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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Eric Hatton, Lowville Golf Club, Hole #13
I was playing with Curtis Hatton (brother) and my friends Kevin Blanchetee and Chris Miles. Hole #13 at Lowville Golf Club. 129 yards, used a 54 degree wedge and a Taylormade TP5 Ball. It was a blind tee shot so when we didn’t see it on the green by friend Kevin decided to record a video checking the hole. Sure enough it was there in the hole and excitement ensued. This was my third hole-in-one.
John Vincent, Pinewa Golf Club, Hole #13
Playing with Steve Daviduik. 192 yards. Used a Callaway Rogue 4 Hybrid and a Taylormade TP5X Golf ball.
Tyler Reil, Twin Willows Golf Club, Hole #7
That day, hole #7 was 174 yards to the pin. I used my 7 iron and landed approximately five yards short, it rolled up and dropped in.
It’s an interesting story on what lead up to this day. My grandfather was a golf pro and owned a golf shop here in Edmonton. As a kid, I golfed quite a bit, but totally stopped at 14 years old. Four years ago I thought I should get back at it and have been getting in 50 – 70 rounds per year since then.
This March, my wife and I were in a serious head on collision at highway speed which put an end to all sporting activities, as we focused on physiotherapy and recovery. July 13th, we receive a call that one of our golf partners (Dale) had a heart attack and sadly passed away on the course. The following day I golfed the first round of the year in his spot, with the foursome that had been together for 20 years, a group that I had spared with for three years.
The next weekend, I played my second round of the year, and the following weekend was when I was lucky enough to get my first hole-in-one. That day I was golfing with my friends Marcel, Doug and Billy, but I’m sure there was a fifth riding along with us.
Becki Ross, Cedar Hill Golf Club, Hole #4
Marsha Mallow, Angela Lucia, Erin Duhaime Yuen and Becki Ross were playing the July – Cloud Series four game (stableford). On hole #4 at the Cedar Hill Golf Course in Victoria, B.C., Becki Ross had a hole-in-one. She hit her M2 Senior Men’s Taylormade 9-iron the distance of 121 yards, and with two bounces, her Titleist Pro V1 golf ball was in the cup! This was the first hole-in-one for Becki. She has been golfing for 54 years and thought she was never going to get a hole-in-one. As we all watched it go in, there was much cheering, screaming and excitement for all, especially for Becki.
– Written by Marsha Mallow, Becki’s playing mate
Ryan Kahro, Cutten Fields, Hole #17
I was playing in our weekly mens league. I usually only play nine on Thursdays, but this time, we decided to play 18. We had just finished playing through a group on hole #16 so I hurried to the tee with an 8 iron. I then realized it was too much club as it was playing 148 yards. So I hit a knock down. It was just a bit right of the flag but landed softly and rolled down the hill and disappeared. I had my first ace on hole #17 at Cutten in 1999, but the hole has been completely remodelled, so it was kind of extra special to get one on the newer hole. Thanks to my long time playing partner Greg Hosker who witnessed the shot. Unfortunately, Tyler Campagnolo had left after hole 14, but made sure to make it back to the patio to enjoy a cocktail!
Steve Siriska, Calerin Golf Club, Hole #11
It was my first one and yes, what a feeling. I was playing with James Aston, Dean Morgan and Andy McClure who are all Golf North members as well. Yardage was 145. Used my trusted 7 iron.
Jacey Kennedy, Greyhawk Golf Club, Hole #8
My hole-in-one was on Predator #8 at my home club of GreyHawk. The best part, it all went down during our Ladies League, with my golf besties Shari Cooper, Diane Roscoe and Christine Sabourin right there to witness it! The sound of excited screams and cheering carried across the course, echoing through the nearby fairways and greens. The distance was 135 yards and I used my 5 iron, the very same club that brought me my first hole-in-one at Islesmere Golf Club.
Dwight Christensen, Greyhawk Golf Club, Hole #15
I was golfing in the Greyhawk Hopwood League for senior golfers with the regular foursome of my wife, Nancy Christensen along with our friends Brian Veinot and Phyllis O’Brien. On hole #15 of Predator, which is nominally 197 yards as the pin was at the back of the green and according to my Garmin GPS was 204 yards from the tee. With some headwind, I decided to go with a choked-up driver rather than my usual three wood. I was able to hit the ball low against the wind such that it hit the front of the green with little bounce and then tracked straight to the pin. I did not see the ball drop and since I have never had a hole-in-one, I expected that the ball had just rolled through and over the back of the green. Upon reaching the green, I looked for a few minutes in the rough at the back of the green before I approached the hole and was quite shocked to see the ball nestled at the bottom of the hole with the pin.
Mike Appleyard, Mountain Woods Golf Club, Hole #15
It was hole #15 and the yardage was 115. We were playing in the Arrow Construction Products Dave Boyle Memorial Tournament to honour a friend. I used a pitching wedge and the ball landed 16 inches from the flagstick and rolled right in. I was playing with Adrian Thompson, Shawn Arsenault and Michael Mooney. The timing and the event couldn’t have been more special.
Jenna Brooks, Royal Woodbine Golf Club, Hole #8
It was good fun and very surreal. I was playing with a few friends from my Tuesday night Iron Lady Golf League, Ainsley, Agnes and another woman who’s name was Julie that joined us that night. It was roughly a 120 yard, downhill par 3 and I used a 7 iron. The pin was forward, it bounced off the fringe and rolled in!
Ron Rhode, Mount Brenton Golf Course, Hole #14
It was the first one for me on that hole, and given the length at 160 yards, I was happy to get it. I hit a 5-iron with a draw, starting it at the right bunker, and I think it landed short and rang into the hole (white pin in the center of the green).
This is the third one this year for me, and I’m hoping for more. I guess playing almost every day of the week does have some advantages.
Bruce Dussault, Mount Brenton Golf Course, Hole #16
Amazingly, I finally got my first hole-in-one on the 124 yard, hole #16. Gap wedge to the green and rolled in. Promptly lost the ball on the next hole!
Dylan Wotton, Hartlen Point Forces Golf Club, Hole #5
I was playing with my Mother, Denise Snow and 2 other fellow club members. Thursday, August 29th, I got a hole-in-one at Hartlen Point Forces Golf Course. It was hole #5, par 4, 291 yards and I used a 3 wood. I play the white tees. The hole has a blind hill you hit over that is straight out. My shot was struck well, high in the air and dead straight over the hill towards the green. I saw it land and bounce once on the other side of the hill, high and straight at the green knowing it was a safe shot. The group in front of us were on the green when I hit. After our foursome teed off, one of the gentleman that were on the green started driving back towards us. We all at that point thought my ball might have landed really close to them. The golfer driving towards us asked who hit over the hill? My group pointed to myself, the gentleman then got out of the golf cart and I was starting to apologize for the shot as I thought it may have hit one or was to close for comfort but he cut me off saying, “congratulations, your ball is in the hole!” We could not believe it. I heard from the three witnesses that they were getting ready to putt when a ball bounced and rolled up to the green and proceeded to drop in the hole. They thought to themselves who is putting before us. As we approached the green the other men congratulated myself and signed the score card as witnesses because i would never have seen it go in from the tee box.