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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Zach Taguchi, University Golf Club, Hole #7
It was a beautiful day at the University Golf Club in Vancouver, B.C. I was playing with my good friend, Elliott Graham, who I met at the club years ago when he was just starting to play golf. We were playing as a threesome and were paired with a single, who turned out to be a great addition to our group.
As we approached hole #7, Elliott and the single teed off first towards the uphill green, where the pin was out of sight. From the tee box, we could see about four feet of the flag, which was 145 yards away, with a slight crosswind from the right. I decided to use a 9 iron. As soon as I hit the shot, it was heading straight for the pin. Elliott thought it might have gone in based on the sound of the ball landing on the green and the timing of it hitting the pin shortly after.
We walked up to the green, and as soon as I saw Elliott take out his phone, I had a feeling it might have gone in, even though I didn’t hear what he heard. I ran toward the hole, and after seeing the pitch mark in front of it, I checked the hole and there it was, my Callaway Chrome Tour X, marked with a purple dot. I was overjoyed and quite emotional, as it was my very first hole-in-one.
Sergio Picco, Northlands Golf Course, Hole #14
I was playing with three gentlemen that are regulars at the course, as myself. My playing partners for the round were Stew, Norm and Sass. It was 10:58 am on hole #14 at Northlands Golf Course. It was playing 136 yards with the flag in the middle position of the two tiered green. My club of choice was a smooth 8 iron, which landed on the top tier and rolled down to the lower level and then in the hole. We all watched it go in the hole as I was playing a yellow Srixon ball.
Bryan Sandmaier, PGA West – The Citrus Club, Hole #7
Playing partners were Dallas Sandmaier, Garth Turgeon and Alison Turgeon. Hole #7 from 139 yards and the club used was a pitching wedge.
Philip Wade, Quarry Pines, Hole #6
I got a hole-in-one at Quarry Pines in Tucson. A group of us were visiting Tucson for a few weeks. It was on hole #6 and the pin was left centre. About 176 yards. The green had a high side on the right side. I hit a solid 7 iron but was right of the pin and hit the slope and the ball bounced towards the pin, but we could not see the hole. When we got up to the green we were expecting the ball to be on the green, but it was not there. We looked in the rough and couldn’t find it. Then looked in the cup, and there it was. Great time. My fourth hole-in-one.
Jeanne Glavec, Canoa Ranch Golf Club, Hole #8
Canoa Ranch Golf Course in Green Valley, Arizona on March 6, 2025. Par 3, hole #8 from the Blanco tees and the distance was 95 yards. Blanco tees are the senior men’s white tees. I used a 9 wood and the wind speed was between 15 – 20 kms per hour. My husband Andy Glavac witnessed along with two very good golfing friends from Montana, Cathy and Bob Repnak. Very exciting as this is my fifth hole-in-one.
Fred Mensink, Pestana Golf Resorts (Silves Golf), Hole #13
I was in Portugal and signed up to play the Silves Course in the Algarve. I was playing with two players from Norfolk, Great Britain; Matt and Sarah. It was an overcast day that started to drizzle. The hole was 150 yards and I used an 8 iron. The line looked good but the green was slightly elevated and there is a ridge from the bunker on the right side which I went over. I didn’t see it land or run out. Matt hit a good ball too, but it had a lower trajectory. When we went up to the green we only saw one ball. It was 20 feet past the hole. We both walked up to the ball and it was Matt’s. I knew I hit a higher ball so I walked back to the hole and there it was. Lucky #13! Never did see it go in!
Rob and Carolyn Grinton, Riverstrand Golf Club, Hole #2 and #5
Something quite unique and unusual happened at our Florida golf course. On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, my wife had her fourth hole-in-one at Riverstrand Golf Club Estuary Course hole #2 from 101 yards using an 8 iron. At our club, we have a hole-in-one pot that you can sign up for costing $5 each time a member gets a hole-in-one. We discussed several times that we need to sign up but neglected to do so. The next day, March 12th, I signed us up for the hole-in-one pot before I went out for my usual Wednesday afternoon round with three friends. On our Estuary hole #5 I also got a hole in one, from 195 yards using a 7 wood! I cashed in on the pot for quite a sum. I searched to see what the odds were that a couple made hole-in-one’s on consecutive days on a different hole and they are 1 in 17 million!
Ernie Parent, Mount Brenton Golf Course, Hole #7
I scored my first ever hole-in-one, March 16th at Mount Brenton Golf Course on hole #7. I hit my 6 iron 130 yards to a blue flag straight into the wind on a sunny, blustery morning. My first thought was that my shot had gone a little long and disappeared into the grass behind the green but my playing partners Charles Gallagher, Ted Valleau and Dan Whitelaw assured me that they thought the ball had gone in the hole.
Upon a closer inspection my Wilson Fifty Elite ball had landed six feet in front of the hole and rolled straight in. After high fives all around and a ball mark repair I left the green with a check mark in a box that all golfers hoped to get a chance to do.
Dave Sanders, Copetown Woods Golf Club, Hole #7
Long time golf buds from left to right , Jon, myself with the ball, Nick and brother Herb are pictured in the group photo.
The hole was playing about 160 yards, uphill, with the pin hidden behind a knoll so we didn’t actually see it drop. I used a 6 iron. Jon got to the green first and started hootin’ up a storm once he found it in the hole. This is my sixth hole-in-one, my first was back in 1992.
Nichoulas Hunter, Starfire at Scottsdale Country Club, Hole #14
My mom and I went down to Scottsdale for a trip over spring break and in my first round since October I got my hole-in-one. I was playing with my mom and two guys from Oregon who were there on a trip as well. It was hole #14. I remember shooting 154 yards on the tee box with my range finder. I hit my pitching wedge.
Christopher Love, Northview Golf & Country Club, Hole #11
I was playing with my buddy Brennen Ekelund. I had the hole playing at 140 yards, back pin. I used a 9 iron, dead straight, took two bounces and the ball disappeared into the cup. I just recently purchased a tripod to film a couple of holes per round as I have been pretty blessed to play some amazing courses over the years. Luckily this was one of the two holes I filmed that day so I have a video of it. Hole-in-one while on video and it was my 39th birthday to top it off. Needless to say I bought a lottery ticket that night.
Al Luomala, Yuma Golf & Country Club, Hole #8
I was golfing with Rod Brady, John McArthur and Jim Story on Wednesday, March 19th. Since Yuma is at sea level, I took one extra club on the par 3. The yardage was around 133 with a left to right cross wind. I hit a smooth 8 iron that was moved left to right and ended up in the hole. Couldn’t see it actually go in the hole but as I approached the green I thought at first I may have hit it long as a playing partners ball was on the green. I approached the hole, looking past the green first to see if it was long, then looked in the hole to find the ball was indeed there. This is my second hole-in-one with the last one being a number of years ago during the Club Championship at Kenogamisis Golf Club.
Darlene Caron, Peoria Pines, Hole #6
My foursome of Laurie Wohlfiel, Kathy Lange, Jeanne Schmidt and myself. The yardage was 82 to front of green. I used a 9 iron. There was a right to left breeze, with the pin in left centre front of an uphill green. I hit my 9 iron on right side of pin, with the ball landing on right side and rolling directly to the pin and disappeared.
Kyle Duggan, Indianwood Golf & Country Club, Hole #11
I was playing in a twosome with my great buddy and fellow caddy for the last three years at Cabot Cape Breton, Curtis Kuzmyk. It was a 183 yard par 3 over water, slight wind down and off the left, middle pin. Hit a high cut with an 8 iron with a touch of spin, landed a few feet past the hole and spun back in. We saw it disappear and before charging the green.