A Cheyenne Mountain High School golfer had an extraordinary afternoon at Patty Jewett Golf Course last Tuesday, recording a hole-in-one and an eagle within hours of each other during a single day of competitive and practice play.

Mullins used a pitching wedge on the par-3, 148-yard 11th hole during the Palmer Terror Invitational. By his own account, the shot was far from perfect. As he recalled, "It wasn't hit the best," and he expected only an easy putt awaited him on the green.

As the Cheyenne Mountain senior approached the green, however, a wave of cheers, whistles, and applause greeted him — Mullins had sunk his first-ever hole-in-one. The moment took time to register. "I knew it was near, but it was never a thought in my mind that it went in," Mullins said. "It landed and kicked a little bit right and I'm thinking 'That won't be too bad.' Then a group on the green started cheering. At that point, I thought they were messing with me. I looked again and I saw coaches clapping and whistling and that's when I knew it really went in."

The ace came just one hole after a costly mistake. On the 10th hole, Mullins teed off from the wrong box, which resulted in a two-stroke penalty and required him to tee off again. "The most annoying part about that was my balls were about 10 feet away from each other," he said. "I made par, but with the penalty that was a double [bogey]. I walked up to 11 tee just wanting to hit and be done because that round frustrated me. Then I hit it and it went in."

Mullins finished tied for seventh at the tournament with a 4-over-par 76 and helped the Red-Tailed Hawks place third as a team. The remarkable day did not end at Patty Jewett. Later that afternoon, during the Red-Tailed Hawks' practice at The Broadmoor Golf Club, Mullins holed out an eagle on the second hole east.

Mullins was measured in reflecting on the streak. "That's probably the end of that run. This was a cool something," he said. "I texted my mom and she was like, 'You better get a lottery ticket, they come in threes.' But this is just a fast little run that'll probably die out soon."

Mullins and a group of Red-Tailed Hawks are scheduled to compete next at the Cherry Creek Invitational at Overland Park Golf Course in Denver, where observers will be watching whether his recent form carries into the next tournament.