Frank Bensel makes back-to-back holes-in-one at the U.S. Senior Open

NEWPORT, R.I. — The next round in Newport is on Frank Bensel — and make it a double. The 56-year-old club pro from New York made back-to-back holes-in-one at the U.S. Senior Open on Friday — a first in the 1,001-tournament history of the USGA and believed to be the only time it’s happened on any major golf tour. “It was like an out-of-body experience,” Bensel said before posing for pictures with the ball, 6-iron and pin flags from the fourth and fifth holes at Newport Country Club. “After these two holes-in-one, I just didn’t even know,” said Bensel, who teaches at Century Golf Club in Westchester County in the summer and Mirasol in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, in the winter. But I know that he was a great golfer, one of the best to ever do it.” Asked what was next for him, Frank Bensel said: “The original plan was to get some sleep and get ready for tomorrow, but won’t need to do that.