A KENDAL golfer has achieved her third hole-in-one - all on the same green.

Cheryl Dickinson made it a hat-trick of one-shot-wonders at the seventh hole at Kendal Golf Club, with a quarter of a century between her first and third.

The latest hole-in-one came during a knockout competition semi-final at the club.

"I didn't even see this one go in," said Cheryl. "I was playing against a younger girl and we walked over towards the hole and I couldn't find my ball. Then a man told me it had gone in!

"It is remarkable that the only hole-in-ones I have ever got are in the same hole. It is normally a difficult hole as well.

"I suppose you could call me a hole-in-one specialist for the seventh hole at Kendal Golf Club."

Cheryl's first hole-in-one came in a game against her son 25 years ago. Her second came in 1999 in a ladies' captain's day tournament.

"Some people never get a hole-in-one" said Cheryl. "It is just absolute luck. You try and do the best shot you can and hope it ends up near the hole.

"I have come close on other holes, but of course that doesn't really count."

Speaking of her love for golf, Cheryl, who used to be captain at Kendal Golf Club, said: "I am Kendal through and through. I love the club. The brilliant thing about golf is that anybody can play anybody else, because the handicap system levels the playing field."

The seventh (Benson Knott) hole at Kendal Golf Club is 221 yards long and is par three. Players drive off from an elevated tee lined with trees.

In further hole-in-one news this week, a 51-year-old amateur golfer hit three holes-in-one in five hours as she defended her club championship title on Tuesday.

Ali Gibb achieved the remarkable feat at Croham Hurst Golf Club in South Croydon, Surrey.

Mathematicians have worked out that the odds of managing such a feat exceed one trillion to one.