Hole in one odds from Yahoo news story

[dansalmo]

Two N.J. golfers get back-to-back aces
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070920/ap_o...nKtsRta8g6ek3QF

This story today in Yahoo had the follow claim about odds:

... The odds of a golfer scoring an ace: 5,000-to-1. But the odds of two players in a foursome performing such a feat [back to back] are 17 million to 1, according to a Golf Digest article in 2000.

....snip....


Assuming the 5000:1 is true (who really knows), the possible combinations of back to back, when two players do one after another, not any two in the group, can only happen 3 ways.

I do not see how they come up with the 17M:1 odds for this. Is this right or wrong?

DanS