Golf Canada Hole-In-One Report – Week of July 22, 2024

We were enjoying a wonderful golf vacation at Royal Westmorland, Barbados where we golfed many times onsite plus a round at Sandy Lane and Apes Hill. Simply wonderful golf courses to experience. May 20th on hole #3, I was fortunate to have a hole-in-one. It was a spectacular highlight to add to my trip and something I’ve not achieved in the 40+ years of golfing. I can’t wait until I have another great shot that happens when I’m golfing with my friends. It was 156 yards from the white tees. I used a 6 iron and was golfing with Chris Wynter, Mike Chase and Tef Kalaparambath.

It was a very exciting day for us! I was at a Clublink course called The Lake Joseph Club in Muskoka where we are members. It was a cloudy and very buggy day so I think that with swatting away the black flies I didn’t overthink my swing and the moons aligned for a hole-in-one. It was hole #4, 115 yard par 3 and I used my recovery club. At first we watched the ball land and roll, but the clink of it hitting the pin was our first sign that it went in! I was with my husband, Peter McAdam, who also got his first hole in one in Florida earlier this year. We were also playing with our good friends Neil and Lisa Skelding. They both belong to the hole-in-one club as well. I was the last to join!

I was playing with my two brothers Peter and Stephen Beneteau. It was 133 yard pitching wedge and it one hopped in.

To elaborate further on my first hole-in-one ever, I must mention how the decision was made to go out and play on Saturday. Originally, my foursome had an early morning tee time, 7:27 am, to ensure we could complete the round before the Euro 2024 match between Italy and Switzerland. Yes, we are Italian and huge soccer fans. Well, the rain was too much and our early morning round was cancelled. This left us to watch the noon round of 16 match at a local sports bar. Due to the very poor play from Italy, we asked for our bill and left in disgust. A text was sent out to the foursome asking if we should go out to play golf. Observing the local weather radar on my mobile phone, close to 3:00 pm gave us the best opportunity to get a round in with very little to no rain.

Before going further the names of our foursome are Aladino Grieco, Carm Romano, Hector Campagna and myself. We have known one another for several years and play together at least two to three times a week including mens night.

Now at the Hylands, where it looks like a ghost town due to the weather, we checked in, got on our power carts and began to play. We chose to play the white/green tees on the North Course which runs about 6000 yards. Played a decent front nine, making the turn, I bogey hole #10 and hole #11. We reach hole #12, Aladino scopes it for yardage, stating it is 140 yards from the green tee box to the white flag between the bunkers on the green. Grabbed my 6 hybrid and head to tee box, leaving the tee higher than usual, on the left side of the green there are two bunkers with a small gap in between, I setup take a couple of practice swings and then hit my shot. The ball is travelling from left to right in between the bunkers and hits the green, bounces forward and then I lost sight of the ball. I look at the boys and say I think it went in the hole. Everyone being excited we get in our carts and head to the green. This is where Aladino begins filming the drive to the green. Once there I am walking in front of the group to the pin, slow down look in and wow! We all jumped up for joy! Carm actually bear hugged me and picked me up over his head. I needed to mention it because if Italy played better I would have not gone to play. Actually I did leave out while on the tenth tee box the boys and I were talking about an amateur playing in the senior U.S. Open having two aces back-to-back which has never been done, I think. 

Friday, June 21st, hole #11, 122 yards and club was a 6 iron. Playing with my husband Jay and another member Wilder. I also had a hole-in-one on Sunday, May 12th at Kings Links by the Sea in Delta. Hole #15, 80 yards, pitching wedge. Playing with my husband Jay, his brother Darin and my nephew Damon. I have played golf for 50 years and have not had a hole-in-one, then I have one on May 12th and another on June 21st. Hopefully things really do come in three’s.

We were on the trip to Cranbrook from Calgary that was arranged by a friends pro from Mayfair Golf Club in Vancouver. It was around 3:15 pm, the hole is on the side of a mountain so you really have to hit to the far right side to keep it on the green. The pin was behind a bunker that we scoped at 150 yards, a bit down hill, a little wind in our face. I hit a 7 iron as I didn’t want to be short and end up in the bunker. I was playing with a group of friends that I golf with in Calgary. The staff at Bootleg was awesome, gave me the flag and I had the guys all sign it with me. First one ever.

I was playing with my wife, Carrie Song, who is a beginner. I was there to help her get familiar with the course in preparation for inviting her friends to play next week.

At the second hole, approximately 100 yards, I used my Taylormade Stealth iron A wedge (50 degrees) to hit the ball. It landed on the fringe to the left of the green, on higher ground and then rolled all the way across to drop into the hole on the far right of the green.

Third hole-in-one on hole #12 since joining the club in 2011.

I’m so excited about my first hole-on-one! I’ve been playing for almost 15 years and I’m 71 years young! I used a Taylor Made Sim 6 iron and a Taylormade ball as well. 

It was on the 13th hole at Watson’s Glen in Ajax, Ontario. It is a short par 3, with the pin at the front. My GPS showed 94 yards to the front. I decided with the wind that I would use my 6 iron. Generally too much club for the distance but I thought with the strong wind why not try it. 

It was tracking beautifully but there were reeds in front and I couldn’t see the end of the shot. My two friends and LPGA Amateur members (Durham Region Chapter) Jennifer and Trish could see it. I asked if I was okay. Jennifer was trying to find her words and kept saying, “I, um, I, um..” So I said, “oh no, did it go off the green?” Jennifer finally said, “I think it went in the hole!” 

We got in our carts and zoomed up to the green. I could see a ball to the left and said, “oh that’s probably mine.” She said, “no, for sure that’s mine.” Jennifer ran up to the cup and said “oh my, it’s really there!” I was right behind her and looked in the cup with absolute amazement! 

What followed was pure joy, lots of screaming and dancing! What a fabulous feeling! One I will not soon forget! 

It was Marshes hole #8, I was with my dad, Steve Bourada and two friends, Scott and Lewis Miller. 133 yards, hit a knock down pitching wedge, spun back four feet into the cup. This was my second hole-in-one in the past three years which was amazing. I’d just gone through major abdominal surgery and the hole-in-one came on exactly eight weeks post-op and my second round of the year. 

After years of hoping for one and had recently given up hope, I finally got my first hole-in-one on June 20, 2024! I was playing with my usual weekday reprobates Jim Keast, Michael Harding and Al Girotti. I played a 6 iron on hole #14 playing 167 yards to a back pin. The ball rolled up towards the flag and appeared to have rolled directly past the hole and disappeared off the back of the green. Apparently not! It was a great experience!

This was on hole #16. I hit a 8 iron and it was 142 yards away.

I was playing with Abby Laird, Marilyn Scott and Joan White. We were on a girls golf get away for a couple days. I played a soft 9 iron on hole #6 as the hole was 99 yards from the tees we were playing. 

I was with my husband, Roly and another couple from Riverside playing a couples match. It was hole #17, 108 yards and I used an 8 hybrid. The best part was we had been down in the match since the first hole, my hole-in-one made it the first hole we were up one. Managed to sink a putt on hole #18 to halve the hole and win the match. Fun day!

I was playing with Wanda Murphy, Carolyn James and Marilyn Pound. Hole #2 that day was 88 yards and I got the hole-in-one with my 7 iron.

It was on hole #15 at Oakfield Golf and Country Club. My playing partners were Gordon and Joanne Weldin. The hole is 113 yards from the red tees and I used a 9 iron. Above is a picture Joanne took of me holding the lucky ball. It was my fourth hole-in-one. I’ve had three at Oakfield hole #5, #13 and #15. I also had one at the Clare Golf and Country Club hole #10.

It was a fantastic experience.

We played the blue tees at Sundre so #17 was 105 yards. I used a 54-degree wedge. My friends Lee Raine and Tracy Beamer were playing with me.

It was certainly exciting to get my first hole-in-one at the age of 76. My playing partners were Picton Golf Club members, Bob Fujiki, Jean Theoret and Brian Lackey. The hole was #14 a par 3, playing 163 yards into the wind. I used a Taylor Made R-7 rescue #4 and crushed the ball high into the wind. It appeared to be headed for the flag but I thought that I had hit it long so I approached with a wedge and putter. There was no ball just off the back of the green so I sheepishly walked back to the hole and looked in. Voila! There was my ball. 

A very exciting day it was on Friday June 28, 2024. I used a 7 iron from 160 yards out, choked down 7 iron to be precise. My foursome included Kathryn Hunter, Brian and Gerry Matheson.

I was playing with my son David, his girlfriend Anna and my wife Lesley were along for the walk. It was hole #2 a 132 yard par 3. I used an 8 iron, one hop and it rolled in. I couldn’t really see it, but my wife and son said for sure it rolled in. I was in disbelief, until I walked up and sure enough, in the cup!

This event was so much pure luck. It was our club Ladies Day. I was playing with Karen Niven, Terri McDonald and Barb Ross. We were on hole #10, It was a white flag and I can’t remember the yardage. I used a 7 wood as it is all carry and I wanted to make sure I got on the green. The light was such that we saw the ball land, but then lost it. I thought it had gone off the back of the green so took my lob wedge with my putter to go look for my ball. Terri said it didn’t have enough energy to go off the back of the green and that I should look in the hole. “Right,” I said, “wouldn’t you laugh!” Then I looked in the hole on my way by and there was my ball! Boy, did we all laugh! It was very exciting as I am not a very good golfer (verified by my handicap), proving the golf gods do have a sense of humor!

I was golfing with my husband, sister and her husband at Copper Point Ridge on June 24, 2024. Hole #15 with 123 yards up hill. I do not play this course often but enough I knew the hole plays long so I used my #5 hybrid. I made a good drive which landed and kept rolling right into the hole. The best part of the hole-in-one was having my family there to witness it.

It was hole #8 at the Royal Mayfair Golf club. My friend Kobee and I were playing on the first day of summer. I hit an 8 iron from 174 yards over a bunker and it fell into the hole. The whole time I had no idea whether or not the ball was in the hole as the bunker blocked our sight of view. But as we ran up to the hole we only saw one ball on the green with mine being right in the cup.

Funny enough, nine days later on Friday July 5th, it was hole #4 at Leduc Golf Club on a hole that played 171 yards. I was playing with my brother and two other friends when I hit my 7 iron right on target and we saw the ball disappear right in line of the pin. At first we thought it was the shade covering our view but as we got closer and closer we realized it went in! So for the second time in two weeks I aced it!

I was with two friends, Anne and Beth. The normal chatting was occurring, we play ready golf and we don’t always stay in a “correct” order, but we are definitely encouraging to each other. It is a par 3. I hit the ball with the same club I always do, a 7 iron, and none of us saw it land. It usually lands on the green if it is a reasonable shot. The other two hit and we walked up. I didn’t see my ball on the green, not in the trap to the right but I found it just beyond the green, guess it was a long hit that day. I chipped my ball on, walked up and was marking it. Just as I was marking it, I noticed it wasn’t my ball and at the same time my playing partner Beth was removing the pin and said there was a ball in the hole! The three of us laughed and enjoyed some drinks after, all in all a great day!