Thank you for acknowledging Zara’s hole-in-one. This is her mother, Nancy Kenley helping her respond to the email as Zara is 12 years old and going in grade 7.

She was super excited about getting a hole-in-one. Zara was playing a round by herself at her beautiful home course and I was driving her in a cart, like I often do. The yardage was about 129 yards and she hit the ball with a 9 iron. It was raining on and off.

I actually recorded a video of the hole-in-one, as I often video her golfing, and especially usually on par 3’s as Zara has been obsessed with wanting to get a hole-in-one since she first learned about them.

We hope to find a program that will track and show the ball, as you can barely see it in the air on the left, then it drops and rolls to the hole.

I could see it through my camera phone, and you can see Zara’s surprised expression as she realized it went in the hole. Her reaction is priceless.

The story is even more exciting, as a few years ago, a member, Joey, mentioned that he jumped in the pond once he got a hole-in-one. Our assistant, Pro Fletcher, had promised Zara that if she ever got a hole-in-one, she could push him in the pond on hole #2. So, this Friday, everyone is meeting at hole #2 at 6pm for Fletcher, Joey and Zara to get pushed/jump in the pond.

Thank you,

Nancy Kenley, on behalf of Zara Kenley

Occurred on August 19, 2022, at the Dantonia Park Golf Course. Hole number 7. Used a 56-degree wedge and a ball ProV1X.

Thanks,

Anisur

I was playing with three other members of the senior club, Eddy Martin, John Hooker and Carl Thompson. This was my second hole-in-one, this one was much more satisfying as it was a par three, 164 yards. The club I used was a 3 wood. I am 81 years old, so this was very gratifying for me. The funny part of this is that nobody saw the ball go into the cup, as none of us could see that far. Once we got to the hole, we looked around for the ball and couldn’t find it. So, Eddy Martin had gone over to the cup and pointed down, and there it was. I had jumped up and down with joy and we had all gone a little bit nuts. It was something I will never forget. It meant free beer for everybody at the club.

Thanks to Golf Canada for acknowledging this accomplishment. 

On the next hole, I sank a 30-foot putt for a birdie.

Thanks, 

Bob Seidler

August 18, 2022. Peasant Glen G.C. Qualicum Beach. Hole #8. 160 yards. 6 iron. Playing partners were Jim Raynard and Toby Lawrence.

Playing with Frank Marcheluzzo and Don Kaluza. 8 iron. 137 yards.

I am happy to share the good news. 

I was playing with Faye Minuk, Marya Grad and Judi Gottlieb. It was on Homenuik #9, about 115 yards, uphill. I used my 5 hybrid. I knew it was a good shot onto the green, but I did not see where it landed (mainly due to poor eyesight). When I got to the green, I did not see my ball. It was not on the green, not in a bunker, not on the fringe or anywhere nearby. I took a chance and checked the hole and found the ball!

Elizabeth Wolfe

I had my first hole-in-one in our club championship! On hole #4, 140 yards up hill. My playing partners were Sharon Marshall, Yvonne Chang and Sherry Camron.

It was one of the best days of my life!

Helen

Thank you. Second one of my life! Very exciting.

It was scored on the third hole at Glendale Golf and Country Club in Winnipeg.

The hole was playing approximately 125 yards and the pin placement was front of the green. I hit a pitching wedge right over top of the flag about 15’ past the pin and it rolled back down the slope and into the cup!

I was playing with three friends who are also members at Glendale; Doug Petersen, Bruce Rannard and Jamie McDonald.

Does Golf Canada still send out certificates for a hole in one? Pretty sure I got one for my first one in 2006.

Thanks,

Jerry

I was playing with two fellow members of the Millcroft Golf Club Senior Men’s League. It was a regular Monday morning game we thought was going to be rained out, but it turned out to be a great day. I was playing with Kirby Smith and Barry Markowsky. The hole measured 135 yards that day, and I used an 8 iron. Interestingly, I found the ball on the 13th hole, and put it in play on the 15th. Walking from the 14th green to the 15th tee, we were discussing holes-in-one. I’ve been waiting 60 years to get an “ace” and won’t soon forget it.

Many thanks for your interest, and thanks for the graphic you forwarded.  

Cheers,

Jim

Thank you so much for your email!

Last Thursday was a day I won’t soon forget. It was a special Ladies’ Day at our club as member, Wendy Hanson, arranged for a Golf Fore the Cure day. She reached out to Michael Murillo, the General Manager of Subaru of Mississauga, and a “win the car” hole was organized.

I was playing with great friends: Margaret Green, Lisa Trudell and Darlene Monkman all members at Glencairn.

Darlene hit first and I was next to go. It was hole #7, Scotch Block, the car was on the tee box and the Director of Golf, Mike Grierson, was also there.

The hole was a downhill par 3 and the pin measured at 155 yards. I used my 27 degree hybrid. The ball landed a few inches short of the green, hopped on and seemed to roll in slow motion towards the pin. We were watching it and getting more excited by the moment when all of a sudden it disappeared and that’s when the hugs, high fives and cheering drew notice from the other golfers. 

I was shaking. I couldn’t believe what had just happened! We got down to the hole to retrieve my ball, took some photos and tried to carry on with the remaining 11 holes the best I could.

I phoned my husband, who was golfing at Rattlesnake, to share the news with him and he was just as excited as I was.  It was our 15th wedding anniversary that day and it’s an anniversary to remember! We celebrated with a glass of wine that evening.

Funny story…we have a hole-in-one trophy in our house, and it travels in the family, by blood or marriage, to the person with the most recent hole-in-one. The first hole in engraved on it is from 1930. Most recently, my husband has had the trophy with three consecutive hole-in-ones beginning in July 2020 and I’ve finally been able to take it away from him. ?

It did feel like a very special gift to myself as it was three days before my 75th birthday.

I was playing with Linda Wilson and Anne Emerton. The yardage is 134 from the reds and I used a 7 iron. It is my fourth hole-in-one but my first at Duntroon Highlands. It’s interesting that a few days before on the same hole my shot hit the flag stick and sat about five inches away. I was lamenting the unfairness of this game.

A funny but frustrating shot on the same day was my drive on the 15th hole. It was wedged in branches of a cedar tree about eight feet up and Linda got a photo of that too. So, I went from elation to deflation. Such is golf.

Thanks for your interest.

Marian Gallaugher

Fifty years; yes 50 years – that I have been playing this glorious, frustrating, amazing game! Finally, on Friday, August 5, 2022, I got my first hole-in-one! It was on the 12^th hole, (my new favourite hole) at Cornwall Golf and Country Club, 190 yards with a 6 iron! We all saw the ball hit the green and roll – but weren’t sure if it went in. So, out came the range finders – two of the guys checked and said they didn’t see the ball on the green and said confidently, “it must be in the hole, no way it went over!” With me leading the walk onto the green and the lads about one step behind; we looked in the hole…and there it was in the bottom of the cup! Euphoria, a great big yell, chills down my spine, and a big smile on my face…what a feeling!

Wow and thanks. I was playing with my usual partners, Cindi and Gary; my wife was away. I used a #3 wood. The yardage on the score card says 166 yards, but it was less than that.

Thanks for the interest. 

The tournament was the Prince Albert Senior Northern, second day of a two event. Threesome; Glen Erickson from Medicine Hat and Barry M. from Saskatoon. His wife was caddying. 

The day before, on the same hole, it was the $10,000 hole-in- one hole. I played pretty well the same shot and lipped out. We thought it had gone in because it was behind the pin and hard to see. The spotter told us it lipped out. Of course, no money the next day when I did ace it.

About 138 yards, into a wind, used a TaylorMade 6 hybrid.  I got a hole-in-one in the same tournament in 2021 on a different hole. 

Take care. 

In regard to the details of my hole-in-one, I was playing with my friend I play with almost every round and one other person we were matched up with. The yardage was 175 with the wind at my back. I used an 8 iron and dunked it straight in the hole.

On August 1, 2022, I was playing on the final day of our Club Championships at my home course of Priddis Greens (Hawk course). Hole #9 was playing 195 yards downhill into a bit of a fan. Hit a good 6 iron into a back right pin and my playing partner, Boyd Hall, also hit a decent shot, but neither of us saw either ball land due to the glare of the sun off the surface of the green.

Boyd was driving a cart and I was walking, so he got down to the green well before I did. On my walk to the green, I could see Boyd’s about 20 feet left of the hole, but still couldn’t see mine. My ball mark was about six feet in front of the hole, and Boyd told me to look in the hole to find my ball. Whoot! Ace!

Fun fact, my last ace prior to this one was also during our Club Championships and was on the very same day, August 1st, 2021, exactly one year earlier.

Tom MacLeod

It was on hole #15 at Inglewood in Calgary. It was a beauty of a 5 iron at 177 yards. I was golfing with a couple members and a teacher who taught in Morley. I’m the one with the glove on and it was my second one at this course!