AMATEUR golfer Hugh Barrett defied odds of around 10 billion to one to bag four holes in one – in a single year.

Hugh, 63, was delighted when his latest stunning tee shot rolled into the hole – and overjoyed when the son of his sporting hero, Seve Ballesteros, hailed his feat.

The odds of hitting a single hole in one are 12,500, while landing four are estimated to be around 10 billion to one.

Hugh, of Leeds, West Yorks., scored his first in January and managed his fourth last week at Headingley Golf Club.

His others were in May and September.

He has now bagged seven in total, claiming his first in the 1970s as a teenager.

The dad-of-three said: “I couldn’t see it go in because the tee is higher than the green and you can’t quite see the bottom of the hole.

“As I walked off the tee and walked down, I had a feeling, a sixth sense really, that it had gone in.

“It was surreal, when I think about it now it was an unbelievable feeling.

“I thought ‘wow, this can’t be happening.”

Hugh idolised Spanish golfing legend Seve Ballesteros and often exchanges messages with his son Javier, a professional golfer, on social media.

When he told him about his feat, Javier replied: “Hi Hugh! Wow, four holes-in-one, it’s a lot.

“I’ve had two, but on practice rounds.

“My dad had at least one in competition in La Moraleja, in Madrid. Not sure of more.”

Hugh said: “Seve is my favourite sportsman of all time.

“It’s fantastic and just adds to the storyline I think.”

The world record for holes in one is 59, held by Norman Manley, from California.