⛳ Hole-in-one (amateur) vs ✈️ Dying in a plane crash
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You're 880.0× more likely to hit a hole-in-one
than to die in a plane crash
Periods differ: Hole-in-one (amateur) is framed as per round (amateur), while Dying in a plane crash is per flight (commercial). The multiplier is a raw ratio of the 1-in-X figures — not a normalized lifetime risk. Compare cautiously.
Hole-in-one (amateur)
1 in 12,500
per round (amateur)
Dying in a plane crash
1 in 11,000,000
per flight (commercial)
How we calculated this
Each figure is “1 in X.” The larger X is the rarer event. Dividing that number by the more common one gives the multiplier: you're 880.0× more likely to hit a hole-in-one. When the periods differ, this is a raw ratio of those figures, not a lifetime-normalized risk.
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You're 880.0× more likely to hit a hole-in-one (1 in 12,500, per round (amateur)) than to die in a plane crash (1 in 11,000,000, per flight (commercial)). ⚠️ Periods differ (per round (amateur) vs per flight (commercial)) — compare cautiously. — How Likely Is That? https://www.howlikelyisthat.com/compare/odds-of-a-hole-in-one-vs-odds-of-dying-in-a-plane-crash
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