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His first ace came at the Dakota Dunes Golf Links during the Saskatchewan Amateur on the Par 3 No. 11 from 148 yards.

The second one came Saturday at Silverwood on No. 11, playing 146 yards, during the Ironman team golf tournament.

The third happened Monday night out in Rosetown during a Corporate Cup tournament. He was able to ace a short Par 4 measuring about 240 yards.

He was able to see all three of them drop into the cup.

“I was driving out there (Rosetown on Monday) night, thinking there was no way,” Afseth was saying Tuesday, fresh from his golfing hat-trick.

“There was no expectation of that happening at all.”

Afseth, who was a runner-up in this year’s Great Western Brewing Saskatoon Amateur, has been golfing competitively since he was nine. He was a junior member at SGCC for a couple of years, then moved over to the Riverside Country Club for eight or nine years. He’s been back at the SGCC for the past six years.

During that time, the lefty was unable to bag a hole-in-one.

And now this.

“It’s been thrilling,” said Afseth before playing Tuesday night at men’s night at the SGCC. “I don’t even know how to act. Expense wise, (Monday) night was the most expensive. The other two were a little tamer.

“Experience wise, I don’t know how people have done it (three holes-in-one in two weeks), this type of thing. To be one of the select few feels very special.”

Is he feeling lucky enough to buy some lottery tickets?

“Not yet,” Afseth said with a chuckle. “I’ll have to get one.”

In the meantime, he’s trying to get out and play as much as he can.

But he should watch for any storm clouds overhead.

There are likely better odds of being struck by lightning than getting three hole-in-ones in less than two weeks.

dzary@postmedia.com