On July 10th, I achieved the highest honour in golf. On hole #7 at The Vancouver Golf Club, I hit a 6 iron from 166 yards into the hole for my second career hole-in-one. My first hole-in-one was 30 years ago almost to the day. I’m 58 years old now and will continue to strive for my third.

In 2014, I took up golf as a member of Rideau Lakes Golf and Country Club. In 2017, I had achieved four hole-in-one’s in the span of eight months. At one of them, Brooke Henderson was practicing on our course and she heard the jubilation whereby she signed my scorecard and the golf ball. Brooke made my day even more special. In 2019, took a few years off golfing due other commitments and came back to golf as a full member in 2023.

Now in 2024 I scored my fifth hole-in-one. The shot was taken with a 4 iron on hole #8, keeping the ball low and away from the strong winds that day. This fairway is all downhill with a very obvious left to right green and plays as a 151 yard par 3. This was my second hole-in-one on hole #8.

I was golfing in the Murray women’s regular Monday league that day. I used my driver. Scorecard says 134 yards, but it was a blue flag on a very windy day. Was my first hole-in-one.

It was an amazing day and we got to celebrate that evening by watching the Oilers beat the Panthers in game six. The dream was still alive! I was playing with Derrick member, David Reynar and a guest, Shawn Hagen. It was on hole #8 from deck two, which was at 142 yards. I used a 9 iron.

I have attached a picture above of myself and Ian Dawson who had back to back hole-in-ones on Monday, June 10th at Kelowna Golf and Country Club on hole #17. I got my hole-in-one and then Ian Dawson in the group immediately behind our foursome proceeded to also get a hole-in-one on the same hole #17. Because my hole-in-one went in first, I of course got the closest to the pin on the hole for the day, much to Ian’s disappointment! The hole was playing 136 yards and we both hit 8 irons.

I was playing in the LPGA Amateur’s Trillium Challenge at Ariss Valley Golf & Country Club on Monday, July 8th. It was a 27 hole tournament with three different formats of play. We were playing the alternate shot format on The Lakes course. I teed off on hole #7, the flag was 132 yards away and I used my 7 iron. The shot looked good and the ball was coming down right at the flag. Myself and the other members of my group heard the sound of the ball hitting the flag pole, but couldn’t see where the ball came to rest. We thought it was in but we were not certain. As we approached the pin we could see the ball was securely lodged in the hole. Amazing! What an experience!

I had a hole-in-one on July 16th while playing at Batteaux Creek Golf Course in Nottawa, Ontario.

After an approximate one hour delay due to thunderstorms, our next hole was #2, playing about 148 yards that day. Our foursome had been reduced to myself and Doug Gibson. There was still light rain and a steady wind. I hit a three quarter 5 iron to keep it under the wind. We watched one bounce, roll and then the ball disappeared. I stood in disbelief as Doug came over and gave me a high ten. First hole-in-one after 40 years of golf.

I had my first ever hole-in-one on Sunday, June 16 on hole #17 at Uplands Golf Club in Victoria, B.C. I’m 75 years old and have been golfing for over 35 years!

After 35 years of dedicated golfing, I finally achieved my first hole-in-one on hole #8 at the Miskanaw Golf Course in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Using a pitching wedge, I perfectly executed the 135 yard shot to a front pin placement while golfing with my favourite life and golf partner, Sara Spears. Here’s to hoping the next one doesn’t take as long!

Got my first hole-in-one on Saturday, July 27 at beautiful Pine Ridge Golf Club. Hit a 9 iron from 140 yards to an uphill green with pin tucked behind left front bunker. Knew it was good but could not see it go in. A calm, sunny beautiful morning made better!

Had my first hole-in-one on Saturday, June 27th at Pitcher Pond Golf Course. Hole #7, 125 yards from the whites.

It was 155 yards into the wind on the par 3 hole #8 from the blue tees, I used an old 6 iron ping eye (30 year old club or more), it wasn’t a drop and roll into the cup, it was a bomb hop right in front of the pin. It was my first one. My brother found a Titleist Pro V1 the previous hole and my first Pro V1 shot of the day, I teed it up and it was a gem. 

I just had a hole-in-one at Golden Eagle Golf Course, North Course, in Pitt Meadows, B.C. The ladies of Carnoustie Golf Course were playing team play against Golden Eagle, Tuesday August 6th, 2024! I landed the green on hole #14 and it continued to roll from left to centre and fell into the hole! Hard to believe until I actually got to the green and saw it in the hole! Very exciting and I had three witnesses! I am from Maple Ridge, B.C. I have been a member of the RCGA since July 27, 2001 and a member of Carnoustie Golf Club since 1996!

I was playing with Dave Pyper, Alan Kerr and Liam O’Kane. The yardage was approximately 179, I used a 4 hybrid.

I had mine on July 4th men’s day at The Club at North Halton with a 9 iron from 115 yards. My partners were Don Curry, Barry Shepherd and Dennis Pippo. It was my 13th and I am 83. I have been playing the game for 75 years and they are always a surprise since it really is a lucky shot. This is the first time the ball landed directly in the hole rather than rolling in as they did before. Amazingly I have been fortunate to witness probably over 25 of them playing with people who holed out. It is always a pleasure seeing their reactions.

Indeed it was my best day of golf. My first hole-in-one having been golfing since 2014. I wouldn’t consider myself a great golfer, but it was a lucky day for me. I was in a foursome with the ladies from Mylora ladies club. It was a beautiful day and I used a fairway wood for 133 yards on hole #5. I hit my ball onto the green and it started to roll slowing towards the hole, and that was it!

We were on the par 3, hole #15 which on this day measured 126 yards. I struck my Callaway HEX 3 ball with a choked up 3 wood that landed short of the cup and rolled up and what I thought was around the flag. But both of my golfing partners John Whitehill, a fellow member and his friend Mark started congratulating me. A 29 year dream finally answered.

It was a very exciting third hole-in-one! I used an 8 iron as it was over two sand traps and the distance was 80 yards. It hit the flagstick on the fly and dropped straight in. I was playing with Barb and Robin Landes, friends for many years. I am a high handicapper and my mother who turned 93 on this day, made it extra special! When I phoned her for her birthday wishes, she replied, “I hope you get a hole-in-one today.” How crazy that it came true. I just finished volunteering at the CPKC Tournament and thoroughly enjoyed selling the 50/50 tickets to support the First Tee program! I would have taken it up much earlier in life, had it been available for me. I have only had the $10 city of Calgary lessons in my early 20’s.

Last Friday was the last day of my school placement at a physiotherapy clinic in Elmira, as I am currently a physical therapy student. I was golfing with my two clinical instructors and another student from the clinic after work as a celebration of the end of the placement term. It was on #6 at the Elmira golf club, a par 3 where my finder was reading 176 yards. I hit my 6 iron and the ball came down on the approach cut dead centre in front of the green and rolled on. The ball took a left at the hole and looked like it had gone just long and eclipsed behind the pin. We didn’t know it had gone in until we got up to the green and the ball was nowhere to be found! I have attached the picture of myself with the ball on the green below.

I had about 178 yards into the wind. I chose to hit a 6 iron. I was playing with a co-worker which I asked him to go out and play a practice round for the Canadian Junior. I hit the ball with my natural cut that I’ve been working on at and it was tracking the entire way. We chuckled as we thought that it had a chance of going in. When we got up to the hole I didn’t see any white balls on the green which had my heart racing. As I peeked down into the hole I saw my ball at the bottom!

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!

It was a rare outing because my daughter was back in Nelson on a break from her studies at the University of Victoria. It was a day that my wife and I were celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary, so we played an afternoon round before a family dinner with the aforementioned 23 year old daughter and our 25 year old son. All my family loves the sport, so it was a perfect day at Granite Pointe. I had actually been playing rather poorly the week before.

I hover around a five to six index, but wasn’t feeling the game that day. But when I stepped up to the fourth hole which is a slightly elevated green, I pulled out an 8-iron for the 155 yard shot. I struck it well and knew it was good and heading straight for the flag. Because we could not see the putting surface, I was just happy that I’d likely have a birdie putt. When we got up for the green and I didn’t see the ball within 10 feet, I first figured that a gopher must have got it. But then another option occurred to me. When I went to the hole, there was the Titleist!

The family cheered and then we all laughed! That was my fourth hole-in-one in my life, all since 2017. I’m out there a lot, so it seems like math more than anything. This was by far the most memorable one because it was done with my family on a special anniversary day. It was awesome to experience that with them. We all feel fortunate to have our lovely community golf course in such a spectacular mountain location. Every day out there is a gift and a hole-in-one is simply icing on the cake!

I’ve played golf for close to 60 years and haven’t had an hole-in-one. I’ve holed out several times on par 4’s and have eagled a number of times on par 5’s but this is by far more exciting. I was playing with Dan Kelly and John Strickland. I hit an 8 iron 135 yards and it took one bounce and in. My last goal in golf is shoot my age. One happy relieved golfer.

On my 78th birthday I was playing with Steve Poots and Rick Baxter. I commented after a poor front nine that the golf gods were not being very nice on my birthday. Things picked up on the back and got to 18th hole much happier. Yardage was 111. Hit a 9 iron landing just short of hole and rolled in. Both partners were yelling that could go in and it did! The club has hole-in-one insurance so a good celebration on the patio followed. The club now presents you with the flag as a keepsake. This was my third hole-in-one. 

With fellow members and more like brothers Nick Caggiano and Frank Ieraci. Awesome moment with awesome company!

Hole #7. 110 yards. Club used was a 6 hybrid. Playing with Kim Elliott who was there for my hole-in-one last year too and two other Sturgeon members, Dale and Tony.

Played with a group of friends. Hole #15. Was playing 127 yards to the flag. 

Was playing with a buddy of mine. The course was backed up so the group behind us also witnessed it. Hole #7 at Gage Golf Course. A 160 yard par 3. I used a light 9 iron. Due to the shadows on the green, we were unable to tell if the ball went in or not from the tee box. The group behind us believed the ball rolled off the green but upon pulling up the the green it was clear the ball went in the hole.

My playing partners were, Neil Best, Paul Hitchcock and Lindsey Fraser. That hole is 177 yards. The pin was in the back so I am guessing close to 180 yards. I used a 4 iron.

It was my first ever hole-in-one. I was playing with my 15-year-old son, Liam. He beat me on the front nine for his first time ever and then I pulled ahead for keeps with my hole-in-one on hole #11! It was 163 yards to the pin and I hit an 8 iron (there was a helping wind). I didn’t hit it flush and it barely covered the trap, kicked towards the hole and went in. It was awesome to share that moment with my son.

Playing partners were Jeremy Faria and Dr. Neil Moss. Hole #3. Blue tees. 148 yards with an 8 iron.

After 35 years of playing golf, I had my first hole-in-one on Thursday, June 27th at Brantford Golf and Country Club. It was on the third hole with a nice 9 iron from around 140 yards. Landed just behind the pin, took one bounce and spun back off a slope into the hole. We all watched it drop! Amazing feeling that I was able to share with my close friends Abe, Chris and Jeff.

My name is Len Gibbons and I am Joey’s husband. This was an amazing accomplishment for her as she is a stroke victim and was advised after her stroke that she would probably not be able to golf again. Joey is a very strong willed person so she would not accept that. Joey never golfed for two years after her stroke but then decided it was time. She has her limitations but still manages. This was her fifth hole-in-one as she had four of them before her stroke. On this occasion Joey and I were just golfing together however her hole-in-one was witnessed by two gentlemen ahead of us. The hole #17 has an elevated tee and on this occasion the middle of the green white flag was directly over a pot bunker that was protecting the green. Joey used a Callaway Rogue 7 wood which flew over the pot bunker bounced once on the green and rolled into the hole without touching the flag. The red forward tees on this date made the hole play 115 yards downhill.

– Len Gibbons, on behalf of Joey

This is my first hole-in-one. I have hit the pin twice before but luck wasn’t on my side those times. This day was the earliest tee time I’ve ever started on at 6:40 am. I was with my friend, Mike Ansell, who is also a member of Golf Canada. I made the shot with a three quarter swing 9 iron with a slight draw at 141 yards. It landed 10 feet short of the hole, two bounces and it was in. 

I was golfing with my brother Josh and a friend Dale Cleghorn. The hole was 160 yards downhill. Decided to hit a pitching wedge and ended up dunking the ball in the hole. I had no idea the ball went in until I walked up to the green and saw the massive divot the ball made on the edge of the hole.

It was 137 yards to the pin from the blue tees as pinged by one of my playing partners Brad Trussler. I was playing with two friends, Brad, Andrew Savaglio and their neighbour Brett “The Vet” as they called him, I’m really not even sure what his last name is as I had just met him that afternoon. Shot was holed with a Titleist T200, 43 degree pitching wedge using a Taylormade Speedsoft golf ball. I had just started playing that ball that day as I had found one in the woods at a scramble a couple weeks back and liked how it felt off the club. It was actually my second hole-in-one but oddly enough, my first one was recorded at Rattlesnake as well on Sidewinder hole #2 – exactly 52 weeks (to the day) on Thursday June 22, 2023. Now, that’s just crazy! I can’t wait to see which hole it will be on next year?

I was golfing with my playing buddies Dale and Ron. We got to hole #17 and it was quite windy. From the black tees it was 148 yards. I hit a 8 iron, it was a good hit going straight at the flag but I couldn’t see the bottom of the hole as it was behind a little rise in front of the green. After we all hit we walk up to the green and I don’t see my ball. It wasn’t short, I look in the bunker just beyond the green and nothing was there. Then Dale walks and says, “let’s check the hole.” He reaches in and pulls out the ball. My first hole-in-one after over 40 years of golfing.

Saturday, June 22 myself and 11 friends were participating in our fourth annual “Big Honch Invitational” at Bear Mountain, in Victoria B.C. As we got to hole #4 of the Mountain course it was playing 148 yards with about 30 feet of elevation gain, front left pin on a shrub and brush filled valley between the tee box and green. Normally I would hit a smooth and easy 8 iron, only to fly the pin and be able to putt back. There was a heavy head wind so I clubbed up to a 7 iron.

I squared up to the flag and opened the club face a touch to cut the ball right of the pin onto a safe shelf. I had a clean strike and the ball flew to my desired location. It bounced and settled and then it began rolling slowly down left towards the pin. I thought it was going to roll off what appeared to be a false front of the green but rolled directly across and ever so slowly towards the pin and as it should have passed, it dropped. I dropped my club and was met with a roar of cheer, hugs and high fives from my friends. It was perfect, to be able to share that with my crew.

Hole #2 at Rivershore Golf Links playing 154 yards with an 8 iron and it took one hop and dropped. Playing with Kamloops Golf and Country Club Member Ken Hartt (University Teammate at TRU in 1994 – 1996), Kamloops Golf and Country Club Member Tim Rodgers and Tobiano Member Paul Manhas. Weather was perfect and course conditions were perfect. Great day by all.

I used an alternate wedge on hole #14, distance was 91 yards. Playing partners were Judy Johnson, Brian Loschuk and Cory Neuman. As a side note this was my 14th hole-in-one which occurred on hole #14.

It was on Wednesday June 26th. I was playing with my good friends Nancy and Steve Gilliland, and my wife Barbara Wishart. It was on hole #5 at West Hills Golf Club. It’s a short par three measuring a mere 105 yards but it is almost all over a pond. The pin was in a difficult front right location, with a cross wind going from right to left. I used a pitching wedge landing the ball about a foot from the hole and watched as it slowly rolled toward the pin and dropped in. Every Sunday my 95 year old mother calls to chat. At some point she gets around to asking whether I played golf that week. As usual she would ask, “did you get a hole-in-one?” I’d always have to say, “no not this week.” She would remind me that my father had one, but not to worry, “you will get one some day.” Well it was nice on this past Sunday that I was able to respond to the question with, “yes I did get a hole-in-one.” Of course my mother congratulated me and then quickly reminded me that I still had a ways to go as my wife Barbara has two hole-in-ones.

When I shot it, I thought it rolled off the back but my group standing as the side of the tee said it rolled in!
When we got across the bridge and didn’t see it we thought, “oh boy this might be in” and there it was in the cup! So exciting.

It was a back pin and the yardage was 157 yards. I used a Ping G30 7 iron. Playing partners for that day were club members: Tom Murphy, Terry Shea and Ken Roulston. It was early morning and a rare light fog which prevented us from seeing the ball drop in. When I hit it, the guys said it looks really good. Upon arrival at the green, I took out my putter and went looking for the ball behind the green. When I said to Tom, “I can not see my ball,” he replied, “check the hole” and bingo, it was there. Needless to say we all enjoyed a “pop” after the round.

I was with a few buddies Terry, Gord and John. The hole was 144 yards from the white tees and I used a Taylormade 7 iron and a Titleist golf ball. It landed a few yards short of the green with a red pin location. It bounced once and then rolled in on beautiful Calgary windless evening – which so far this year has been rare. I have been fortunate as this was my fourth ace.

I was with my friends from left to right Bob Frayne, Jared Frayne, myself and Phil Roth. I used a 22 degree Ping rescue club and the yardage was 169 yards from the blue tees.

I am a new golfer and only started playing last year. I began taking consistent lessons this spring. My husband and I were golfing in Deer Valley with two friends. Hole #4 is a par 3 over water. This hole has always been a mental game for me, as the water has claimed many of my balls from previous rounds. My husband had found a TP5 ball on the previous hole and gave it to me. I always use the worst balls in my bag when teeing off on hole #4 since I’m sure to lose them in the water. This time I decided to take a chance and use that TP5. It was 102 yards from the pin. I made the perfect swing with my 9 iron. I remember seeing the ball land close to the pin and start rolling. At that moment, it never occurred to me how close the ball was. Then the ball disappeared into the hole. Our whole party erupted with excitement. The adrenaline was so intense I thought I was going to pass out. It was a surreal moment that I will always be thankful for. Although slightly jealous, my husband proudly tells anyone who will listen of his wife’s hole-in-one. Special thanks to the person who lost their TP5 ball on the previous hole, your ball allowed me to make one of my most exciting memories. It now sits on our mantle.

I had a hole-in-one at University Golf Club while playing in the BCGA Zone 4 Junior Championship. The second hole was a 170-yard par 3 and 155 yards to the pin (front pin). I hit a light 7 iron. My group and I watched the ball as it flew at the hole. It landed a couple yards short of the hole and then rolled in! I was super excited and happy about my first ever hole-in-one during a tournament! Thanks to the Zone 4 team and Golf Canada for the support.

My recent hole-in-one on May 21, 2024 was during regular league play at Larters Golf Club with other Ladies League members Sandy Eggertson, Shirley Babaluk and Karen Kearney. On hole #14, 123 yard par 3, I watched the other players hit towards the green against big wind gusts, over a soggy fairway and come up short. So I changed my club decision and grabbed my driver. I hit my ball, saw it land on the green beyond a small rise beside the sand trap and was hoping for a birdie. Karen, who was watching from a different angle said she saw it go into the cup. I walked up to the green with my putter just as Karen pointed down at my ball in the cup. Our foursome was busy keeping pace so there were no photos taken and no major celebrations that day when we finished our round. But it was also my second hole-in-one.

I got my first on July 31, 2020 at Kingswood Golf and Country Club in LaSalle, Manitoba. Hole #3, a 122 yard par 3. I was using my driver as I needed to get my ball over a pond in front of the green. My golf pals, Betty Wilson and Lynn Crocker Loat and I all stood on the elevated tee box, watched and cheered as my ball cleared the pond, landed on the top of the green, rolled down and dropped into the hole. My brother, Jamie, a lifelong low handicap golfer with two hole-in-one’s, now says he needs to get another hole-in-one as soon as possible to beat his older sister. Our sister Cheryl, who took up golf when she retired and plays socially in Ontario, already got a hole-in-one. The last sibling, Michele, who is turning 70 next month, just took up golf last summer, so now we are all bugging her, as well as my son Everett and son-in-law Marty, to join the family hole-in-one club!

I’ve only been golfing seriously since 2020 when I bought my first set of clubs and I recognize what a super cool thing it is to get a hole-in-one. Many golfers go their whole life without getting one and I am still in wonder of the whole accomplishment.

I was golfing that week with a group of seven guys on our annual golf trip. This year we played rounds at Predator Ridge (Vernon), Shuswap National (Salmon Arm), Harvest in Kelowna and Hillview (Vernon). That day, my golfing group consisted of myself, Peter Andrews, Mike Forsyth and Phil Denno, the other foursome was one hole ahead of us and was made up of Gerry Rempel, Murray Hedlin, Bill Scott and John Ydenberg.

On Tuesday, June 11th we teed off at 8:30 am into a beautiful warm morning from the blue tee box. On hole #6, the card yardage was 195, but the hole posted 187 yards. I used my Cobra King #4 hybrid and a Callaway Chrome soft ball and it flew straight at the flag, dropped and rolled into the hole. One of my partners said he heard it hit the flag so I thought it would at least be a close putt but was elated to approach the hole and not see my ball at all and hurried over to the flag to confirm my ball was indeed in there!

I was playing with my dad, Steve Jones; my uncle, Jerry Muldoon, and my cousin, Matthew Muldoon. The yardage was 160 and I used a 6 iron.

It was men’s night and I was playing with the same group of guys that I play with most weeks, John Pickard, Robert Lyons and Scott Mezonic. Anyway, after cruising along even par into hole #7, I took a double bogey and was very mad! I walked to the 8th tee box, threw my ball down and said to myself, “I’m going to ace this hole!” I hit my 8 iron and it felt perfect! It flew approximately 153 yards, landed just shy of the green, took one hop and I said, “get in!” It rolled about 15 feet and plunk. First one at my home course in which I grew up playing and first one in over 38 years! I was extremely elated. I also won low gross that night and bought a few drinks for the men’s club. I think I won long drive too in the Senior’s division, so all in all, it was a perfect night.

June 19th, while playing with Ken Volk, Jock Hawkey and Frank Kratzer, I had a hole-in-one on the hole #4 at the Harvest Golf Club, Kelowna. It was 165 yards to the hole, the ball hit the front of the green and rolled toward the middle pin. You could hear the ball hit the pin from the tee box, then it fell into the hole. It is quite a surreal experience and I was happy to share it with my good friends.

The hole-in-one was a long time in the making. My playing partners were Edwin Callaghan and Reg Boudreau. The hole was playing about 135 yards and I played a 6 iron to make sure I carried the water hazard and bunker in front. A pretty cool moment.

This was our annual guy’s golf getaway and yes it was so exciting getting a hole-in-one on Montera’s second hole. I used my 9 iron from the grey tees around 129 yards to the pin in the back left corner of the green.

This was actually my third hole-in-one! My first two came two weeks apart about 20 years ago. My buddies in the picture are Chris Belton, me, Peter Lachance and Chris Love.

Hole #17, 145 yards with an 8 iron. I played with Jonathan Dikih and his friend Anthony. It is kind of a funny story how the round got started. I was supposed to play with a friend and unfortunately at last minute they had to cancel on me, leaving me to play solo. I was actually looking forward to a solo round and didn’t even plan to play all 18 holes! Well, right before I was going to tee off two guys came down to the first tee and said “hey, are you Zach?” We got told to jump in with you since you’re playing alone. They were not familiar with the lay of the land, so as a member at Black Mountain, I was able to give them some pointers along the way.

Nearing the end of the round, we get up to hole #17, I put my ball on the tee and get ready to hit. I took my shot and bounced to the right of the hole. I didn’t see the ball roll across the green so I thought to myself, “Hmm, I must have just gotten caught up just before the green.” Not thinking much of it, I walk up to the green with the guys and I don’t see my ball on the green, nothing on the fringe just short of the green, I walk up to the pin and there it is, my Kirkland ball is in the cup!

I yelled, “I just got a hole-in-one!” Jonathan was right there and started cheering with me. It’s an awesome accomplishment to get a hole-in-one. It’s funny how it happened on a day where my usual crew wasn’t there and I almost didn’t have a witness! My usual group couldn’t believe they missed it! This is only my second year as a member at Black Mountain and now my group and I get to see my name on the plaque in the clubhouse everyday. This is actually my second hole-in-one. First one was at Tower Ranch Golf course in Kelowna, B.C. as well. October 20, 2017 on hole #5. I just found out my name is now on the wall there too.

I was using my new Callaway smoke 9 wood when I hit 148 yards uphill for my hole-in-one. Due to the elevation of the green, we did not see the ball go into the hole. In fact, we thought I had gone over the green and were looking for the ball behind the green. When we could not find it, I asked one of the gals to check the hole and there it was! It was a regular Tuesday woman’s day at Gallagher’s, so after the round all the women who were staying for lunch were treated to a beverage of their choice. We even celebrated with a champagne toast!

We played a nine and dine with some friends and it was on hole #5, Vernon, B.C., Vernon Golf and Country Club 113 yards, with my 5 wood using a Taylormade ball. It was an elevated green so of course we couldn’t see where the ball landed.

Took my shot and moved to the green where we saw only three balls. Thinking my ball had gone off the bank and over the hill, I started to search for it. One of our party said, “look in the hole!” Lo and behold my ball was there! I couldn’t believe it! My second hole-in-one! Just as exciting as my first!

The hole is one of the shortest it came in at 95 yards to pin. Pin was on left side of green about five paces and ten feet from the front. I hit my Mizuno 52° gap wedge with seven bounce with a slight draw that took a big bounce on green then a small with a little check on it and disappeared with no roll. I was there that day with two friends and one single player who joined named Amir. I apologize if that’s not the proper spelling of his name, I have never seen him before but was a great addition to the day.

The friends I was with are also my clients Andrew Laird and Tristan Perry. Andrew is very new to golf and I started using my love for golf and helping people together.

I myself suffer from different mental and physical disabilities and use golf as therapy. Next thing I know I’m helping a whole bunch of people by using golf to cope with life and improve or learn the game. The reason I wanted to let you know all of this is because I think of my hole-in-one as karma for trying to help so many people struggling.

Pat my wife and I were playing with two guys from Calgary. It was on the seventh hole. It was 156 yards with a wind coming cross ways at our backs. I used an eight iron as I didn’t want it to go over the green as it drops off at the back. The flag was in the center. I wanted to hit it short and let it run up to the hole. After it hit the green the guys said I think it went in the hole. I didn’t think it did I thought it was behind the pin I moved to the side of the tee box, that’s when I realized it had gone in. This hole-in-one was my fifth. 

My first ever hole-in-one! This was a 158 yard par 3 with my 7 iron. I was playing with my amazing friends Enes, Dave and Dwayne.

Innerkip Hylands Golf Course. 128 yards into a strong wind. I used a Callaway Rogue 9 iron and a Titliest velocity golf ball. It was almost a year to the day that I got my first one at Dundee Golf and Country Club.

I was playing with Julia Free and Sheldon Steiner. The hole was 143 yards and the club was a 7 iron.

Best part was my golf buddy and I could see it land on green and continue to roll and disappear, might have been a few cheers from the tee deck. It was on the Valley course hole #7 and distance was 119 yards. I used a 7 wood and found Callaway ball. My partner was Kim MacBride who got her own hole-in-one on hole #5 at Valley on May 31.

I was excited to get my third hole-in-one at Country Hills Golf Course in Calgary on Talons hole #6. It was a reasonably nice day, given the cold, rainy and windy spring we have been having. It was a beautiful morning on our regular Tuesday Ladies Day. I was golfing with three great friends: Carol Lamb, Deb Peacock and Lorraine Templeton, all of whom have also been members at Country Hills for many years. I used my 25 degree rescue hybrid and hit an easy shot to a front pin, about 100 yards. The key thing about this shot is that I actually saw it go in! I never saw the first two hole-in-one’s go in. All three hole-in-one’s have been on my home course, Country Hills, Talons (hole #4, hole #14 and now hole #6). Now my goal is to get one on Talons hole #16 and I can call it a “grand slam!”

I was playing in a ladies league with three other lady members, Lois McPherson, Sheila Engert and Tina Ladd. I hit a nine iron on this 114 yard hole and in it went!

I was golfing at the beautiful Harvest Golf Course in Kelowna with my wife Courtney and another friendly older couple we got paired with. Chilly morning, but the sun was out. Playing from the white tees, no judging! Hole #4, 136 yards away with the pin tucked to the right behind an elevated front, I used a full pitching wedge. The line looked great the whole way, but we couldn’t see the hole from the tee box so we had no idea where it ended up. As I am usually long on this hole and I didn’t see my ball on the green when we walked by, I started searching in the rough at the back. The older man then said, “let me just check the cup just in case, it’s in the hole!” First one for me! The rest of the round was a mess, but that’s golf for ya. We celebrated at the turn with a round of drinks and then a few after. 

I used my Cobra Air x 7 wood. The shot was approximately 140 yards. I was golfing with a good friend Jennifer Lee and her friend Romi. Romi watched my drive and saw it hit the ground and roll into the hole. There was lots of cheering. I really didn’t believe it until I went to the green and found my ball in the hole. Country Meadows was great; they presented me with a trophy and were very excited for me. 

It was a moment of a lifetime. I was playing with four members. The hole was 119 yards adjusted to 108 yards and the club was a 52 degree wedge!

It was on hole #11 at Quilchena, my home course. I used a 6 iron from 160 yards (the blue tees at my course). I was playing with fellow Quilchena members Porter Yang and Liquan Tian. This is actually my third hole-in-one. The other two were at the Oaks in Komoka, Ontario. Interestingly, my second and third holes in one were with a 6 iron! Also, fun fact, my first was in April 2018, my second was in May 2019 and my third was in June 2024. My guess is July is next!

I played with Larry Valianes and Tom Monroe, which was a good thing because they saw the ball go in the hole but I didn’t! It was 157 yards, down hill, right into about a two and a half club wind. I grabbed my 7 iron and said to Larry and Tom, “I’m going to start it on the right edge of the bunker and bring it left to the hole,” and surprisingly that’s exactly what I did. The ball actually damaged the edge of the hole. It took me 65 years, but I finally got my first ace!

It was my first hole-in-one so I’m very excited! Was a wild round. Hole-in-one on hole #4. Started pouring on us hole #7 and then hailed on us for all of hole #9 and hole #10. Played through rain again until hole #12 and then had sun to finish off the round. I was playing with my girlfriend, Sarah Morin. 160 yards and used an 8 iron.

I was playing with my son Alex, Darren and Neil. I had 154 yards. I hit my 8 iron to about six feet and it rolled in the hole. It was a great memory for sure.

Was with my brother-in-law Danny Cioffi. Felt guilty as kids had sports and we were out on the courses. Couldn’t hit a shot on the front nine and then with a little coaching Danny said my alignment is off so once I reset went on a good stretch of par until a triple bogey (fescue got me), par, birdie, par, eagle, bogey and bogey. 53 and 39, the true amateur story. Once the ball went in I said, “I guess this is where I am supposed to be in the world.” Truly a special moment and so glad I was able to share it with Danny. The club I joined this year is exceptional and is making a frame with all the details so I am truly spoiled. 

I was playing with a friend Jeff Syvret. Hit the 7 iron sweet right at the pin, bounced on the green, two hops and rolled in! 37 years of golfing and finally made one. Lots of fun with the guys and learned a new phrase, “holy shot!” Hole #13. 137 yards. 7 iron. TaylorMade Tour Response Stripe.

Date May 27, 2024. Real Club De Golf Sotogrande, Spain. Hole #4, 190 yards with a three wood. Playing partners were Susan Fitzgerald, Jim Livermore and Ginny Parks.

Golfed with Scot Foster. First swing of the day, easy 7 iron for 141 yard distance. I am a member at Rebel Creek, Golf North.

Golfed with Larry, Dale and Jimmy at Iroqouis Golf Course on June 12th. Did the hole-in-one on hole #4 used an easy 7 iron about 143 yards.

I was playing with my regular golf group at Westmount Golf & Country Club on Saturday June 1, 2024. As I prepared to hit my 5-wood on the 175 yard hole #6 I mentioned to the guys that I was due since almost exactly three years before that date I had another hole-in-one on that hole. I also shared that, since I hadn’t hit a green in regulation in the round yet, I would settle for just hitting the green. The pin was about half way back on the right and as soon as the ball left my club I said, “well that’s on the green.” As soon as the ball landed we all started calling for it to get in. It just rolled up like a putt and dropped in the middle without even touching the pin. This was my fourth hole-in-one, but definitely my favourite since we had such a good view and we had a chance to “talk it into the hole”.

It was a 177-yard par 3 with a 6 iron. I became an adaptive golfer after I was initially paralyzed from below the neck and given a one percent chance to walk again. My whole spine was fused with metal after a 12-hour surgery and doctors said I would be in a power chair for the rest of my life. Needless to say, I am beyond grateful for how the game of golf has helped me throughout my injury, both mentally and physically.

It was the par 3, 14th hole at Seaview Golf and Country Club. Me and a group of good friends were out for an afternoon/evening round. The hole was around 160 yards downhill playing about 140 yards. I hit an 8 iron.

I was playing with fellow members Glen Taylor, Wayne Fillmore and Mike Davis. The hole was 142 yards, playing about 130 yards. I hit a full 50 degree gap wedge, spun back and trickled in.

On the morning of Saturday, June 15th, 2024. Par 3, hole #3 and 169 yards. The others in his foursome visually witnessed his hole-in-one and attested his score card.

Avon Valley. Hole #5. 127 yards and used a 9 iron. Playing with Mike Goss and Paul Marriott. 

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 and 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. 

It was an 8 iron from 165 yards out and windy conditions. The pin location was tucked in the back behind a bunker. I shot it in front of the hole then spun it back in. 

I was playing in an Alberta Golf Upswing event at Stewart Creek on Thursday, May 30^th. In my group were friends Akemi Rodgers, Marcia Wong and Joan Hopgood. The yardage on my watch was 162. I chose a fairway wood because of the cool, overcast conditions. The tee shot was headed a little right of the hole, I was yelling for it to kick left which it did and we all saw it go into the hole. This is my second hole-in-one and Akemi has seen both of them! 

It was a pretty surreal feeling. I was playing golf with my girlfriend, Charyle Eddy that day. Fresh off making a birdie on the last hole, I stepped onto the tee box on hole #6, Black Bear at the Fort McMurray Golf Club. The hole was playing 143 yards with a blue pin (back pin placement). The air was heavy so I decided to hit a 9 iron. After I hit the shot, I watched the ball take dead aim at the flag stick. The pin was tucked behind the bunker and I could only see the top half of the flag stick. I told Charyle that it would close to the hole. Charyle hit her tee shot and then we headed for the green. As we approached the green, I did not see my ball and assumed it was over the back of the green and laying down in the rough. I started to walk towards the hole and Charyle asked me to wait so that she could record it if it had gone in the hole. She started recording and I walked towards the hole and sure enough there it was laying in the bottom of the cup for an ace! I was super excited for the hole-in-one! Can’t wait for the next one to happen. 

I was playing with my buddies Jesse, Taylor and Matt. We were on the 12th hole of Greensmere Golf and Country Club’s Premiere Course. It was a front pin at 150 yards playing about 130 straight downhill. Shot a pitching wedge and asked right away if it was short. It landed on the fringe then rolled up and in. We were all a little shocked and surprised!

The club I hit was an 8 iron from 164 yards. I was playing with my good friends Matt, Art and Terry.

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

I was playing with Tim Dorish and Kyzer Troy Auger who are both members. The hole was playing 137 yards that day. This picture was taken by Tim just a couple of minutes after I made the shot. We had a favourable wind that day on that particular hole and I was not sure if I should hit my pitching wedge or my nine iron. I chose the nine iron and hit it super clean as soon as the ball left the club I said, “oh be the club, be the club, be the club?” All three of us saw it the whole way. The ball landed about 13 inches in front of the hole took one more small bounce and then in. I started playing golf 42 years ago and this is my first hole-in-one.

I was playing with three members of South Muskoka Curling & Golf Club, Ryan Anderson, Lane Robinson and Steve Clairmont. We played the blue tees which was measuring 159 yards. I hit a 9-iron.

This was the sixth hole-in-one in my life so far. On Wednesday, June 12, 2024 which was ladies night, I played with another three Chinese ladies, they were Xiaoyin Qiu, Ruixue Huang and Jenny Yan. On hole #7, the flag was on the front, the distance was 107 yards, a bit uphill, between the tee box and the green, there was a big ravine and the wind was on our face. I used the 9 iron club, it was very solid and straight. We saw the ball jump once and disappear. We couldn’t see the ball go in, because it’s uphill, but the direction was good. Jenny shouted, “maybe a hole-in-one.” Ruixue went to green first, she wanted to confirm if it’s a hole-in-one. She waved her hand and told me it’s in.

Last year, July 8, 2023 was my fifth hole-in-one at Hautes Plaines. That day, we played our second round match play. Ruixue Huang and I vs. Manon Lamache and Carole Vachon. We won one hole on hole #16. Last two holes they still had a chance to win. Hole #17, 78 yards, on this green, the right side was higher than the left side. The flag was on the front. I used the 54 degree club, aimed a little bit right of the flag and hit it solid. We all saw the ball landed on the right of the flag and rolled into the hole. We won our match solidly.

My first hole-in-one was on June 18, 2016, at Meadows Country Club East Course hole #7. My second hole-in-one was on July 28th, 2019. It was the intersectional qualifier tournament second round at Hautes Plaines hole #13. My third hole-in-one was on September 8, 2022 at Cloverdale Links Golf Course hole #8. My fourth hole-in-one was on March 2023, I played on a simulator at Carleton Golf and Yacht Club.

Hole #5 at Gleneagles is a 115 yard par 3. We were at the hole around nine in the morning on a beautiful sunny day here in West Vancouver, B.C. The green was in the shadows so it was difficult to see the balls land on the green. I hit my gap wedge and it felt and looked great in the air. Tracking straight for the pin. When we walked up to the green there was only one ball on the green. My playing partner said, “maybe your ball is in the hole?” For a moment I thought maybe I hit it so well it somehow went over the green? It was in the hole! I just about broke down and cried right then.

Hole #4 at Clare Golf & Country Club from the red tees is 98 yards downhill and over water. I used a 7 iron and two of three friends witnessed it going in the hole.

169 yards into the wind and 6 iron was the club.

I was playing with my old roommate from UBC, Charlie Gunn, and a single who joined us on the tee box of hole #5. He asked if he could join us due to the multiple four-balls ahead of him. His name was Ray, a high school golfer and a member at Loomis Trail Golf Club. He asked if we were “any good at golf,” to which we replied, “No, we’re still figuring this game out.” I then proceeded to tee up my ball and make a hole-in-one! Ray was shocked and exclaimed, “Looks like you figured it out!” 

The yardage was 176 yards, with the pin situated on the back left part of the green. I chose a smooth 7-iron and committed to that. I aimed for the middle-left part of the green and drew the ball back towards the pin. The ball took one hop, checked, and trickled into the hole!

I was in disbelief at first, then overjoyed! Charlie and Ray were both really excited, and we all could not believe what had just happened. The weather was perfect, with clear skies and a slight breeze, making the moment even more memorable.

It was definitely quite an exciting moment. I was playing with the Georgian College Spring Golf Showcase and my playing partners were Luke Valley and 2 other students from Aurora – I don’t remember their names sorry, we were paired up with them for the tournament. Hole #4, 144 yards and I used my pitching wedge. My mom showed up to watch me on my back 9, and since the hole was a bit backed up because it was a “beat the pro hole,” I asked her to go walk ahead and take a video of my shot. The group behind and in front of us shared in all the excitement too. It was awesome. You can see from the video that my mom took, she
was over the moon excited for me!

I was playing with my friend Brandon Nye and the pair leaving the 14th hole also witness the hole-in-one and they were kind enough to get a video of me taking the ball out of the hole. You can see my hand shaking in the video as I take the ball out of the hole. The distance was 155 yards and I used an eight iron. Funny part of the story was that me and Brandon were joking around right before I made the shot and said that a hole-in-one would make the round more exciting.

I was playing with my dad, hole #12 at Whitevale G.C., 120 yards downhill, over water with a front pin guarded by bunkers. I hit a pitching wedge that landed just short of the pin and rolled straight in. My dad asked me, “Where’s the ball?” and I replied, “I believe it’s in the hole!”

On Sunday morning I got my sixth career hole-in-0ne while playing with friends Ken Shewchuk and Leslie Copeland. It was Jagare Ridge’s 13th hole a 148 yard hole, with a big right to left sloping green that hit the green and the correct spot and rolled about 25 feet into hole. I used a 7 iron and Titleist ProV ball. I was smoking one of my favourite cigars and we enjoyed a celebratory “birdie juice” after finishing the hole. Very exciting.

I was playing with my long time golf friend Mike W. along with his partner Karen M. and Mike’s brother Dave. We’ve played this track every Saturday morning for a quick nine holes before the rest of our families role out of bed for many years and May 18 was no different. I had honours stepping onto the 7th tee and scoped the pin at 167 yards. I pulled 6 iron and flushed my shot straight at the pin. Uncharacteristically, it never wavered from the line and with the elevated green we thought it was close but not sure how close. As I approached the green I couldn’t see my ball so reasonably, I pulled out my pitching wedge and putter to climb up to the green thinking I probably rolled off the back or something. A quick scan of the green area didn’t reveal my ball so I boldly walked to the cup for a peek and there it sat smiling back at me. High fives all around and I happily held the flag as the rest of the group finished up. With all the excitement don’t ask me how I did on the next hole!

I finally made my first hole-in-one at age 58. I was playing with some buddies at the Pines of Georgina in Pefferlaw. The back was going much better than the front when we made it to the 161 yard hole #18. I hit a 5 iron and we thought we were watching it roll off the back. We got up there and broke out in cheers when we saw my ball in the cup. The group behind us knew immediately what had happened. We took pictures and celebrated with a couple of beers afterwards. The staff made a big deal of it. Everyone at the clubhouse was just as excited as I was. It was awesome to have some long time golfing buddies witness it. I’m going to go out and try again the next day.

On June 16, at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club, I got my fourth hole-in-one on Sidewinder hole #5. It was playing 165 yards to a back pin and I used a 6 iron. I knew it was a good shot when it came off the club. It took a bounce and made its way to the hole and then it disappeared. My wife Gail was there to witness. She has a lot of catching up to do since she only has one hole-in-one.

I was playing with my friend Liam Crowder and the hole was 153 downhill. I hit a pitching wedge.

I was playing with Jim Cain and Vince Wong. The fourth hole yardage played at 161 yards, as per my Nikon Coolshot Pro ll. I used my 7 iron (TM P790) and hit a low cut into the front of the green and rolled right up and in. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to actually see the ball go in, due to the pin placement, which left me on pins and needles upon my approach.

It was a surreal moment for sure! I was playing with my ladies league team that night. It was 132 yards uphill to a blind green. And I used a 7 iron. I didn’t even see it drop in the hole, we drove up to the green and I grabbed my putter. Walked on the green and thought I had rolled off the side, my friend jokingly said, “check the hole” so I walked over, looked down and there it was!

It was during the club’s Ryder Cup tournament and I was paired with Mike Brand, Jeff Benedetto and Ryan Fox. The hole #8 at Grist and approximately 167 yards to the hole. The club I used during the shot was a Srixon Z-forged 6 iron.

It was hole #8, about 210 yards, uphill, with a driver. It is my third hole-in-one and my second on that hole.

A beautiful Wednesday afternoon was capped off with my third hole-in-one during a Rebel Creek two man net team match. A tight match with my partner Steve Johannes against Club Pro Robert Hannah and Rebel Creek employee Liam Schweitzer. The scene of the crime was hole #17, blue tees 135 yards into a right to left hurting wind, probably playing 145 yards directly into the setting sun. Easy 9 iron all day. When I hit the shot I knew it was good, as I was just trying to hit the green for our team net match as our competitors were stroking. I lost the ball halfway to the hole due to the sun being directly into my face. As I started walking back to the cart we heard our playing partner Liam yell, “I think it went in!” Turns out Liam was the only one with young eyes who saw the ball the entire way spin off the backstop right into the cup! As it would play out that would be the only hole I won for our team all day and funny enough I was almost sawed off by Rob with a near birdie miss while stroking, thankfully Rob is a nice guy and let me have my moment. Just another day trying to put the thing in the thing!

It was such a thrill (it was my first hole-in-one). I was playing with Callahan Murphy, Kyle Cruickshanks and Mark Gagnier. I hit an 8 iron and it was playing 170yds that day. Big swooping draw that landed on the right side of the green and rolled all the way to the left side, dropping into the cup. 

119 yards using a 9 iron into a big wind.

It was at Rossmere Country Club, white flag, hole #3 and 170 yards. I was playing with Kent Simmons, Ed Byard and Mark Manzer.

I was playing with Linas Balaisis (on my right) and John Butkus (on my left). It was hole #16 at Settlers Ghost in Barrie, Ontario. Club used was a pitching wedge. Yardage that day was 128 according to range finder.

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 seemed like a normal golf day until hole #17 at Lynx Ridge Golf Club. The flag was blue and from the forward (red) tee it was approximately 128 yards. The path to the flag was not an easy one as you had to go over water and a sand bunker so I used my 7 wood to give myself the best chance. I was golfing with my husband and two others, all members of the club. What made it more special was the club head teaching professional Kaleb Gorbahn happened to be at the hole and watched everything from the ball flight to landing on the green to rolling in the hole. A very exciting day that I will not forget.

Brampton Golf Club, June 7^th, windy overcast day, bands of rain bringing downpours sideways, our group was half soaked but powered on. Double bogeyed the 12^th hole while eating a Tuna sandwich. Then it happened. 13th hole, playing 140 yards, with an accessible pin placement front left. Hit a 9 iron dead straight and on line, landed on the green a few yards short, rolled, struck the right side of the pin and dropped! Golfing with my dad, brother and brother-in-law. Still can’t believe it. Shout out to whoever made that sandwich.

I was playing the 17^th hole at Inglewood Golf and Curling Club with Ken Kajita and Paul Macleoud on a gusty evening. Hole was 190 yards into the wind with a 5-iron and Ken was the first to say, “I think that went in!”

I was with Graham Schultz, Rob Busch and Rich Busch.
The hole was 141 yards from the blue tees, playing 137 yards adjusted according to my Bushnell x3 scope. I used a Ping g430 9 iron. It was a great memory for sure.

It was amazing for me, and I was very excited about my first ever hole-in-one in my six years of playing golf. It happened on May 11th, Saturday afternoon at 2:40 pm, on hole #11. The pin was in the low area of a small valley on the green. I was playing with Jeff Gao, who is also a ClubLink member. I used my Titleist Hybrid 22-degree club and hit the ball about 110 yards solid and high. It was a rainy and windy day, and I wasn’t playing particularly well, but that was the most exciting moment and a phenomenal memory for me.

Starting golfing 15 or so years ago. Down to a single digit handicap now. First hole-in-one. Mystic Golf Club, hole #15, 148 yards pitching wedge.

I was playing with Troy, Derek and Jameson on a beautiful Sunday evening. The hole was 171 yards and I used a 7 iron. After hitting it I mentioned that it will be short, the guys laughed and said it will be perfect! We watched it land and run to left towards the hole, seemed like forever but it ran across and dropped in the hole! Thanks Troy, Derek and Jameson for the round and the memory!

Hole #7 at University Golf Club in Vancouver, BC. On June 11, 2024 at a Remax Tournament. Witnessed by Bob Cook, Todd Jackson and Richard Lowe. Other group on hole #8 was also looking at the outcome

I was playing with Peter May Gerry Freed and Ron Mackelvie. 118 yards into the heavy wind and I hit a 6 iron.

My playing partners for the day were Brett Way and Danny Kalfus. We were playing the gold tees that day and the hole was about 145 yards up hill with a right to left cross wind, I grabbed my 9 iron and hit it about as well as I’ll ever hit a golf ball and the rest was history! Funny enough Brett and I were just talking about how poorly we had been playing up until that point where I told him, “I just need to make a good swing here to get back on track.” Unfortunately, due to the hole design I didn’t watch it go in the hole from the tee, but we were elated to walk up to the green with my ball playing a disappearing act in the hole! Needless to say the celebrations would begin immediately after with some loud yelling and cheering that grabbed the attention of groups ahead and behind.

I made the ace while shooting 65 to qualify as the only amateur in this years US Senior Open to be held June 27 – 30 at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. The Ace was a 5 iron from 195 yards. It was my best swing of the day and never left the flag. Despite being really hyped up I managed to steady myself and birdie the next two holes and finish at 6 under par 65.

Was a special moment for sure! Unbeknownst to me, an old friend and colleague of my father recently joined our club (Oshawa Golf & Country Club), during a spring kick-off event where my father was a guest, we ran into each other at the turn. After some quick catching-up, we instantly scheduled a round a few weeks out. May 16th rolls around, we’re out on the course having a great time. Solid driver and hot flat stick left me with a -3 out, and sitting -4 thru 12 holes. Managed to keep it together through a really tough back-nine stretch (12, 13, 14, Oshawa’s Amen Corner) and had a good shot to beat my career best of 70, if I was to birdie 18. Playing 133 yards to a middle/front pin, I hit a pure 50 degree wedge with a slight draw. Took one hop, bit hard, and dropped for the ace and I carded a 68! What a feeling! Was a truly special moment to share it with my Dad, especially after we lost his father (my grandfather) earlier in the year. It was my second hole-in-one (September 2022 was the first), that happened to be with my older brother, that was also a 130 yard gap wedge! I guess I found my hole-in-one recipe? All around thankful that I got to experience that feeling and share it with family and friends. Truly, what makes golf special, are those unexpected moments and we will never forget that day. Also, shout out to my clubs hole-in-one insurance! The ladies in the club house bar knew what to do and snagged the best glass of red-wine we had on offer, a veteran move for sure!

My second hole-in-one in 10 months. The morning of May 16th. It was on hole #7 Speyside at Glencairn. The hole was 150 yards from the tee box, we were facing a small breeze so I pulled out my new PXG 28 degree hybrid. The ball landed left of the pin and rolled down in. My teammates were Tim Black, Peter Cooke and Rick Ball. My first was on August 21st, 2023 on hole #3 Leithfield at Glencairn. 143 yards out, took my 7 iron, hit it on the slope left of hole and it rolled in. We didn’t quite see it go in but as we approached the green there wasn’t a ball to be seen. My pal Sten Hagevik ran to the hole and cheered. We were only a twosome that day. Now I’m working on a third.

A group of 8 of us were staying at two cottages in South Hampton for the long weekend. We are part of a larger golf group called the Plaid Jacket (14 current members). We play match plays through the season and have a year-end tournament the weekend after labour day. This is our 29th year together. This was a warm up weekend to play the courses we will be playing in September this year. We played two rounds at Cobble Beach on the Thursday, Legacy Ridge on the Friday, South Hampton Golf Club on Sunday and Grey Silo on the Monday. It was a six round weekend for some of us. On the Saturday, a group of six of us tee’d it up at Saugeen Golf Club which had hosted our Plaid Jacket two years ago. They have a tournament during our time up there this year so we are playing Cobble Beach in September. We started our round on the Legacy 9 and were having a great time. I wasn’t playing especially well to start the back 9 on Sunrise but played the last five holes two under! Hole-in-one helped. I was the last to tee off in our group and took my 7 iron from 156 yards. It was tracking the entire way. We were yelling at it to get close. The ball landed 12 feet short of the green and rolled up to the pin and seemed to stop on the edge. I just stared at it while my buddy Murph looked away. When it dropped I started jumping up and down screaming as loud as I could. Murph came running over and I jumped into his arms. He’s the one pointing at me in one of the pictures. Dave was right behind him to congratulate me. Our other group was on the tee blocks of hole #6 and could see and hear us. They also came over to celebrate. It was so great to have some of the Plaid Jacket members there that day to witness it. Murph and I have been friends for 36 years and play a lot of golf together. Always competing of course! Everyone asks me how much the bar bill was, I got off pretty lucky, there were six of us and only about eight people in the clubhouse when we finished our round. To continue with the hole in one stories for our group. We have five in total at different outings over our almost 30 years. One of our other members had a hole-in-one last week on June 5th at Savannah hole #11, golfing with other Plaid Jacket members. Two of our guys got hole-in-one’s on the same day from the same cart a few years ago! I had the first of our group on a par 4 at Hunters Pointe in Welland about 17 years ago.

On this particular Wednesday, I was playing with Mark Schultz, Matt Hoeg, and Scott Hansen. The distance was 197 yards, with the wind into us. I clubbed up (due to wind and aeration) and hit a 5 iron on a rope, landing about eight feet short of the pin and bounced slightly left with a short second hop and then the ball disappeared. Scott was the most excited as it was his first hole-in-one he had ever witnessed. In the air half way to the hole he yelled for the ball to “get in the hole” which I thought it wasn’t going to, but a good kick and it dropped. This was my fourth hole-in-one. Mark was also playing with me for my first.

I was golfing with Scott Lewis (member at Mountain Woods). Hole #9 is 121 yards it was playing approximately 127 yards that day with a blue flag. I used a pitching wedge to get my hole-in-one.

I had my first ever (after 54 years) hole-in-one on hole #17 at our club on May 9th. It was a little windy that day and I figured it wasn’t going to make it into the wind. It had a good line but my eyes couldn’t tell where it landed, however my son (playing partner) said he saw it land and then couldn’t see it anymore so he figured it must have gone in. And he was correct. It was at Mickelson National Golf Club, 180 yards with a 5 iron.

Recorded hole-in-one on hole #2 at Eden Golf Club, paradise, Nova Scotia. Date of score was June 9th, 2024 playing with Ed Eby and Ken Theriault members at Eden, picture of card attested by the signature of Ed Eby.

Last night my fiancé and I made a last-minute decision to play a quick nine holes in Okotoks at Crystal Ridge Golf Club. The first hole is a narrow 375 yard par 4 and I finally hit one straight after playing the course a handful of times. The starter said, “holy smokes, I think that’s on the green!” He was so excited he drove up with us to see. We looked and looked but couldn’t find my ball anywhere! Finally, my fiancé looked, and it was in the hole! I was four under thru three holes and finished a horrendous five over par total (nine holes). Guess I used up all my luck! 

This was my first ever hole-in-one. I used a 5 wood and it was 118 yards. I was with my husband, Bob Albert and friends Lynne Lecuyer and her husband Mario Prud’homme.

After playing golf for 50 years I thought it would never happen for me. On May 8, 2024 the magic occurred. On thole #6 of my home club, Penticton Golf and Country Club, I hit a pitching wedge 122 yards into a head wind. The ball landed 24 inches left of the front flag location and checked forward, spun back and to the right, rolling into the cup. I have started the habit of asking the question “Is today the day?” On a well struck ball heading towards the flag, on this day it was! It was an amazing experience and hope to do it again!

Playing Partners were David Power, Brian O’Brien, John Heymans. It was 183 yards. Club was a 5 iron.

I was playing with two good friends and teammates of mine in the lacrosse world at the beautiful Applecross Country Club, never did I expect the day to go like it did.

Hole #3 was playing about 185 yards with a slight downhill, I chose a 6 iron and hit a good one that took a great first bounce on the green and started rolling directly at the cup. It actually found its way behind the hole and appeared to sit right on the back edge. My playing partner with better vision then I started yelling that it was trapped leaning on the flagstick and started running towards the hole, he even yelled, “Look up the rules that’s a hole-in-one!”

I wasn’t as convinced as we all have had those shots that appear perfect from distance but when you get closer are faced with a knee knocking five to ten footer to deal with. So I tempered my expectations. Pleased with the stroke nonetheless I took my time getting into the cart and driving up, when I was about 40-50 yards away I saw it clearly drop in and that’s when I started celebrating!

To wrap up the story and add some humour. On the fourth tee I was still in mild shock and I ripped the ball into the woods never to be found again! Haha!

It was hole #3, 185 yards into the wind with a 5 iron, two bounces, rolled and broke right into the hole, which we could see from the tee box! I was playing with three friends I’ve played with since we were all junior members at Pinebrook in Calgary. It was one of my friends bachelor party, so even more fun to do it there!

The 18th hole, 98 yards, red tees and I hit a seven iron.

My playing partners were Gavin Watts, Steve Poots and Bill Lyon. Bill Lyon happens to be 92 years old and plays regularly at the club. Half the time he shoots his age.

I have done the cycle at Oshawa, I have had hole-in-one on holes #3, #5, #12 and now #18 I have been a member at Oshawa since 1970.

I don’t have a picture of the event, but I have something even better. I have a video of the hole-in-one. It just happened by fluke that a member of our Green Crew was checking out the camera over the 18th hole and was taking pictures while I was on the tee.

I was playing with a nice couple as my friend was too “sick” to make it for our tee time. It was 163 yards with a cross wind. I hit a stock 7 iron. Watching it land left of the pin and start rolling towards it, knowing it was getting better and better, great to have a short birdie putt. But all of a sudden, the ball disappeared. Quite a surreal experience!

I got my first hole-in-one on April 21, 2024 at Windsor Park Golf Course in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hole #16, 160 yards with a 7 iron into the wind. Landed in front of the flag stick and we watched it role back and disappear! I was golfing with three others (one Golf Canada member) and had them sign the scorecard and attest the round.

– Played with Stew Smith and Nick Yuen

– Was 165 yards into the wind, hit a 6 iron

– Was my fifth hole-in-one

It was 138 yards. I used an 8 iron. My playing partners were Gerard MacDonald, Peter Johnston and Zach Connell.

On Saturday, May 4th, Georgetown Golf Club hosted their men’s opening golf tournament. My brother Bradley Knox got a hole-in-one on the 16th hole. The following day, Sunday, May 5th, I was golfing with my wife (Courtney Knox), as well as a friend of ours (Dima Babych). We got to hole #8, and it was playing 142 yards (adjusted to about 135 yards downhill). I hit a 52 degree wedge and it landed behind the pin and spun back into the hole! All in all, a very memorable weekend for the Knox brothers!

I had my first hole-in-one on hole #8 September 5, 2016. On Monday, May 6, I played with my two regular golf companions – Jackie Nesbitt and Lorne Sarmiento. It’s a short par 3 (85 yards), but with the gusty crosswind I used more club than normal. My Ping 425 7 did the magic. I’m in my 70’s, so age doesn’t matter in golf for hole-in-ones!

Last year I had my first hole-in-one on a par 3 at The Canal at Delecour Golf Club in my second round of the season in May. This year it was another great start to the season and my fourth round of the season at the Highwood Golf & Country Club. It was the 17th hole, 306 yards. I pulled out my 9 degree Taylormade Stealth Driver and knew that I needed to go over the trees and water to go straight at the green. I had a line and told my playing partners Mike Grainger and Cory Williams that I need to go right over the tip of the tall pine tree but need to tee it a little higher so that it will land soft if I hit the green. I choked down my driver a couple inches and teed it up a little higher and let it go. It came off the face absolutely perfect. Once it went over the trees we couldn’t see it. My one partner Mike said, “I think it should be just left of the green.” and my other partner Cory said, “How about more like just left of the pin.”

We drove up the fairway and they hit there second shots and I was looking through my laser and couldn’t see anything on the green or around the green. We pulled up and automatically went to the back of the green and checked the bunkers because I have driven over this green before. Cory didn’t see anything, so I decided I would just go look at the hole. Sure enough as soon as I got towards the hole I saw the ball. We went absolutely crazy! Everyone within two fairways of us heard us! I had always wanted to get a hole-in-one on a par four. I have been inside of 3’ a few times in my life, but never thought this was going to happen. It was definitely an awesome day!

So now I have two hole-in-ones, par 3, par 4, and an albatross on a par 5 as well. Definitely things I didn’t think I would be able to do.

It was my first hole-in-one and I was pretty excited. It was hole #12, 172 yards and I used a 7 iron. I was playing with my buddy Carman Penner. The best part was there were two maintenance guys at the back of the green that started celebrating before I did! They were very excited and kind, and even notified the pro shop on my behalf. The team in the pro shop had a nice souvenir waiting for me when we finished our round. The whole team at Blue Devil deserves kudos for how awesome they were.

It was great! Played with a few members here at the club, Mal Smithson, John Gardner and Ed Devries! It was playing 181 yards into the wind and I hit a 5 iron! Initially, I thought it was long and then I heard Mal from the other tee block yell over to say it was in! I couldn’t believe it! There was excitement and fear knowing it was our Men’s League opening dinner that night and it could get expensive! All in all, it is a moment I will never forget!

Thanks for the email. I was playing with Rob Ford a buddy of mine. Played in the rain and into the wind, I hit a seven iron high draw, it rolled five feet into the hole from 156 yards. My friends were playing in front heard it hit the pin. Our pro was playing behind us and heard the cheers. This was my fourth hole-in-one.

I did get a hole-in-one on April 22nd my first round of the year after being away in Florida for the winter. I had it on hole #14 at Craigowan it was playing 180 yards and I hit a six iron. I was playing with Dean Olson, Mike Aggerholm and Gord Munro it was the third one that I have had.

The yardage was 117. Used a Ping G15 9 iron. Was playing with Brad Little, Paul Whitley and Ron Romard.

This was my first hole-in-one after 15+ years of playing golf. The yardage was 161 and I played a 7 iron. Ball landed five and half feet before the hole, took one bounce and rolled in. The rest of my foursome are all GreyHawk Golf Club and Golf Canada members (Jim Neubauer, Tim Smith and Chris Seidl).

A very exciting moment! The group photo includes a fifth person who was a prospective member driving by, he stopped to congratulate me when he witnessed the hole-in-one shot.

Here are the details of my hole-in-one; golfing with Perry Mogus, Ron Pacholko and Adi Lintner (part of a group of 16 that golf every Friday at Arbutus Ridge Golf Club). Hole #9. Approximately 110 yards and the club used was a pitching wedge.

This was my first hole-in-one ever so needless to say I was pretty excited. I was playing with my partner, Jayne Boyle, and her two sons Jonathan and Michael Cramton. The day was overcast and rain had been falling for a few holes. The 13th hole has an elevated green with water directly in front. We were playing the white tees, so it was about 140 yards. I pulled out my 5 hybrid and just thought, “get it over the water.” My shot went up directly in line with the flag and landed on the little crest right before the green. We saw it roll off the hill and Jonathan immediately said, “Oh, this has a chance.” Then it disappeared. Because it’s elevated, we couldn’t see where it went after it came off the hill. We jumped in the carts and took off for the green. I fully expected it to have rolled past the pin and be on the far side of the green. But as we got closer, no ball was in sight. I sprinted up to the flag, still holding my club and sure enough, there it was at the bottom of the cup. My TaylorMade TPS 5 was staring back up at me. Let the whooping commence. Even some guys a couple holes over were cheering and giving air high fives. Definitely a hole to remember! 

It was the first week of my men’s league at The Oaks of St. George Golf Club. I was having a bad round but having fun as it was the first week for my league foursome to be back together. Blaine, Tony and I played simulator golf all winter but hadn’t played with Teddy since last summer. There is nothing like the verbal abuse Teddy brings to the game. On to the game, I hit a great drive on the par 5 hole #4 but managed to stick handle my way to bogey. We came up the hill to the tee box on hole #5 downed our birdie drinks because Tony drained his birdie putt on hole #4. Hole #5 at The Oaks is a Beautiful Downhill shot with a pond and bunker to the left and a big bunker to the right with a Big Willow tree at the back left. The green is an upside down “L” shape bending to the left with a small bunker at inside of the bend. It plays 127 yards to the front and 143 yards to the back. The pin placement was in the hardest spot on the green four feet from front the edge just past bend and the bunker at about 135 yards. Tony went first and didn’t hit his 9 iron well and ended up pin high. I also had my 9 iron in hand but was too lazy to walk back up the hill to my bag and grab my wedge so I tee’d up my 9 iron and hit a 75% shot really clean. It landed just clear of the bunker slowly rolled in. Of course most of my group was still celebrating Tony’s previous birdie and weren’t sure it went in. I was pretty sure but have been close in the past and didn’t want to get too excited. As we came up to the green Tony ran up to hole and started screaming. At that point my legs got a little wobbly. I couldn’t believe it, it finally happened.

My hole-in-one was the 15th hole at Two Eagles, which was playing 152 yards to a front pin. I used an 8 iron to get there. I was playing in a junior tournament with three others around my age. The round started with torrential rain which seemed to ease off right after hole #13.

I was playing with my buddies, Ken Johnson, Jim Carmichael and Bob Babensee. On hole #7, at 143 yards, managed to hit a pure 7 iron. It flew high and straight at the pin, landed and rolled about 10 feet, and disappeared into the hole. I started playing golf as a 12 year old, and now, 64 years later, I finally got my first ever hole-in-one!

I got a hole-in-one on hole #3 , which is a par 3, at Fraserview Golf Course in B.C. on May 3rd. I used a 6 iron aiming for 130 yards and I did it perfectly. I also made my best score of my three years of golfing.

I was playing with Mateo Kern, Alex Adler and Max-Hamel-Balaski. It was 74 yards and I hit a 54 degree.

My first and only hole-in-one at Stone Tree Golf Owen Sound. Mens night June 16, 2022 on hole #16 using an 8 iron, 124 yards to the pin.

Par 4, hole #6, blind tee shot over the hill about 310 yards playing more like 295 hit one in line with the left side of the green we thought went and looked in the grass bunker left and to the back and then finally checked the hole.

How exciting to score a hole- in-one on #10 while golfing on Sunday afternoon, April 14th, in Courtenay, B.C. at our home club of Sunnydale. I must say I hit a pretty good 8 iron 117 yards and was just happy to hit the green. My friends Jen Zbinden, Kathy Binns and Kim Haaf were yelling that it went in the hole as well as the foursome on the next tee. I couldn’t believe it as I never even get a KP on ladies day! To make it even more fun I was playing with Kathy when she got a hole-in-one the year before at our ladies Tillicum tournament. Plus, a couple years earlier I was with another friend Linda Broadbent when she got a hole-in-one. It was the second time for me as I had scored one in my first year of golfing 40 years ago in the early 80’s. Guess I’ll be an old golfer when I score the next one.

I made a hole-in-one on May 20, 2024, on hole #4 at Olympic View Golf Course in Victoria, B.C. The hole was playing 139 yards from the white tee. There was a slight breeze against us. I used a 7 iron, usually my 150 yard club. The ball landed short of the hole, ran out, breaking right as it did and went into the hole. We did not see it go in but thought it was going to be within 15 feet of the hole. Frank Mikkers and David Tobacco were my playing partners. This was my second hole-in-one. The first one was also on this hole years ago.

I hit an 8 iron from 141 yards out on hole #8. The ball landed just to the left of the pin, spun to the right and disappeared. At first, we weren’t sure if the ball just rolled off the green and out of sight. But we also thought, “I think that went in the hole.” As we walked closer to the green, the ball was nowhere to be seen. Sure enough, we get up to the hole and there’s the ball. Unbelievable feeling and one that I won’t ever forget. I’m still in disbelief that it happened!

Hole-in-one I got in Mesa, Arizona on March 10, 2024. My first hole-in-one.

Recorded my fourth hole-in-one on Tuesday, May 28th at The Landings Golf Course in Kingston, Ontario with my friends Sharon, Diane and the waiting grass cutter. A perfect shot on hole #11 on a not so perfect weather day!

I hit a 6 iron from 185 yards. It bounced twice and rolled the final 10 feet into the cup. We teed off from an elevated green so we could see it drop. I was playing with my best friend Marc Chiswell and two locals. It was a wonderful experience I will never forget!

I got a hole-in-one on hole #7 at Hemet Golf Course in Hemet, California on November 24th, 2023. I used a 5 hybrid and the yardage was 127 yards. This was my second hole-in-one, what makes this funny is my first hole-in-one was at Lacombe Golf Course in Lacombe, Alberta on hole #7 which is also a par 3!

The hole was playing 153 yards, slightly downwind. I hit a 9 iron that was right at it the whole time and basically one bounced into the hole! It was a surreal moment and was a great way to end our golf trip to Myrtle Beach. I was playing with Jim Schmidt, Glenn Crisp and Derek Haughton. Was a lot of fun.

My second round at the club this year after opening on Friday, I was playing with two good friends; Michael Dixon and Ryan Smyth on a mid Sunday morning round. The wind is regularly gusty at Whistle Bear Golf Club, and as we reached the par 3, hole #14, my playing partners lasered the flag at 155 yards with a good wind into us from the left. The pin located in the middle to back left on the green with the hole not visible in the landing area. I hit a 7 iron left over the green side bunkers watching the wind drift it back towards the flag, not knowing what happened after it landed. As we walked up, the group in front of us walked over the hill from the 15th tee shouting we think that went in. In disbelief, Mike gets there ahead of me and checks the hole and confirms it, my ball is in the hole, for my first hole-in-one!

It was a beautiful Spring morning in Victoria at the superb Cordova Bay Golf Course. My playing partners were Lorraine Cooper – Morton, Mike Morton and Barry Greenwood. The magical moment happened on hole #6 which has an elevated green. If I remember, it was 136 yards, slope adjusted. I hit a 6 iron, saw it roll to the pin and disappeared. I thought it had rolled in, as did my playing companions but because it’s an elevated green, we weren’t 100% sure till we walked up and confirmed the ball (a Red Srixon) was indeed in the cup. The Marshall, Brad Johnston happened to be at the green and saw what happened. That’s when we really celebrated! Brad of course immediately spread the word around and I got several congratulatory messages from all the wonderful staff at the club and other members who know me. Pretty memorable day especially since it was my very first ace and was very happy to share it with my friends.

I was down in Florida for an annual golf trip with the boys. Eight of us go down to play and get the rust off before the golfing season gets into full gear in Ontario. That day I was playing with John, Kenny and Darryl. The yardage was 149 yards and I hit a perfect 9 iron right at the flag. From the tee, we couldn’t tell where the ball ended up, however we knew it was close. When getting up to the green, the ball was nowhere to be seen. We’ve all had that anticipation before, could it be in the hole? I ran up to check the cup and screamed when I saw my ball in the bottom.

Thanks for the congratulations on my lucky hole-in-one on April 3. The hole was #12 at Glacier Greens in Comox B.C. It was 96 yards and I hit a pitching wedge. My playing partners were Mick Hewson, Paul McRoberts and Mike Maddocks. The goofy toothless smile was from the dentist the day before, all in all a very enjoyable day.

My son Wesley and I are proud members of our amazing club “The Oaks Golf & Country Club” in Delaware, Ontario. This season my son and I said, “This year one of us will get a hole-in-one on hole #15 our signature par 3 island hole.” On Monday, April 23, a beautifully lit evening, the camera rolled, and it happened! We were stunned, screaming, laughing, and celebrating when we fell to the ground, and I may have broken my thumb! We go back for more x-rays on Monday. We got it all on video, hole #15, par 3, 123 yards. We got you hole #15! The crazy thing is this is my sixth hole-in-one and fifth at The Oaks but the best one ever because it was with my son and our first together! So blessed! #memoryforlife

I was playing with fellow golfer and friend Mark Warren. I was visiting him in Vancouver for a week of golf (our golfing season in Yellowknife won’t start for another week or two). In fact, we weren’t even supposed to play that day because of rain. We decided at the last minute to take a chance on what looked like a changing forecast and play the round later in the day. The front nine wasn’t great. It was still wet and cold. At the turn we had a ‘Happy Gilmore’ toast and, surprise, the sun came out!

Anyway, the shot came on hole #14. The yardage was 165; I used a 7 iron. It was into the sun/sea so we lost the ball in the air. I actually thought I was short and hit rocks/lost the ball, so I hit a provisional. The provisional was short and right. I chipped it close, then went over to look for what I thought was my lost first ball. Mark putted his eight footer out for a birdie then went to retrieve his ball from the hole when he made the discovery! 

We celebrated a bit and finished the round. I went into the pro shop and talked with staff there about it. They said it was pretty cool that I made a hole-in-one on that particular hole as it’s one of the signature holes for the golf course. They also offered to send me some sort of a certificate, outlining the achievement with all the details, etc. I have yet to receive it, but I’m looking forward to getting it. I’ve also kept the ball and the card in the hopes of having something framed to commemorate the once in a lifetime event.

I’ve been playing golf my whole life and this is the first time I’ve ever managed a hole-in-one! I’ve come close, but never actually made it. I guess doing so on this course, on their signature hole, makes it even more special!