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.

Playing partners were Dallas Sandmaier, Garth Turgeon and Alison Turgeon. Hole #7 from 139 yards and the club used was a pitching wedge.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

It was hole #18 from 148 yards and I used an 8 iron. I was playing with Kevin Olsen, Manny O’Quinn and Dave Ferguson. The shot landed three inches right of the hole, went by and spun back into the hole.

The day after my brother’s 60th birthday, I made my third career hole-in-one, the second one on the par 3 hole #7 at the Strathcona Golf Course in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It was playing 165 yards and I used an 8 iron. My witnesses were Craig Vieira, Jamie Philp and Dan Robinson. Then the highlight of the year occurred later in the year on the par 4, hole #6, once again at Strathcona Golf Course. A high, soaring driver bounded towards the flag stick and found the bottom of the cup some 305 yards away for another hole-in-one! Double eagle or albatross, take your pick because whatever you call it, it is still a one! My brother Dan had to be a witness again along with Rich Ciponi.

The wind was blustery and straight into my face. The pin was in the toughest part of the green, top right on a severe undulation. The match was with Scott Bachly. I was down one with three to play and he had just hit his shot to three feet (easy birdie). I focused on just making a smooth backswing and transition and I hit it pure. The ball disappeared and I thought that I hit it long over the back. Scott said that he thought that it went in. I did not believe him because in 70 years I had never had a hole-in-one. Scott went on to shoot 73 and I shot 71.

My husband Bruce and I have been vacationing in Maui, Hawaii for 15 years. We love the people, the climate and the golfing. On this occasion we were golfing at Maui Nui Golf Club in Kihei with friends from back home, Dave and Carmel Edison. Our home club in Canada is The Hills at Portal (formerly Peace Portal Golf Club) in Surrey, B.C.

As a group we had been having a difficult time choosing the best club for the par 3’s on this course due to the prevailing winds and bounce from the Bermuda grass. This particular 115-yard, par 3 had a middle pin. Everyone in our group were witnesses to my TaylorMade Tour Response ball respond to my 5 hybrid as it bounced on the green and rolled up to the pin. A big cheer erupted. I have been playing with a variety of soft balls, but my latest choice has been the TaylorMade Tour Response ball. Now my favourite.

It was a great day, I was playing with Mario Salvagna from Lindsay Golf Club, Jim Plypus from Coburg and Al Leblanc from Coburg. The hole was 151 yards and I hit an 8 iron and it flew right into the hole taking out the right side of the hole which we had to repair. It was a slam dunk!

I was playing with my wife, Judy Lucas, and a couple from St. Louis, our friends Gary and Nancy Douglass. We were on hole #16, a par 3 from the gold or friendly tees on Commander course at Lakewood National.

The yardage was 89 and I used a 52 degree wedge knock down shot. Landed on the green and with two bounces, rolled into the hole. This was my second hole-in-one. The first was almost ten years ago, also in Florida (Naples area).

It was foggy that day and the range finders didn’t work. I was playing with three other members and we all guessed at around 158 yards, it was a blue flag and straight away, I hit my smooth 6 iron and saw one bounce and knew it was close. When we got up to the green, I didn’t see the ball and knew something special might have happened. I walked towards the cup and saw the divot approximately 24 inches before the cup and knew it had to be in. I was playing with Pat Hatchwell, Larry Marsolais and Scott Hurdle.

My playing partners/friends were Keven Phinney from Morinville, A.B., Bob McKay from Clifford, O.N. and Donny McKay from Oliver, B.C. I also won money for participating in the “hole-in-one pot of gold.”

Yes, very exciting. It was with the Wednesday Men’s League playing with Brian Gore, George Wade and Daryl Truman on hole #14 on Club de Golf Loreto here in Baja Sur.

The hole #14 is one of the most beautiful holes on the course. It’s a par 3 and I was playing the white tees, downhill 110 yards to the middle with a red flag, front of the green. That shot is normally an 8 iron for me unless conditions suggest a shorter or longer club. This time I saw no reason to change so it was my 8 iron again. The ball landed just on the front edge of the green, bounced once and then rolled to the hole and dropped. I can still picture it, somebody yelled, “it’s going in” before it dropped. To top the day off, I finally broke 90 that round! One of those rare good walks unspoiled.

Most of the men playing that morning ended up in Señora Delicias which has a lunch special for the golfers so I bought everyone a cerveza or soda water. Fun day!

I want to also give a shoutout to my home club in Canada, Kaslo Golf Club in the Kootenay region of B.C.

For the gear enthusiasts: 

– Driver: Taylormade R580 10.5 degree
– 3 Wood: Nicklaus airMax 35-S 15 degree
– 5 Wood: Infinity Plus M500 21 degree
– Irons: Infinity Plus M500
– Lob wedge: Infinity BWS 60 degree
– Putter: Acushnet Bullseye original
– Playing a Maxfli Elite Tour feel 90

(Yes, I’m a senior golfer)

The yardage for my hole-in-one was about eighty yards onto an island green, I used an eight iron. I golfed with my wife, Jenny who parred the hole and two very good friends from our home course, Harry & Lucy English, which both birdied the hole, it was a very good hole. It was even more special when I made the hole-in-one on an island green.

It was at Rancho Mañana Golf Club in Arizona. I was playing with my brother, and we were having a great time on the course. On hole #14, the pin was a white flag at 148 yards, tucked on the left with a greenside bunker. I knew I didn’t have much room to work with.

I took my Callaway AI Smoke A-Wedge and swung. The shot felt great and honestly, I couldn’t see the ball land because the bunker lip was higher than the green. For a second, I thought I rolled off the green! While looking at my brother, questioning where it was, we started filming on the way to the green. Walking up to the green, we did not have a view of the ball, so I got closer and closer until I saw my Pro V1x right in the hole. Still can’t believe it happened, what an electric feeling it was.

I was golfing with two gentlemen that I only met that day, Kurt a member at the club and Monico from California. Hole #6 is an island green that was playing 112 yards and I used a pitching wedge. The ball landed nine inches to the left of the hole and one hopped in.

Hole #2 at Ivey Ranch. Playing alongside my husband Norm along with my neighbours Maury and Joan.

It was a beautiful Victoria late afternoon after a long Monday at the home office. A little cool at 10 degrees Celsius or so but rain had subsided from previous days and decided to get a quick nine holes with my wife, teeing off without any range or putts after a two week hiatus from golf. Made a good up and down for a par on hole #1 and headed to the par 3, 155 yard, hole #2 on the Gorge Vale course. It was a beautiful hole with a gentle breeze into us. As I hadn’t warmed up, I took an extra club, 7 iron, and hit my lefty draw but a little thin. I uttered some gentle encouragement for it to go and saw it cover the water but then lost sight of my yellow ProV1x that I prefer for Fall golf. I figured the ball was just past the flag which was why I couldn’t see it, (that and the fact my vision isn’t what it once was, even with glasses!) As I strolled down to my wife’s tee box, I looked and couldn’t see the ball behind the flag so I took out my phone and recorded my stroll to the hole where I confirmed the hole-in-one. Number one for me and a wonderful memory for sure! And it continued with a good nine from there, finishing just before darkness at one under for the nine holes, my personal best. Of course a hole-in-one helped with that!

It was a very exciting day to have a hole-in-one! I had one before at the P.E.I. amateur a few year’s back. My playing partner was Deric Stucker. The yardage was 83. The club I used was a Cobra pitching wedge.

It was exciting but also a bit surreal! I was playing with Rob Burkart. I can’t remember the exact yardage but I think it was likely about 90 yards or so, pin position in a bowl right after some bunkers. So it is a bit of a tricky shot because if you are short you are in the bunkers, if you are long, you are in the back bunkers. And interestingly, if you are above the hole you are fine but it will funnel down and almost always go well past the pin to the bottom of the bowl, very difficult to make that putt from above the hole. So I played a pitching wedge as I didn’t want to be too long into the back bunkers and purposely landed well past and a bit right of those bunkers/bowl, (actually executed what i intended.) It hit the perfect spot and then caught the top of the bowl and funnelled left all along the top ridge of the bowl until it eventually came down the bowl on the left side right above the flag and into the hole. I was just extremely happy that I caught the bowl and it was going to funnel down. I’d rather be below the flag trying to make that putt, but to have it go in was a total shock. Rob and I were on separate tee boxes, they were lateral, and I yelled over at him, “I think that went in the hole” and he thought it did too, couple behind us heard us. Didn’t see the shot but saw me pull it out of the hole when I was on the green. In fact the couple who witnessed it we chatted with a few holes later and they thought maybe I had a few hole-in-one’s before because we were so calm. Not the case, it was my first!

The pin was back left at 136 yards. I hit 8-iron from white tee’s, hit behind the hole, caught the slope and rolled back into hole. Was playing with two members from my regular old-guy’s group. The club made a nice plaque for me.

I was playing in a tournament at Victoria Golf Club match play with Emma Kral. It was 161 yards and I used my 6 iron. I ended up winning the match and my team won the tournament.

I was playing at Pine Needles with my daughter and her boyfriend. It was on hole #15, a 100-yard par 3. I was using my 7 iron. It was nearly 10 degrees the day after Thanksgiving! My final score for the round was 103, not my best, haha!

I was playing at Glendenning Golf Course on the last day of season. Played with my two brothers, Stephen and Paul Walsh, plus our good friend, Wayne Fowler. On hole #11 playing at 148 yards I hit an approach wedge which spun side ways in the hole. It was my second this summer. I had one on the same course, hole #6 in June.

My hole-in-one was a 7 iron from 178 yards. I was playing with my wife Dana and two great friends from the United Kingdom. My second hole-in-one this year!

My wife, Terry was there with me. It was hole #7 on the Waikoloa Kings Course, 144 yards and I used a nine iron. I thought it might have gone in, but after I parked the cart at the back of the green, I took my putter and sand wedge to the green, just in case! After 45+ years, one of them white dimpled balls finally found that four inch hole! Great experience!

Hole-in-one at Black Mountain Golf Course in Kelowna, overcast weather with minimal breeze. Golfing with Joanne Drotar (wife), Dave Graham and Lori Graham. Hole #11, par 3, elevated tee box, white tee’s and yardage was 124. Used a 9 iron and hit a nice draw. My last hole-in-one was at Black Mountain Golf Course as well, on August 9, 2022.

It was on hole #2 on the West course at Lake St.George Golf Club on closing day. I had the pleasure of playing the final round of the year with my two brothers, Connor Silver and Lukas Silver along with Lukas’s girlfriend, Jessica Macinnis. I hit a knock down gap wedge from 114 yards that landed about three feet behind the pin before spinning back into the cup. 

I was playing with a couple of my good golf buddies Blake Alexander, Grant Lane and Luke Redden. It was on hole #2 from the back tees playing 160 yards. I used a 7 iron.

Had my first hole-in-one on hole #12 at my home course, Greenhills Golf and Country Club in London, Ontario. Pin was tucked behind the front-left bunker at 158 yards, playing about 165 to 170 yards into the wind. Smooth 7 iron with a high, tight draw. View of the hole was obstructed by the lip of the bunker so we didn’t see it drop, but once we walked up onto the green we noticed the pitch mark about 18 inches in front of the hole, leaned in for a closer look and there it was. What a rush!

I played my first-ever round at Cabot Cliffs and was lucky enough to score my first hole-in-one on the hole #6! The pin was located at the front, around 134 yards, so we had a clear view as it rolled right in from the slope on the right side. I made a last-second switch from a pitching wedge to a 9 iron to account for the wind. My playing partners were James Bryce, Sean Sturge and Liam Sturge.

On December 3rd, I scored a hole-in-one on hole #4 at Olympic View Golf Club. The length was 164 yards, using a 6 hybrid. Incredibly I also scored an ace two months ago on October 2nd on hole #16 at Olympic View. It was about 120 yards with a pitching wedge. These were my first aces ever!

I was playing with friends, Mike Machan, Terry Mills, Mark Laskin and Gord Pike. The hole was playing 155 yards and I used an 8 iron.

I was golfing with my wife Mary. The yardage was 185 and I used my 5 iron.

I made a hole-in-one at my home course, Greenhills Golf and Country Club in London, Ontario with Ryan Ford and John Schlieman. It happened on hole #12, front pin, tucked behind the front-left greenside bunker. Yardage was 158, playing about 170 into the wind (blustery day). I was having a great day in terms of iron play, but I knew I’d have to swing out of my shoes with my 8 iron to clear the bunker, so opted to set up about ten or so feet behind the blocks to take a bit off my 7 iron and avoid flying the green. Smooth swing with a high, tight draw. We knew it was a good shot, but couldn’t see the hole. As we walked up the hill onto the green we couldn’t see any balls on the green. One ended up in the front bunker and one on the back fringe. John pointed out a pitch mark about 18 inches in front of the hole, so I leaned in to take a quick peek, and there it was. My first ace. Not sure if it one-hopped or bounced and zipped back, but man, what an absolute rush.

I was playing at Donalda Club with Chase McCarthy, Kevin Melhuish and Paul Sadownick, all of whom are better golfers than me. Hole #12 had a middle of the green pin that day and it was 192 yards from the blue tees. I hit a 5 wood that landed in front of the green and rolled up the apron, onto the green and kept going into the hole. It was a totally unexpected outcome but a lot of fun to watch, since it rolled for about four or five seconds. If I can do it, anyone can.

I was golfing with my husband, son and grandson. I used a 7 iron. My ball landed on the green, rolled along and the disappeared. I looked at my husband and said, “I think I just got a hole-in-one,” and he thought no that it just rolled off the other side of the hump. We the got to the green where our grandson ran to find the ball, he got to the hole and yelled, “it’s in there, she got a hole-in-one.” I was so excited! I couldn’t believe it!

My first hole-in-one, ever. It was on hole #12 over a gully using a soft 8 iron. Hole was at the back of the green, 138 yards. I didn’t see the ball go in but two of my playing partners saw it go in. Played with Ryan Lawrence from Tower’s pro shop, a guy from Sunset Ranch’s pro shop and another Tower member. Lucky it only cost me $80 in refreshments as it was end the end of season.

The hole was #3 on the West course (my 12th hole as we’d already played the East nine and were looping over), playing about 130 yards. I hit a smooth 9 iron that landed a few yards short and right of the hole, then spun left and rolled towards the pin and disappeared. My playing partners and I weren’t sure if it was in or had just rolled over the crest until we made it up to the green and checked in the hole. Sure enough, there it was! High fives all around! Not surprisingly, I also got closest to the pin on that hole for the course’s fall bonus par 3 event. I’ve added the ball to my golf memento box alongside my other hole-in-one from nearly 30 years ago and other reminders of special times playing this mostly humbling, sometimes rewarding and always fun game.

I was golfing with my husband, John and two young men by the name of Ty and Ben, who we were paired with by the pro shop. It just happens that John and Ty worked together at the Copperpoint Golf Course in Invermere.

The yardage on hole #17 is listed on the score card as 101 from the gold tees. I used my nine iron, teed it down a bit, swung and hoped for the best. At that time of day, late afternoon, the sun was directly in my eyes so I couldn’t track the ball too well. I just knew I had hit the green but couldn’t tell where the ball ended up. My playing partners had gone over the ravine to their tee boxes and none of us could see the hole, just the pin. When we got to the green, we located everyone’s ball but mine, until I looked in the hole. There was a bright pink ball looking up at me!

The funny thing is, as we were going up one of the earlier fairways, we were talking about hole-in-one’s and how none of us had had one and some of us had never seen one. Well, I still haven’t seen one but I have had one now!

While golfing with my two guests, Gord Tanner and Dave Fleming, I put a good swing on my 56° wedge on the par 3, hole #12 and scored a hole-in-one. To my delight and the astonished look on my guests faces, I watched my ball soar very high in the air towards the pin. The ball landed softly, bouncing about four feet up and landing with a small six inch hop and a very short roll and in. I tossed the club when I raised my arms I delight. All my friends could do was hold their hands up while I slapped them. This was a long time coming and by my very rough calculation, it took something like 34,200 holes of golf played to get a hole-in-one. I expect the next one will be a lot sooner.

This was my first hole-in-one and the first of anyone in my group that day. In fact, none of us had ever witnessed a hole-in-one before. I was with my good friends, Justin Turnbull, Mike Meadows and Matt Webb and we were playing Indian Hills Golf Course in Lambton Shores. We were on hole #11, playing the blue tees, about 135 yards from the pin. I hit a 9 iron, and said while the ball was still in the air, that it was, “A little left and a little long.” Justin said as the ball hit the ground, “No, I think it’s really good.” The ball hit the fringe on left side of the green and spun to the right and roll back down the green and into the hole. It was very exciting! Something I will never forget!

I was playing with one of my best golf buddies, Jim Cooper and also two great friends, Brett Dilabbio and Fred Kolodij. The great shot took place at Jim and I’s home course St. Catharines Golf and Country Club on hole #17 into a brisk wind. I hit a solid 6 iron from 10 to 12 feet left front of the green into a front left pin placement as we all watched the ball roll in and disappear.

Ewan was pretty excited by his first ace. He has been hunting for one since he watched my first one in 2020.

• Time: approximately  4:00 pm.
• Distance: 109 yards
• Club: Taylormade sand wedge
• Ball: Taylormade TP5x
• Witness: Luke Bernekevitch (his father) and Lindsay Bernekevitch (Head Professional at Victoria Golf Club)
• Famous Llast words: “This is going to be a difficult shot”

Written by Ewan’s father, Matthew Baldwin

Second hole at Picton Golf & Country Club. Used a pitching wedge from 110 yards. Easy hole! I was golfing with Howard Ziedenberg, Don Rodney and John Hughes.

Hole #10 played 123 yards. I hit a pitching wedge. I played with Bryan Thompson, Craig Vaughn and Jeff Boyd.

I’ve been a member at Georgetown for 15 years now and play approximately 100 rounds a year and that was my first hole-in-one. I used a eight iron from 142 yards out. I was playing with one of the new members and unfortunately I don’t recall his name. There was also two of his guests there with him.

This year is my second year playing golf and this was my first hole-in-one. When I struck the ball, it felt like I hit it well and the ball was going right for the pin. The hole was 175 yards and I used a 3 iron. The two people who were golfing with me were Jim Parsons and Steve Eardley. Both got really excited and told me that the ball was in the hole. I did not believe them at first, as I thought it had hit the stick and continued off the back of the green. As we walked up to the hole I did not see my ball anywhere in view, I looked in the hole and there it was. I was thrilled that I got a hole-in-one and happy that my two good friends witnessed it.

I got my first hole-in-one on hole #4 on the Quail course at the Okanagan Golf Club in Kelowna, B.C. It was 156 yards to the pin and I used a 7 iron!

Played with Jeff Otten and Kerry Hahn. The hole was 140 yards and I used a Ping i525 9 iron.

Very exciting stuff! I was playing with Franco Pace and Alex Dumais. Yardage was 92 and the club was a three-quarter 9 iron.

I am a member of Fox Creek Golf in Dieppe, N.B. and I made a hole-in-one on a Friday at hole #2.

The hole-in-one was certainly an epic day for me. I’m a hack golfer at best, I’ve only been recording scores for a few years in an effort to develop a handicap. The ace was a complete surprise for me, and a memorable day for sure. I was playing with Margot and Heather Ritchie, members of the Toronto Hunt that I had not met previously, so it was very exciting to have them with me to witness it. It was the Toronto Hunt’s hole #3, a par 3, the range finder showed 132 yards (slightly uphill), middle pin placement, so I used a 3 wood. I saw that it was going left of the pin, but bounced to the right and rolled ever so nicely into the hole. I was completely shocked to see it actually go in!