Hole in One

[joeD]

Hit my first hole in one Friday. After years of golf, one does think about it, if for no other reason that one is "due."

Missouri Bluffs #2 with a 7 iron, 168 yards.

Tradition says the "lucky" golfer buys a round at the bar after.  This was a tournament of 60 golfers. Who were thirsty. Including me. Discover card is ecstatic. Wife, less so: "Don't get another hole in one."

Still...great experience.

Now, if I could only fish... 

[BilletHead]

   Congrads Joe D.,

Not a golfer but can relate to accomplishing the holy grail of any sport,

BilletHead

[Gavin]

Good for you. Have seen two. And 3-4 that bounced out of the cup. Used to caddy at Sunset CC. 

 

[Stein]

Congrats.

I've only seen one happen.  I took a client golfing and he got one.  I met my current wife on that very round of golf.  We played through a group of 5 females after that hole in one.  Went to the bar afterwards and sat at the table next to the only table bigger than a four topper so we knew where they would end up.  He was hitting on my future wife.  I was hitting on her friend. LOL.

It all worked out in the end!  That was 18 years ago.

[Phil Lilley]

That's a good poke - 168 yards with a 7 iron!  Congrats.

I have one - a pitch and putt, 125 yards with a wedge.  The guy I was playing with wasn't even looking... to this day he thinks I put the ball in the hole.  Told him I'd have to have done it before we started playing...  it's a fun game - just like fishing.

[snagged in outlet 3]

Nice Joe.  That's a good hole to get one on. 

I made a hole in one on the same hole that my dad did 25 years prior.  We both made it with a 9 iron from 145 yards.  I have both newspaper clippings in a nice shadow box my wife made.  I've had two and both were in skins games with a couple dozen guys. Cost me big.

I also have a double eagle on Par 5.

[joeD]

I don't know. Double eagle might be "rarer." Still, not fishing.

Talking about golf on a fishing forum. 

Oy. I suck balls. Good thing it'll be 100 degrees Fathers Day weekend and be,yond.

[Mitch f]

I agree with Phil, 168 is a good poke for a 7 iron, I used to be able to hit a 7 around 160-165 but not anymore. 

[joeD]

I used to poke a 7 for awhile. Have to do it twice now to get 7.

20 seconds of heaven.

[David Unnerstall]

Congratulations, Joe.  My hole-in-one dropped into the cup of the green we just played.  I hit the ball off the toe of the club, it went right, hit a telephone pole and bounced back in front of us and ended up on the green to our left and into the hole.