Twinsanity as brother caddies both score holes-in-one

Twin brothers Gary and Guy Tilston can’t quite believe their ‘amazing’ achievement after the caddies both had holes-in-one while on the bag for Matthew Southgate and Marcel Siem at the NBO Oman Open yesterday.

Southgate, who sits in second place at Al Mouj Golf after rounds of 65 and 70, aced his tee shot on the par three fifth hole from 165 yards with caddie Gary Tilston picking a seven-iron.

Moments earlier, Tilston’s twin Guy also chose the same club for Siem who struck a hole-in-one at the 13th from 162 yards.

“It's amazing,” said Gary. “To have us both make holes-in-one, on the same day, using the same club is truly remarkable – I doubt it will ever be repeated.”

Much like his caddie, England’s Southgate was also stunned by the brothers’ achievement.

“A bit of a strange one to have twins pick the right club for two holes-in-one in the same day. I bet that will never happen again,” he said.

“Gary and I worked together well and it was great out there today. I‘m chuffed for Marcel too, he’s a good friend of mine and it’s always a bit of fun getting a hole-in-one.”

Southgate, who made an ace at the Dubai Desert Classic last month with a different caddie, teamed up with Gary at the start of the week while Guy has worked with Siem for a number of years.

The caddie duo have been plying their trade on the European Tour for 33 years and Guy admits that he and Gary are inseparable.

“We really love spending time together and the fact that we are traveling to different parts of the world together is amazing,” he said.