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Golfer's Dream, Times Two

As any golfer would tell you, it's tough enough getting one hole in one. But two? And in the same round, to boot?

Chase Williams, 15, did just that Tuesday at Hawks Creek Golf Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

The National Golf Foundation put the odds of acing two holes in the same round at 67 million to one.

And the Hole in One Society tells CBS News it doesn't have records on every hole in one, but it doesn't know of anyone younger getting two holes in one in one round.

Still, Williams only finished fourth, with an 82, in the Westcott NTPGA Junior Tour event.

And his father, Greg Williams, says Chase had been slumping so badly lately he'd brought up the possibility to his son of giving up the game.

Chase is glad he didn't.

He told Russ Mitchell on The Early Show Thursday that he used the same ball for both holes in one, a Maxfli, with a Pinehurst logo on it. Pinehurst, N.C. is the site of this week's U.S. Open.

Chase nearly lost the ball twice, on errant tee shots.He began his round on the 15th hole.

Chase hit a pitching wedge from 120 yards on the 17th hole for his first-ever hole in one.

"I hit the front of the green," he recounted for Mitchell. "It rolled up and hit the pin, and I asked the guys in my group if it went in. And one said, 'Yeah, I think it did.' So I looked past the hole and I didn't see a ball. And I started just jumping up and down and screaming and hollering."

At hole No. 10, he hit a hybrid club 190 yards for the second ace.

"It was unreal to me," Chase says. "I just couldn't think of anything else except that hole in one. It was great."

As for finishing fourth, "After the first hole in one, I just kind of lost focus. Then, after the second one, I just couldn't think of anything else."

Greg Williams explained to Mitchell that he discussed the possibility of Chase quitting golf because Chase "was kind of struggling with his swing. And I think it created a lot of self-doubt. And I believe this has been a tremendous confidence booster for him. It couldn't have come at a better time."

Now, "I'll try even harder to shoot consistently lower scores," Chase confirmed.

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