in one, said he’s nowhere near as good a golfer as most of the golfers in the tournament.

“I don’t pretend to be a great golfer; I just try to do my best,” he said. “I play for the excitement of the challenge, and the fellowship is a fun thing, too.”

While Leake admitted that most people would not ask a 14 handicap golfer for tips, he did offer one bit of advice for fellow insurance agents.

Leake said to improve in golf, “When it’s time to play golf just go out there and just do it … Don’t think about it … Just have fun.”

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