IT WAS doubles all round for Arran golfer Ewan McKinnon when he defied odds of 67 million to 1 to claim two holes in one – in the same round!

Ewan, 26, achieved his amazing feat in the Whisky Cup on Saturday at Corrie Golf Club – but astonishingly said he was ‘frustrated’ over his failure by a single shot to match his own course record.

Ewan, 26, from Sannox landed his first killer blow by notching an ace at the 124-yard fifth hole named Mount Pleasant.

Playing partners Jimmy McConnachie and Ray Jeffery couldn’t believe their eyes as they watched him sink another single at the eighth – a 138 yarder known as Orchard.

Ewan went on to complete the first nine holes in 25 strokes – six under par.

And he posted an 18-hole total of 54, which is eight under.

Ewan said: “It was just one of those days!

“The round started with a two at the first – and things just got better and better.

“The fifth is a steep uphill hole with the green not visible until you climb to the top, so I had no idea where my nine-iron shot had ended up until I speculatively looked in the cup.

“It was a different story at the eighth because it was slightly downhill and I could see the ball all the way after I hit it with an eight iron.

“It landed just short, bounced once and went straight in.

“Jimmy and Ray were delighted for me – but there was also some choice language as they described how lucky I was!” Ewan, whose handicap is plus one, added: “The only slight frustration on the day was failing to keep up the momentum on the second nine, which meant I was one short of equalling my record round.

“I now have five competitive holes-in-one to my name – four at Corrie and one at Western Gailes when I was playing in the Scottish Amateur Championship a few years ago.

“We looked on the internet after the round and it seems the odds on two aces in a round are sixty-seven million to one.

“It didn’t have a price for achieving the feat within nine holes, but it must be astronomical.” The achievement completed a remarkable weekend for Ewan, who had triumphed in Arran’s Champion of Champions final on Friday evening.

Even more remarkably, Ewan is not the first golfer to boast a double hole in one in a single round at Corrie.

Back in January 1998, “Spud” Taylor sank his tee shots – and his aces were also at the fifth and eighth holes.