Each week we write to Golf Canada members who record a hole-in-one, congratulating them and asking if they’d tell us how it happened. These are their stories (edited for length and clarity).
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Grant Rae, Rancho Manana Golf Club, Hole #14
It was an incredible experience for sure. I was golfing with my wife, Tracy, and a couple that we got paired up with. It was hole #14, 131 yards and I used my 8 iron.
Jessica Wong, Victoria Golf Club, Hole #14
I was playing in a tournament at Victoria Golf Club match play with Emma Kral. It was 161 yards and I used my 6 iron. I ended up winning the match and my team won the tournament.
Justin Ewing, Cayuga Golf Course, Hole #17
On a Saturday, my son, Justin Ewing scored a hole-in-one on hole #17 at Cayuga Golf Course. Our foursome included, Gary Ewing, Lori Ewing, Justin Ewing and Nathan Ewing.
– Submitted by Justin’s mom
Patricia Keays, Pine Needles Golf & Country Club, Hole #15
I was playing at Pine Needles with my daughter and her boyfriend. It was on hole #15, a 100-yard par 3. I was using my 7 iron. It was nearly 10 degrees the day after Thanksgiving! My final score for the round was 103, not my best, haha!
Evan Smith, Mountain Woods Golf Club, Hole #9
The day of the hole-in-one was a perfect Fall day for a round of golf, a warm sunny day with a light breeze. I was playing with my longtime friend, Mike Whittaker. We’ve been playing golf together for over 50 years, since we were kids. We were paired up with two other club members, Ken and Simone.
Hole #9 at Mountain Woods is a 121 yard par three. It has an elevated tee with a great view of the green. I would normally use a pitching wedge but decided at the last minute to try a gap wedge for the first time. The shot looked pretty good off the tee, high and straight at the pin, but I lost sight of it looking into the sun. Once down at the green, not seeing the ball anywhere, I thought it must have come up short. I looked everywhere, including in the creek that runs in front of the green. “I guess it must have gone long,” I thought, getting a bit frustrated at not being able to find the ball. It was only when I went past the hole and looked down that I realized it had gone in, from frustration to elation in an instant.
Golf is a wonderful game, good exercise and fresh air, great companionship, and the occasional shot that makes us think we have real talent.
Robert Walsh, Glendenning Golf Course, Hole #11
I was playing at Glendenning Golf Course on the last day of season. Played with my two brothers, Stephen and Paul Walsh, plus our good friend, Wayne Fowler. On hole #11 playing at 148 yards I hit an approach wedge which spun side ways in the hole. It was my second this summer. I had one on the same course, hole #6 in June.
Jeff McKee, Kingsville Golf & Country Club, Hole #9
My hole-in-one was on hole #9, from the white tees. The hole was playing 138 yards and I hit my 7 iron. My playing partners were fellow members Greg Hengl and Bob Donaldson.
Murray Blair, Lakewood National Golf Club, Hole #12
My hole-in-one was a 7 iron from 178 yards. I was playing with my wife Dana and two great friends from the United Kingdom. My second hole-in-one this year!
Stuart Elliot, Pheasant Glen Golf Resort, Hole #6
I did indeed ace hole #6 at Pheasant Glen, 136 yards with an 8 iron past the flag, spinning back. Three good buddies were there to see it, Al Hope, Phil Noble and Kim “Sharpie” Sharpe. Sharpie took the above photo. Big credit should go to Ross Mantell, a CPGA pro who works and teaches at Pheasant Glen. He has been helping me to play the best golf of my life.
Jim Macleod, Waikoloa Beach & Golf Resort, Hole #7
My wife, Terry was there with me. It was hole #7 on the Waikoloa Kings Course, 144 yards and I used a nine iron. I thought it might have gone in, but after I parked the cart at the back of the green, I took my putter and sand wedge to the green, just in case! After 45+ years, one of them white dimpled balls finally found that four inch hole! Great experience!