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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Steve Butler, Brampton Golf Club Limited, Hole #13
Used a 7 iron and the hole was 162 yards from the tips! Went one up in our friendly two vs. two match.
Derren Lench, Gorge Vale Golf Club, Hole #14
I was golfing with three other members who were Jay Kang, his wife ,Yong Kang and Gerry Webster. It was hole #14 and I was playing the whites with the flag on the front of the green. It was 130 yards to the flag and typically the hole plays a bit longer as it’s uphill and into the wind slightly. I played a 8 iron and I hit it perfectly. It was going right at the flag, it hit once and dropped in. I was quite shocked as I’ve never had a hole-in-one and the 14th hole typically causes me some grief. I was also dealing with jet lag as just returned on the Monday of that week from two and a half weeks in Greece so I was tired. My handicap is 13 although I played well this day and with the hole-in-one and shot 79.
Another member made a hole-in-one the same day on the second hole. So there definitely was some free drinks flowing in the clubhouse.
I have been golfing off and on for 50 years and started as a teenager in Sidney. I would ride my bike pulling my clubs and cart from Sidney to the Ardmore Golf Course. I’ve been a member at Gorge Vale for almost two years.
Joan Murray, RattleSnake Point Golf Club, Hole #2
Hole #2 on the Sidewinder course. 111 yards across a gully with a #6 rescue club.
Logan Cameron, Green Gables Golf Club, Hole #16
I went out Sunday morning with my grandfather Dave and my friend Brandon. For some reason we decided to play the tips. It was beautiful day. The par 3, hole #16 over the water was playing 215 yards. I used my hybrid and watched my ball roll back off a ridge right into the hole for my first hole-in-one.
Jennifer Cheung, Uplands Golf Club, Hole #17
It was an amazing feeling, I thought never in this lifetime that I would ever have an hole-in-one.
It was a Sunday, shotgun start playing with my Sunday group of ladies, Judy Cryderman, Maureen Yip and Nancy Greer. Hole #17 was about 110 yards and I used my 11 wood. My only thought was, please do not go into the bunker.
Unfortunately, I did not see the ball drop, I only knew that it was not in the bunker, perhaps at the back of the green, at best. After looking for awhile, Judy said, “look in the hole,” she saw it go in, but didn’t tell me. As it was my first one, she wanted me to experience it and wanted to watch my reaction. I think the whole course heard me.
Grateful for being able to share drinks with friends and members at the club.
You play a terrible game and then something like this happens, then it’s not so bad. I’m happy playing bogey golf, throw in a few pars and I’m good. Anything else is a bonus.
Jason Mitchell, Whitevale Golf Club, Hole #9
Pin was at the back, playing 195 yards downwind. I used a 5-iron and played with my wife, Lucy Wetherall.
My wife and I had just returned from a trip to Iceland on Friday afternoon. We were both still feeling a little jet lagged on Sunday and thought it would be a good idea to play golf to get some exercise and fresh air to power through it.
The pin on the ninth hole was located at the very back of the green playing 195 yards downwind from the blue tees. I hit a 5-iron and landed it about five feet in front of the pin. My wife and I thought we saw it roll into the hole, but because the pin was located so close to the back of the green, we thought it could have rolled past the pin and disappeared into the rough as well. I couldn’t celebrate it until I was sure. So, I quickly walked up the green to have a look and sure enough it was in the hole! Let the celebrations begin!
This was my first hole-in-one. As a result, I’m temporarily the proud owner of the Whitevale “hole-in-one” parking spot!
Curtis Joly, Cottonwood Golf & Country Club, Hole #6
It was quite exciting and unlike my previous hole-in-one a few years back when I really didn’t see it go in (I knew I was close but it was dusk).
This time however, it was a beautiful day on hole #6. Wind was left to right. Pin was 185 yards and we were on the upper box from the our tees. I hit a 7 iron with a slight draw (lefty) and with my group just behind me, we knew it was a good shot but when it started tracking after it landed towards the pin, it was going to either roll off the green or go in. When it went in, our group freaked out and started cheering and high-fiving. It was chaos and excitement. A really surreal moment and feeling being able to share it with my group who consisted of Cody Therrien, Tyson Eckel and Jamie King.
Lorraine Lang, Grand Pines Golf Course, Hole #7
I got lucky, that’s for sure. I was playing with husband Garry Lang and good friends Lori and Gary Kazun. I used a 5 wood and we figured it was about 150 yards. Fun moment that’s for sure.
Henry Cranshaw, Picton Golf & Country Club, Hole #2
114 yards from the red tees and I used a 5 iron. My fourth hole-in-one. Playing partners were Mike Doria, Eugene Dayton and Myrna Kidnew.
Vivian Benedetti, Balfour Golf Course, Hole #7
It was on hole #7 at Balfour Golf Course, with Roma Crispin and Cathy Leugner when I got my hole-in-one. It was 95 yards and I used my pitching wedge. My ball bounced once in front of the green then rolled the slightly uphill distance of approximately four yards and dropped straight into the hole.
Evan Smith, Mountain Woods Golf Club, Hole #9
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.
The ninth hole 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.