Father, son golfers' feat leaves partners on green with envy.(Tyres International Inc.)

Tire Business, September, 2006 by McCarron, Kathy

Byline: Kathy McCarron

It's 17 million to 1 odds that two golfers score a hole-in-one-back to back-at the same hole, according to Sports Illustrated. There are no odds established for such a feat involving a father and son.

Yet on Aug. 27, Marty Bezbatchenko, co-owner and vice president of importer/wholesaler Tyres International Inc. in Akron, and his son David beat the odds while golfing at the Congress Lake Club in Hartville.

Golfing in a foursome, David, 21-who has played the links for only 21/2 years and carries an estimated 35 handicap-used an 8-iron to hit a ball 110 yards, uphill, landing it just below the course's fifth hole. He and his party couldn't see the landing from their location, according to his father, but there was a group...

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