My first ever hole-in-one at Storey Creek Golf Course. Hole #13 from about 108 yards out and I used an 8 iron. I was playing with Shelly Boates and Laurel Scott. As the ball hit the fringe of the green and started to roll toward the pin we started yelling for it to go in, and it did, prompting a fair amount of celebration on the tee box!

It was truly an astonishing day. Played 36 holes that day. My first 18 holes was at Don Valley, finished around 1:20 pm and decided to check the tee sheet at Scarlett Woods (haven’t played any city courses up to this point, other than Dentonia). I got the 2:40 pm tee time and headed on down to Scarlett Woods. Joined as a single, played with three others. Walking up to the fifth, the wind was pretty calm. 97 yards to the pin from the back tees, hit a perfect 58 degree wedge, one hopped, side spin and the ball disappeared. A lot of disbelief but it was amazing. My group were mostly beginners so they thought they had to buy me drinks, sadly I had to treat!

Hole #15, scoped at 176 yards and used a 6 iron. Played with and witnessed by Paul Laverne and Bob Mongia.

The hole was 204 yards and I used a 5 iron. I was playing with my dad and Riley O’Brien. The crazy coincidence is that my dad, who has been playing golf for 30+ years, got his first hole-in-one a few months ago on the same hole! 

My first hole-in-one was on hole #10 at Islington Golf Club which just so happens to be the club I work at as an assistant professional! I was playing with my best friend who moved to Florida about two years ago to become a commercial pilot. We grew up playing golf together which made this moment even more special. Hole #10 at Islington, in my opinion, is one of the best par three’s in the Greater Toronto Area. It was playing 225 yards which is a perfect number for my 4 iron, sure enough it was the perfect shot and ended up dropping in the cup with my boss on the patio hearing the whole thing. Very surreal experience and a moment I will remember forever!

135 yards and used a 9 iron. Pin was in the swell so I hit it past and it backed into the hole. The unfortunate thing was I was the first tee time. So there was no one in the clubhouse to enjoy my beer with. The tab remained open after I left.

I was playing with a random couple that had room in their group. I used an 8 iron from 159 yards.

It was 161 yards slight uphill to a back pin. My Callaway Apex MB 7 iron is my 165 club. I backed it up two club lengths on the tee box to take going over the green out of play. The way the pin was sitting, uphill and in the shadow, I couldn’t be sure it went in but I figured it was close. As we approached the green and couldn’t see the ball on the surface, I said to Glenn, “I’m pretty sure it’s in as the back of the green should be un reachable from where I hit from. It all depends on the pitch mark. If it’s hole high, then I’m over, but if it’s ten 10 feet short, then it’s in.” It was 10 feet short, I went to the hole and snapped a picture!

I have been a member of Fairwinds Golf course for a number of years and every Sunday (weather permitting, a hearty group of guys), “the cockroaches” as we are known by play, some friendly competition. I was joined by two fellow golfers, we were on the second hole, a 176 yard, par 3. It was playing shorter than this yardage as the tee was at the front of the box to a red flag, for a 154 yard distance, I chose a 7 iron. I hit the shot, it hit in front of the green and bounced on to the collar and slowly trickled towards the hole with me giving the narrative, “its going, going, it’s in hole!” I personally feel that Fairwinds greens are playing better right now than they have in many years, thanks to their new greens keeper Ken. I’ve been blessed with a few aces in my golf experience but you know that feeling you get never gets old! 

It is very exciting. It’s my first hole-in-one. Seems like I am the last of the group. Some have two or three. I was playing with Dr. Louis Roddy, Murray Silverberg and Kent Rennie. These guys are real gentlemen. Yardage was 149 and club was a 7 iron. Weather was freezing cold so I was wearing my down pull over.

It was definitely an awesome experience! Unbelievably, that was my second hole-in-one of my life and they were both on hole #15 at Willow Park Golf & Country club. I was playing with my brother Markus Otto. The yardage was 145 and I used a 9 iron.

I was playing with two friends Dan Fougère and Michel Allain. The yardage was 150 yards. I used my 8 iron.

160 yards. 9 iron. Landed it about five feet behind the hole and rolled it back for the ace. It was my first one so I was ecstatic. You can see the divot in the photo. In the group was Aaron Lane (Country Hills member), Stacey Barnes and Kaila Lewis. Aaron signed the score card and authenticated my hole-in-one.

I played with my brother-in-law Ricky Mehra, a friend Vito Sorrento and Peter Sorrento. It was the seventh hole and I lasered the yardage at 157. I used my 7 iron and when I struck it, I initially thought it was going a little right. When I looked up, it was dead straight at the pin. No draw, no fade. It landed about 10 feet short and disappeared into the hole. It was a perfect fall afternoon and this just made my day. We celebrated again at the halfway house with some drinks for my guys.

I was last up on our group foursome. We play together each Monday and Friday and have, (with the exception of Brian Burkholder, new to our group this season), for the past five years. Hole #11 is a beautiful elevated 139 yard, par 3. Looking down to the green and watching the forward flag to determine what the wind may do, as it always seems to be a factor, I decided to use my 3 wood. My ball carried to about a yard on front of the green and rolled, moving to the right and following the break, fell into the hole. What a thrill and more so as I was playing with the boys, Dale, my husband, Rae Langille and Brian Burkholder all cheered and congratulated me. Lots to talk about in the clubhouse restaurant over pizza and beers when we finished.

I made the mistake of not taking the ball out of play and lost it in the woods on the fourth hole. When I played the next day, I found the sacred ball. It’s ready for a display case now. What a joyful exciting experience. I have golfed for 25 years and this is my first hole-in-one.

The most amazing thing is that my wife, Elaine, had a hole-in-one on the same hole earlier in the season in May. What are the odds, a husband and wife both having a hole in one on the same hole in the same season!

I was playing with my buddies Bobby, Justen and Kyle at McKenzie Meadows. A course I’ve played many times. Nice little twilight round. The hole was playing 194 yards, a tad down wind. Hit a 7 iron that I thought was going to be just at the front of the green to a middle pin. I didn’t think it had a chance to get all the way to the pin but it was straight at it. I was last to walk up to the green thinking where is my ball. Bobby went and checked the cup and we all went wild. A few beverages followed after the round. 

I went out after work with a few buddies, Mike and Sahib. It was a beautiful evening round with no wind. I decided to play from the white tees with them and on hole #8 I chose my trusty Gap wedge from about 130 yards to a front middle pin. I saw it tracking towards the hole and I knew it was close. As we drove up towards the green, I saw the ball pinned between the pin and the cup for my first career ace! The adrenaline was rushing throughout my body and I laid down on the green for a brief moment to take it all in. It was a phenomenal day as it was my first ever hole-in-one. 

My fifth lifetime hole-in-one. 6 iron from 167 yards and played with Craig Walker, Derek Brown and Douglas Blair. 

My first hole-in-one occurred on a beautiful evening on Monday, September 23rd at Tower Ranch Golf Club in Kelowna, B.C., on the signature 14th hole, par 3, playing 203 yards adjusted. The blue tees were paired with the tips that day and the flag was at the middle-back of the green. I used a 5 iron and hit a high-draw and it landed pin high on the green about 13 feet left of the hole and steadily rolled in for the ace. The feeling was pure bliss. My playing partners were Nathan Draper, Kendall Draper and James Behnke.

“I was in the group in front of him and just to let you know how difficult that shot was. Very strong wind into the face and a huge drop in elevation. Just to be on the green was an amazing shot.” – Facebook Comment from Ryan’s post for Tower Ranch Golf & Country Club

It was a first for me after taking up the sport on retirement 22 years ago. Our club captain, Diane McNeely kindly put together a collage of the event.

On the day, it was quite a surprise to watch that yellow ball disappear over the rise in front of the 17th green, then reappear and roll right up the green and into the cup! From the blue tees it was about 135 yards and I used my trusty driver, a TaylorMade Burner.

I took up golf later in life after giving up skiing and later tennis and I find golf much easier on the body. For the first few years I took lessons and enjoyed learning about club choice and the satisfaction of achieving some success.

What I love about the game is being outdoors on the fairways with the good company of my ladies club members, and of course enjoying occasional success. I also enjoy being greeted by the friendly staff and volunteers of our club. I’d certainly recommend the game to anyone, to join a club and to get involved in its activities remains something to look forward to for many years. Though my scores reach new highs these days, I hope to keep golfing as long as I’m able.

I played a round with three young men (who each had a caddy, due to a lost bet). I had a fantastic round and a great day with the boys. Hole #8 on the North course is a par 3, playing 116 yards. I chose my pitching wedge and hit a clean shot at the flag. The ball landed about 14 inches from the hole and slowly rolled in. This hole is an elevated tee, over a pond, so I was able to see the ball drop. My first after nearly 60 years of playing.

Visiting the Halifax area on vacation, I played Brightwood Golf and Country Club for the first time on with my brother-in-law, Andy Arsenault, who is a member. We played with two other members, Bill McBurney and Noel. It’s a nice old Donald Ross course in Dartmouth N.S. On the 15th hole I hit a 9 iron from 145 yards that drew toward the flag. I thought it would be inside 10 feet. We saw it land, then disappear. Not having played there before, I thought it might have caught a hidden slope and drifted away. The other three guys, all members, were adamant it went in. Sure enough when we got to the green it was in the hole.

First hole-in-one! Playing the second hole at Lake St. George West, hit a gap wedge that rode the cross wind perfectly back in front of the pin, took one big bounce then trickled in the front of the cup. Got to watch the whole thing from the tee block with a good friend and our wives.

It was a beautiful morning with some shadows on our third hole. When I hit the shot, I knew it was on line and hit into the rise at the front of the green, then I could not see it anymore. My playing partner Robin says it went in. He said it so casually I thought he was kidding. Then Maggie another partner said, “yes it went in.”

I was playing with Rick Sutherland and Bob Nicholson who are life long friends and my first cousins son Neil Rutherford. I was using a 6-iron from 180 yards. Incidentally this is my fourth hole-in-one and third in the last four years. I got one on August 16, 2021 on the iconic #17 at The Links at Crowbush Cove with a gap wedge from 97 yards and captured a great sunset picture of that one. On September 16, 2022 I aced hole #16 on Brudenell with the same 6 iron from 180 yards.

I was playing with Barry Briggs and Jim Sims, part of the local men’s league. The yardage was 124. The club used was a 7 iron. 

There was my self, Paul Foote and Richard Wright. We were standing on the hole #17 tee box just after talking about some hole in we seen and us not having any. Well in that moment my world changed I used my pitching wedge, once it landed about ten feet passed the hole it looked stopped, thinking to my self I have a nice chance for birdie. As I was thinking about this I noticed the ball rolling back towards the hole. I was thinking to my self, this is even closer and then all of a sudden it disappeared into the cup. I hollered and jumped for joy. Couldn’t believe it, that my first one would of been spinning the ball back least ten feet. Will be one to remember that’s for sure. Took me 31 years to get my first.

With gusting winds Brad Hewitt, guest of brother Steve Hewitt, holed a perfect 8 iron on hole #12 at Whitevale Golf Club. Playing partners Darryl Brown and John Fleming.

I was playing with my dad. The yardage was 180 playing into a two club wind. I hit a 5-iron with a slight cut, took one bounce off the slope of the hill and disappeared. I knew there was a ridge there so I didn’t want to get too excited too soon, but when I drove up to the green and didn’t see the ball I had a pretty good idea that it went in.

I was playing with my friend Brett MacNeil. Yardage was 125 and the club was a 50 degree Titliest SM7 wedge.

I was so excited because it was my very first hole-in-one. Never thought I would ever get one and then it finally happened! The fun part was the course was a bit backed up so there was a group of four men watching me tee off, along with my partner in life Gord. They let out a huge roar when it went in.

It was about 110 yards from an elevated tee box and I used my trusty, lofty little 9 wood. The ball landed on the green a few feet in front of the hole, and bounced once straight into the cup.

Yay 62 year old me!

It was on hole #2 of Peel Village Golf Club in Brampton. The second hole is an uphill par 3. The yardage on the score card was 115. On that day it was playing a little shorter at 109 yards. I was playing with Ian Sarjeant, Brian Sim and Alan Coates. A beautiful day with this being the highlight!

It was an exciting time at Lakeside as I happened to make a hole-in-one on the same hole, same tournament, same yardage, same blue flag as the previous year. I’m hoping for the natural hat trick next year when I go for three in a row! It was a bit expensive buying refreshments both years as there were quite a few members playing in the Memorial tournament, thank goodness for hole-in-one insurance!

Photo taken from the Lakeside Golf Club Facebook post.

Hole #8 was about 145 yards to a red flag yesterday so I grabbed my 7 iron (I am old now so need extra club). My focus was on not going left as that is what I have been doing a lot lately. Plan was to have it land on the right side and roll down to the hole. To my shock, I nailed a beauty right at the pin. Hit it well, saw a bounce in front of the green and then the four of us just watched the ball track toward the hole. James looked at me after we lost sight of it and I could tell he thought it was in. Carlo was standing on the wheel of his cart trying to get a better look and said, “dude, I think that’s in.” Chris was sure of it too but we all know that hole #8 often tricks you and you find the ball sitting ten feet past the hole when you finally get there.

I tried to stay grounded as we walked up to the green. My heart sank when Carlo got to the hole first and then walked away. By the time I got to the green, I expected to see it on the green but couldn’t see it anywhere. I asked the guys and Carlo just casually said to check the hole and there was yellow Kirkland in the hole. And that is when we just erupted. High fives and hugs all around.

Second ace, and both on hole #8 at Sleepy Hollow Golf & Country Club. Great to do it on a League day and it was made extra special celebrating with the special community that we have at Sleepy Hollow. Definitely felt the love from everyone there, and in texts and e-mails that followed. Feeling on top of the world!

I did have my first ever hole-in-one this past weekend! It was my second round of the day, our first round was played at Glen Eagle, but the second round was played at Woodington Lakes where I got the hole-in-one on hole #16. 

I was playing with my two friends, Adam and Jim. The yardage was 145 (playing like 160) and I used an 8 iron. It was a moment I will never forget!

At first I was like where did my ball go? Then I thought to myself, “Oh man I think I hit an ace!” I ran and got my phone in the golf cart and video taped the moment going to the pin and my ball.

The group that just completed the hole were on the next hole close by and they saw the ace and they too were amazed.

I was playing with Bill Lit who is also a Golf Canada member, along with Amar Paddam and Parb Rehal. The official yardage I got was 152 and I used a 9 iron (Ping i530) and Taylormade Project A ball.

I was playing golf with Hal Wilkie, Joe Bladyko and Shawn Koroluk.

The fourth hole at the Murray Golf Course that day was playing 187 yards. I used a 4 hybrid.

It took 51 years of playing golf to finally get a hole-in-one!

Starting playing golf as a unattached junior at one of the local country clubs at age 13. I am now 64 years old and the wait is officially over.

I got my hole-in-one on hole #15 at the Ponoka Community Golf Course on the last round of an eleven day golf trip with my husband (Gary Sandberg), my dad (Dale Lewis) and my dad’s significant other (Susan Johnston). This is our third annual golf trip, how lucky am I that I get to golf with both my dad and my husband! We often colour match our golf outfits (my dad started it), and we were all in our matching blue “hammer time” shirts for our last day, it’s lots of fun.

This trip, in particular, was a special one, as it was the start of my recovery and my return to golf as I tried to get my game back and just enjoyed every day loving life on the course. I received the all clear in May of this year after spending the last year in treatment (surgery, chemo and radiation) after being diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2023.

The hole-in-one is my first, and likely only! I’ve been golfing pretty regularly for over 30 years! When I stepped up to the 102 yard hole from the forward tee boxes, I certainly didn’t have any big expectations, to the point where when I hit the ball with my pitching wedge, I was very excited just to see it clear the front sand trap (it wasn’t my best shot). And then it bounced and started rolling toward the pin and disappeared! I didn’t really believe it. I looked over to my husband and he nodded and threw his arms up, and then I lost my mind! I started cheering and screaming, threw my club down, ran a lap around the tee box like I’d just won the World Series and proceeded to give hugs all around! Everyone within a three hole radius had a pretty good idea what happened.

Some of my friends and family have speculated that this is my consolation prize for the last year of what I’ve been through. I’ll take it! So many reasons to keep smiling!

That day was absolutely amazing! I am still processing what happened. I was in a disbelief at first, then shock and finally, a crazy state of happiness. Getting the hole-in-one is such an incredible feeling! From the red tees and I’m not sure what the exact distance was but for me to use 6 hybrid must’ve been 112-115 yards. Kirkland ball used. I was playing with my boss Craig H., Jeremy R. and Steve B. It was our team golf day.

The funny thing is that I detest this hole because for years golfing this hole I have a terrible time hitting the green from my tee shot. While I had a pretty good front nine, I had struggled on holes #12, #13, and had a triple bogey on #14. I was walking up the hill to the 15th tee and told my buddy, Darryl, that we should have quit playing after nine holes. Anyways, as we prepared to tee off on #15, my nemesis hole, I finally hit a shot that was actually going to stay on the green. Little did I know it would fall two inches past the hole and back spin into the hole. I was in disbelief at first then realized what had happened.

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.

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.

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! 

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.

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.

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.

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.

I was playing with my husband, my son and his girlfriend. My grandparents, my parents and brother have all had hole-in-one’s. We are an avid golf family.

There was a paint turtle sitting on the fringe of hole #7 that day. It was my lucky turtle. Hole #7 at Twenty Valley is a par 3 about 122 yards and I used my TaylorMade 7 iron.

It was a 172 yard, par 3, 7 iron to back right pin. The special moment was I was playing with my 12 year old son. It’s my second hole-in-one, the first was 28 years ago!

I have been playing for about 50 years now and although I have had a number of near misses this is only my second hole-in-one. We had three groups of guys and great weather for our trip to Otter Creek that day. For equipment it was a TaylorMade day as I was playing my SIM2 irons and using a TaylorMade and a Tour Response golf ball. On hole #12, I hit my 6 iron to the pin which was 170 yards on the scope and back left of the green. Unfortunately, as this green is elevated and sloped front to back, we did not get to see it roll into the hole. I knew that I hit a great looking shot but as our group (Steve Killaire, Murray Ball and myself) got onto the green we could see the other balls but not mine until I kidded that it must be in the hole. I took a look and sure enough there it was. It was a great feeling and well worth the bar tab afterwards.

I was out on the course with Jeff Miller, Maggie Miller and my wonderful wife, Deb Armitage. Interestingly, the day before, Jeff had come incredibly close to a hole-in-one on the same hole. We were still chuckling about that when I stepped up to take my shot. Playing 163 yards with a helpful wind, I hit an eight iron that sailed perfectly toward the flag. Based on the divot, it landed just six inches in front of the pin and then rolled in. It was an unforgettable moment and a memory I’ll cherish forever.

I hit an 8 iron, because the wind was coming toward us and because the greens were a little soft due to the rain and aeration about a week before. I was playing with Bob Bates, Frank Dykstra and Gordon Drakes in a weekly tournament of about 40 guys at Brampton Golf Club that we call “Friboyz.”