COEUR d'ALENE - It wasn't an ordinary day on the golf course for the Johnson family last Thursday at the Coeur d'Alene Public Golf Course. Within a matter of hours, a father and his son-in-law - both Coeur d'Alene residents - both made holes in one - same club, but different holes.

COEUR d'ALENE - It wasn't an ordinary day on the golf course for the Johnson family last Thursday at the Coeur d'Alene Public Golf Course.

Within a matter of hours, a father and his son-in-law - both Coeur d'Alene residents - both made holes in one - same club, but different holes.

Don Johnson, 71, aced the 179-yard 11th hole last Thursday with a 5-wood around 4:15 p.m., just before the start of men's league.

A couple hours later, Paul Clock, 46, Johnson's son-in-law, aced the 190-yard 15th hole, also with a 5-wood, during men's league later that night.

When Johnson hit his tee shot, he wasn't sure where it landed.

"It was unbelievable," Johnson said. "I was out playing a few holes before league. When I hit it, my buddy said it was in the hole. I thought it had rolled off the back."

The ace was Johnson's sixth, and first since a hole in one on No. 2 at Ponderosa Springs Golf Course 30 years ago.

"I'd like to do it again," Johnson said. "That was a lot of fun."

Johnson told Clock about his ace just prior to the start of men's league.

Johnson was in Clock's group for men's league when Clock stepped up to the 15th tee to take his shot. Johnson and Clock are teammates on the Acme Roofing/Mandoo Construction team.

"I just hit a sweet shot," Clock said. "It landed and bounced a couple of times. I'd never been around one. It was pretty cool."

Clock added he will always remember his first ace.

"I can't begin to describe it," Clock said. "Just to have him hit his, I was on cloud nine. It's a memory I'll never forget. We've been playing together a long time and this doesn't happen often. This is something I'll take to my grave."

"We'd been playing together for 10 years," Clock added. "To have a hole in one just never happens and is very rare. To have two within a day is pretty spectacular and makes for a great day."

According to Golf Digest, the odds of an amateur making a hole in one are roughly 12,000 to 1.

Judd Reed was in the group for both aces.

"My buddy (Reed) had never seen a hole in one before," Johnson said. "He got to see two that day. It was pretty unbelievable."

Reed, who had recently returned to golf after surgery, couldn't believe his luck.

"I'd just gotten LASIK eye surgery a couple weeks ago," Reed said. "Had I not have gotten the surgery done - I would have never seen it."

Reed had not seen an eagle, let alone a hole in one, before last Thursday.

"I've seen Don come close a couple times before," Reed said. "I was thinking that was going to be the first eagle I'd seen. But to have two holes in one in one day was amazing."

Johnson quickly called his wife to tell her the news.

"My daughter and her were out having dinner," Johnson said. "She said it's just like him to do everything that I do."

After the round, both Johnson and Clock opted for dinner at Capone's.

"We just went straight to the rigs," Johnson said. "I told them in the clubhouse about mine earlier and they said that was nice. Paul said if that's all they said - let's go eat."

Clock did have a sense of guilt after the round was over.

"I feel almost guilty," Clock said. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime deal. It doesn't happen all that often. He hit his, then two hours later, I stole his thunder."