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Golf miracle? Husband and wife sink hole-in-one 24 hours apart

Golf miracle? Husband and wife sink hole-in-one 24 hours apart
BOTH HIT A HOLE IN ONE ON THE SAME HALL ONLY ONE DAY APART. ,EMILY: NEW AT 6:00, DOUG MEEHAN WITH A STORY THAT’S ANYTHING BUT PAR FOR THE COURSE. >> I’M LOOKING. NO WIND. I SAID I’M GOING TO USE MY APPROACH WEDGE. >> I GRABBED MY 9 IRON. I HIT WHAT I KNEW IT WAS A GOOD SHOT. >> IT HIT 10 YARDS IN FRONT OF THE HOLE AND IT JUST ROLLED. >> IT ACTUALLY HIT THE PIN AND DROPPED IN. >> AND IT WENT IN AND I WE NUTS. DOUG: FRANK AND BARBARA COSTA OF PLYMOUTH SHARE SOMETHING VERY FEW COUPLES WILL EVEN HAVE THE JOY OF KNOWING. BACK IN MID-JUNE BOTH HIT A HOLE , IN ONE. BOTH ON THE PAR 3 NUMBER 11 AT SQUIRREL RUN GOLF COURSE. BOTH ONLY ONE DAY APAR FIRST BANKS -- -- FIRST FRANK -- >> AS SOON AS I GOT IT I LOOKED UP, AND I SAID TO HIM, DAD I GOT , IT. DOUG: THEN BARBARA >> FOR A MINUTE THERE YOU WERE LIKE WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED DOUG: WHAT HAPPENED WAS RIGHT OUT OF AN IRVING BERLIN MUSICAL. BECAUSE LESS THAN 24 HOURS PRIOR FRANK HAD BEEN THE TALK OF THE TOWN. >> WHEN I WALKED INTO THE PRO SHOP AFTER GETTING DONE THAT DAY I STARTED SINGING THE SONG TO DAVE MOORE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO I CAN DO BETTER. AND HE SAID YOU KIDDING ME. I’M NOT. I SAID, NO YUP, AFTER 60 YEAR , -- DOUG: YUP, AFTER 60 YEARS OF PLAYING GOLF AND NEVER BEFORE SINKING THAT ELUSIVE EAGLE, FRANK WAS ONE UPPED BY HIS WIFE OF 50 YEARS. >> SHE CALLED ME RIGHT AWAY AND SAID YOU REALLY RUINED IT FO ME. DOUG: THE TWO SHARING A GREAT LAUGH OVER THEIR COMBINED ONCE IN A LIFE-TIME SHOTS. ALTHOUGH FRANK ADMITS, THE BEST SHOT HE EVER TOOK WAS THE ONE WHEN HE ASKED BARBARA TO BE HIS WIFE. FRANK: I DON’T LIKE TO SAY IT, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME. REALLY. SHE’S THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO ME. DOUG: WHEN YOU SEE THE HUNDREDS OF NAMES ON THESE PLAQUES IN THE HOLE-IN-ONE CLUB HERE AT SQUIRREL RUN, MAYBE A HOLE IN ONE ISN’T THAT ISN’T THAT RARE. BUT I’M PRETTY SURE WHEN THE COSTAS NAMES GOES UP ON THIS PLAQUE, THEY’LL BE THE ONLY HUSBAND AND WIFE TO DO IT. IN PLYMOUTH DOUG MEEHA
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Golf miracle? Husband and wife sink hole-in-one 24 hours apart
Frank and Barbara Costa share something very few couples ever will. The couple from Plymouth, Massachusetts both hit a hole-in-one in mid-June, just 24 hours apart. Frank Costa was the talk of the golf course, until his wife got a hole-in-one the next day"When I walked into the pro shop after getting done that day, I started singing the song 'Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better,'" Barbara said. "She called me right away and I said, 'You really ruined it for me,'" Frank said. The two have shared a laugh over both of their once-in-a-lifetime shots, but Frank said the best shot he ever took was when he asked Barbara to be his wife. "I don't like to say it, but I have to say it: she's the best thing to ever happen to me," he said.

Frank and Barbara Costa share something very few couples ever will.

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The couple from Plymouth, Massachusetts both hit a hole-in-one in mid-June, just 24 hours apart.

Frank Costa was the talk of the golf course, until his wife got a hole-in-one the next day

"When I walked into the pro shop after getting done that day, I started singing the song 'Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better,'" Barbara said.

"She called me right away and I said, 'You really ruined it for me,'" Frank said.

The two have shared a laugh over both of their once-in-a-lifetime shots, but Frank said the best shot he ever took was when he asked Barbara to be his wife.

"I don't like to say it, but I have to say it: she's the best thing to ever happen to me," he said.