Frank Bensel can’t stop talking about those back-to-back aces at the U.S. Senior Open

Frank Bensel has paused to share a storybook tale from the U.S. Senior Open at Newport Country Club in surprising detail countless times over the last three weeks.

Congratulatory hugs are still coming from every direction.

The 56-year-old teaching professional at Century Country Club is a stoic competitor, always in the moment, so it’s hard to imagine he would ever go viral. That’s exactly what’s happened, though, in the most Bensel way imaginable.

What are the odds?

According to the National Hole-in-One Registry, somewhere north of 67 million to one.

Those are the odds of registering a pair of aces in the same round. It’s worth noting, however, that Bensel aced the fourth and fifth holes at Newport Country Club early in the second round of the U.S. Senior Open at Newport Country Club.

“I still can’t believe that happened,” Bensel said of the consecutive aces. “It was adrenaline on top of adrenaline. It’s still hard to imagine how rare that is.”

The TaylorMade 6-iron and ball used on both shots are now museum pieces.

“We were following the scoring in real time and our first thought was there had to be a glitch or maybe the walking scorer had hit the wrong button,” Metropolitan PGA executive director Jeff Voorheis said. “And then we saw everything on Twitter and it was just, ‘Oh, my God!’ ”

Bensel was in the interview room with his 14-year-old son and caddie, Hagen, immediately after the round. The details were liked and shared across the globe via social media and every contact in his phone reached out with congratulations one way or another in the days following the unlikely feat.

There have since been dozens of interviews, including spots on Golf Channel and ESPN.

“I’m sure he was back at the range at Century the following Tuesday morning as if it never happened,” Voorheis said. “That’s what these guys do, and when you frame it like that, it’s all the more impressive.”

The buzz is only beginning to fade.

Bensel continues to catch up with members and friends who haven’t yet had a chance to share a hug or high five. He splits time between New York and Florida, where he teaches at Mirasol in Florida so there will be a second wave when he rejoins his wife, Alynn, and four kids in Jupiter at the end of the season here.

There has been some time for reflection, so is this life changing or legacy altering?

Bensel has a resume that would make any club professional envious, so his lesson book was close to full before he reached into the cup to retrieve his 14^th career hole-in-one. Bensel has won all the championships of note in the area from the Met Open to the Met PGA Championship, so it wasn’t a career-defining moment, either.

It’s a heck of an exclamation point, though.

“This is probably the highlight of my career,” said Bensel, who survived a playoff at Metropolis to qualify for the U.S. Senior Open. “It’s always great to have recognition for something that you’ve done in golf. Anytime you represent your club well or win a tournament, it’s great for business.”

Sharing the moment with Hagen, clearly elevated the experience.

Given the chance, Bensel would enthusiastically talk up the 72 his son carded last week at Century rather than focus on the aces. It’s a first in the 129 years of USGA championships and there’s a strong possibility it will never happen again.

He was first off the tee on Friday, so there is no video.

For those who missed the moment, Bensel came into the second round 5-over and needed to make up ground, so he attacked the pin on the uphill, 173-yard fourth.

“Hagen wanted me to hit a 7-iron,” he explained. “There’s a false front and I didn’t want to come up short there so I hit the 6-iron to make sure any miss would be long. It came off right on line and took a bounce and rolled in. We couldn’t see anything from the tee but my nephew and his buddy were up by the green with their arms in the air.”

Bensel had the jump start he was looking for.

“I was trying just to calm him down,” Hagen noted. “I mean, we were trying to make the cut, obviously, so I was trying just to keep him locked in.”

The level approach is genetic.

Following a short walk around the historic clubhouse to the downhill 202-yard fifth hole, Bensel again pulled the 6-iron.

“Hagen wanted me to take the ball out of play but I said, ‘No, I’m just gonna keep playing this one and I’ll take it out maybe after this hole,’ ” he said. “The green is really sloped right to left so you have to land it almost off the green and let it trickle on. It landed nicely and was rolling down to the hole, so I’m like, ‘Wow, this is going at a good pace, let’s do it again,’ and it just disappeared.”

Pandemonium.

“He usually doesn’t show much emotion on the course,” Hagen added. “I mean, obviously, you knew he was excited, there was something extra there. It’s hard to keep that in.”

There was no coming down from that high.

Bensel carded bogeys over the next four holes and shot a…