Double Ace in Golf: What It Means (and the App We Named After It)

A "double ace" is when one golfer makes two holes-in-one in the same round, a feat so rare that most golfers never see it happen even once in a lifetime of watching. We named Double Ace Golf after it because that's the standard we're chasing: a round worth remembering, run without the usual mess.

Somebody in your group has probably claimed a hole-in-one before. Maybe it was you. A clean strike, a bounce, a roar from the cart path. It's the kind of thing that gets talked about for years.

Now imagine that happening twice in the same round. Not twice in a career. Twice before you've even made the turn.

That's a double ace. And it's rare enough that we built a company around chasing that same standard of "you won't believe this happened."

What "Double Ace" Actually Means in Golf

A double ace is exactly what it sounds like: one golfer records two holes-in-one during a single round of golf. It's not an official scoring term the way birdie or bogey is, and you won't find it in the USGA Rules of Golf. It's slang, born from the same tradition that gave golf terms like eagle, birdie, and albatross.

For comparison, a single ace has odds of roughly 12,000 to 1 for the average golfer, improving to about 3,000 to 1 for tour professionals. Making two in the same round pushes those odds into the realm of the absurd. One golf publication put the number at roughly 67 million to 1 for a player acing twice in one round. You've got better odds of a lot of things happening to you first.

The term shouldn't be confused with a "double eagle," which is a different (though also rare) golf feat. A double eagle is a score of three strokes under par on a single hole, most often made by holing out on a par-5 in two shots. Same family of golf slang. Completely different achievement.

Why We Named the App Double Ace Golf

We didn't pick the name because it sounded catchy. We picked it because of what it represents: the rare round where everything clicks, and everyone in the group actually remembers it that way.

Most golf trips don't end that cleanly. Someone's holding four different scorecards. Someone's trying to remember who owes who for the skins pot. The best shot of the day gets buried under an argument about who actually won the back nine.

A double ace is the round everyone remembers for the right reasons. That's the bar we built the app to hit, every time, not just on the lucky days.

Double Ace Golf exists to strip out the friction that keeps a good round from staying a good round in everyone's memory. Live scoring instead of a soggy scorecard. One group invite instead of six separate text threads. A settled tab before anyone's back in the car.

What Double Ace Golf Actually Does

The app is built around three things a Trip Captain actually needs on event day:

• Group invites. Send one link, get your whole foursome (or your whole 32-player buddy trip) into the same event without chasing down phone numbers.
• Live scoring. Skins, Stableford, stroke play, all tracked in real time so the leaderboard is accurate before anyone's even off the 18th green.
• Post-round expense splitting. Green fees, the skins pot, whatever side bets happened on the back nine, split automatically instead of reconstructed from memory at the bar.

None of this requires an official handicap or a tournament committee. It's built for the weekend trip, the weekly league, and the charity outing where half the field doesn't have a GHIN number. Read more about how the app handles group scheduling and scoring, or see the full breakdown of how golf scoring formats work if you want the rules behind skins, Stableford, and stroke play before your next outing.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between a double ace and a double eagle?

A double ace means two separate holes-in-one in one round. A double eagle (also called an albatross) is a single hole scored three strokes under par, usually on a par-5. They're both rare golf feats, but they measure completely different things.

Is "double ace" a real, recognized golf term?

It's not an official term in the Rules of Golf, but it's widely used and understood among golfers the same way "birdie" and "eagle" are. It describes a specific, verifiable outcome: two aces, one round.

Is there a "doubleace" app, or is it Double Ace Golf?

Double Ace Golf (sometimes searched as "doubleace") is the official app name. It's built for group scoring, live leaderboards, and expense splitting on golf trips, leagues, and outings.

How rare is it to make two holes-in-one in the same round?

Extremely rare. A single ace runs around 12,000 to 1 for an average golfer. Doing it twice in the same round has been estimated at roughly 67 million to 1, making it one of the rarest documented feats in recreational golf.

Do I need an official handicap to use Double Ace Golf?

No. The app is built for casual trip and league golf, not tournament officiating, so it works whether or not anyone in your group has a GHIN number.

What golf formats does Double Ace Golf support?

Skins, Stableford, and stroke play are all supported with live scoring, along with group invites and automatic post-round expense splitting.

Ready to run your next round like it's the one everyone remembers? Download Double Ace Golf and see what group scoring, live leaderboards, and automatic expense splitting feel like when they actually work.