We were on our annual trip and decided to go to Kamloops this year. I was playing with my good friends Ryan Thompson, Brandon Kerr and Jeremy Mitchell. It was on hole #3, 136 yards and I hit my pitching wedge. It landed on the green, bounced and spun and headed toward the hole. I heard my ball hit the pin as it disappeared. The Marshall had even just pulled up beside the green to see it all happen.

Hi there!

Can't believe I got one! Thank you for the graphic!

Occurred on hole number 8 at Eagles Nest on Thursday, September 1st. I grabbed my gap wedge and hit three quarters swing to a front pin with a 121 yardage. The ball bounced about 10 feet short and right of the pin. The ball then rolled up and right in the front of the hole.

I was playing with my good friend, Conner Rowntree.

Thanks,

Jake Kearley

Yes, it was an exciting to get a hole-in-one. I was playing with my husband, Paul Dashkewytch, and our friends, Kelly Dunn and Mike LaFarge. It was the 14th hole at The Springs Course in Radium. It was a back left pin (100 yards), and I used an A wedge. The shot landed passed the pin and slowly rolled back towards the hole. It was great fun as we were able to watch the ball slowly trickle into the hole. A foursome was waiting on the 15th hole, and they saw it too which added to the excitement. My only other hole-in-one was also at the Springs in 1998. The Springs gave me a flag to keep as a momentum which is so thoughtful.

Lynn Dashkewytch

Thanks for your letter!

I was playing with Sarah Choi, Yvonne Wang and Karen.

The yardage to the pin was 95. I used PXG Gap wedge.

Thanks,

Amy 

Hello, 

Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It was a fun moment in my golf career and one I will never forget. 

Here are the details:

– Glendale Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg 

– 16th hole 

– 154 yards into a brisk 40km wind 

– Using a TaylorMade P7MC 6 iron 

– With my buddies Matt Stephenson, Ron Chev and Jamie Constantine 

– Friday, September 2, 2022

Enjoy the rest of your golf season. 

Chris Mead 

I observed through the Georgian Bay Hole-In-One Club that at this point, I am the first and only woman this season to achieve a hole-in-one. I also looked at the score card and this is the most difficult hole for women of the par 3 holes. This season only four men have achieved a hole-in-one. Further, no one at GBC has shot a hole-in-one in the prime months of July and August. Except me, of course! These are stats not me boasting. 

I play from the copper tees which are a set back from the forward tees (where most women shoot from). I used a 3 rescue club. 

I was with my husband and another member and his adult son.

P.S. My favourite colour is pink. If you look closely at the ball, it has several pink marker dots identifying my ball!

Colleen Whitney

So nice to receive this message. I have been a long-time supporter of Golf Canada since moving from Quebec to Ontario in 1982. 

I was proud to serve as a Marshall at more than 15 Canadian Opens. As a resident of Unionville, I travelled to Glen Abbey for several years, Hamilton twice, Angus Glen twice, and to the Legends of Niagara when the LPGA was played there. I attended St. George’s as a patron to see Sandra Post and Dawn Coe Jones a few years back, and this year, to see Rory win his second Canadian Open. Memories I have treasured for a very long time.

As for my hole-in-one at Spring Lakes last Thursday, it was very special. Having just turned 83 in August, it made me very proud. I have been a member at Spring Lakes first from 1991-2012, and left to join Whitevale from 2013-2018, then returned to Spring Lakes from 2019-to now.    

I play every Thursday at Spring Lakes with the Keenagers (55+ members). Last week my foursome included Chuck Lane, Don Tweedle and Ted Pickering, who witnessed my ace.

The hole was 129 yards from the red tees. I used a 7 iron.

Thank you very much for your interest.

Sincerely, 

Derek Phillips

Hole-in-one was on #12 at Canmore Golf Club on Sunday, September 5. Was playing with John Gibbons and Nick Sandlin. The hole was 136 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My first hole-in-one after 40 + years of playing golf.

My name is Gord Huston and I have been a member of Ledgeview Golf Club for many years. I’m 74 years old and I had my fou hole-in-one on Sunday, September 4, 2022. My playing partners were Roy Evans, Ken Check and Trevor. It was the 8th hole at Ledgeview Golf Club, playing 208 yards and I hit a 3 wood. My bar bill was $120, which I was happy to pay.

Thank you for reaching out regarding my hole-in-one at Wooden Sticks.

Summary:  

I was playing on August 27^th at Wooden Sticks with my 14-year-old son, Jager, my brother, Michael, and our friend, Ray.

As we rode up to hole #17, the Replica Island Green from TPC Sawgrass, which is both me and my son’s favorite hole around, I was playing pretty good.

My son let me know that the hole was playing 134 yards from the maple tees (these tees are second from the Tips at Wooden Sticks playing 6,771 yards total).

There was no wind, and the flag was tucked in the little bowl on the left-hand side of the green (sucker Sunday pin).

As we waited for the group ahead to finish, I started to figure out how I was going to hit this shot.

I had to choke up on a pitching wedge as 134 yards was not a stock yardage for me.

I didn’t want to go directly at the pin in case I pushed it slightly to the left, (I am a lefty) so I aimed to land it on the ridge closer to the middle of the green and let the ball roll down to the pin.

I saw a tree in the background that I could aim at.

As my turn approached, the group behind us now pulled up and was watching along with the group on hole #18.  

Great, now I have an audience on the Island green (sarcasm). But this actually turned out good.

As I got set to hit my shot, the only thing that I thought about was, “hit your target”.

What followed was awesome.

I hit the shot pure and right at my target.

Once it landed on the green, I was relieved as it didn’t go into the water.

The ball then started to roll down in the bowl towards the flag.

At this point I lost sight of the ball.

My son yelled out, “This could go in.”

Then I heard the eight people watching start to cheer and yell, “it went in”.

My son ran over, and we started to celebrate but I was pretty much in dis-belief as I didn’t see it go in myself.

We rode up to the green and all the guys waiting and watching where congratulating me.

My son started to film my walk up to the green and once I saw the ball in the hole, I just had a big smile as I couldn’t believe it.

A few things made this experience really cool.

1. I was with my son and brother.
2. This was my first hole-in-one ever and it was on the Island Green.
3. I actually hit a golf shot the way I wanted to, and it worked out.  That does not happen too often for me.
4. I ended up shooting a 79 and my son shot a 72. Having both of us shoot good rounds definitely added to the experience.
5. The coolest thing was how excited my son was for me. He is a pretty good golfer, has a +2 handicap, and he beats me all the time but he was genuinely the most happy for me when I got the hole-in-one. 

Also, I am looking forward to seeing my name on the plaque by the hole when I go to play the Island Green next year.

Thanks,

Jason Pain

I thought I would send in this note about my 13-year-old son, Kieran Johnson, and his first hole-in-one on Friday, September 2nd. Playing with his two friends, Cohen Bernard and Fischer McPherson on the 115-yard par three fourth hole at Stratford Country Club. He used a pitching wedge. Landed 20 feet short and rolled into the middle pin for an ace. 

Matt Johnson, on behalf of Kieran Johnson

My hole-in-one that you have seen on my score card was measured at 163 yards and I hit it with 5 iron with a slight wind up the gut and it hit the pin for my first ace. It was witnessed my son, Shawn Jubinville, and another player that I do not recall his name.

Yardage: 144 yards

Club: 8 iron

Playing partners: Scott Irwin, Adrian Sanderson and Andre Levesque 

The folks in my group were: Peter Hogeterp, Ben Vint and Gavin Boorsma. The yardage was 135 yards (island green). I’m 71 now and don’t hit a seven iron as far as I once did, but that was the club.

Thanks,

Michael

Thanks!

I was playing with Roy Teskey and Ted Kurello. It was the 4th hole from 155 yards. I hit a 6 iron into the wind.

Neill

Thanks for the email. I was with my wife on our anniversary. Yardage was 154 and I hit an 8 iron. Ball landed a foot and half past the pin and spun back in.

Appreciate the recognition! It was quite the moment. 

I was playing with a few other guys from work as we normally get out to play a few rounds a year with each other. It was great to have Jesse, Tristan, and Ron witness the moment. I think they were more excited than myself. Jesse plays frequently and is a member at a course here in Edmonton. 

Hole-in-one details:

– 111 yards 

– Par 3 

– Elevated tee box so it scoped at 92 yards to the pin.

– Front of the green pin placement.

– Shot landed about a foot from the hole and wasted no time going in!

• I used my 62-degree loft wedge with about a smooth 85% swing. It’s been a great club for me around 120 yards in! 

Regards,

Robbie Devries

Thanks for this!

My playing partner was Carlo Tomei from Weston Golf & Country Club. Happened on hole #8, a par 3. Yardage was 123 and I used a 9 iron.

Cheers.

Thank you, this was very exciting. I was golfing with my friend, Louise Giese, as I normally do on Ladies Day. We were on hold #14 at the Prince George Golf Club. I would normally use a pitching wedge but on this hole, you have to clear water, so I used my 9 iron and eased up a little. It was a great feeling shot, it flew over the water and bounced on the green and gently rolled into the hole.  

Thank you. I was playing with Joe Johnson and Taylor Johnson. It was 160 yards to the flag I hit an 8 iron. 

Thanks so much for your email, which extended my excitement!

It’s #16, 161 yards to the pin, I used my 8 iron. Simon Deng, Michael Pat and Hai Wang were the witnesses. At that moment, my ball hit the back edge of the green, nine yards behind the pin, then bounced forward about one yard, after an obvious pause in the short cut rough (maybe two seconds only), the ball came back slowly, rolled towards the hole, and in the hole finally. Fantastic shot!

Thanks again!

Jackie (Xin) Zhang

I appreciate the email and your congratulations.

I was playing in the Seniors "Boomer" league with George Moon, Ted Powers and Mo Smith. When we got to the 5th hole, a par 3, I realized I'd left my Pinseeker at the last hole, so everyone in my group hit away when I went back to retrieve the Pinseeker.

Not finding it, I returned to the hole and my group started checking the carts to see if it was misplaced somewhere there.

The hole was 145 yards and I hit my 8 iron, and the ball landed about 6' from pin and rolled up. It disappeared and I said to my group (who were busy checking the cart) that I thought the ball might have gone in hole! I didn't get too excited because that green has several dips where a ball can roll to and disappear from view but still be far from the hole.

We drove up to the hole and there was a ball about 4' from pin and I thought it must be mine, but after I checked, it was my cart partners. I looked in the hole and there was my ball! At that point my whole four some got excited! My first hole-in-one!

At Whistlebear, anone getting a hole-in-one gets to ring a large bell in the lounge, and also get 25 drink tickets. Surprisingly, I seemed to have a lot of friends there that day as I gave away 23 tickets!

Thanks again for the interest.

Regards,

Frank Dakos

Thanks for your letter!

I was playing with Sarah Choi, Yvonne Wang and Karen.

The yardage to the pin was 95. I used PXG Gap wedge.

Thanks,

Amy 

Hello, 

Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It was a fun moment in my golf career and one I will never forget. 

Here are the details:

– Glendale Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg 

– 16th hole 

– 154 yards into a brisk 40km wind 

– Using a TaylorMade P7MC 6 iron 

– With my buddies Matt Stephenson, Ron Chev and Jamie Constantine 

– Friday, September 2, 2022

Enjoy the rest of your golf season. 

Chris Mead 

I observed through the Georgian Bay Hole-In-One Club that at this point, I am the first and only woman this season to achieve a hole-in-one. I also looked at the score card and this is the most difficult hole for women of the par 3 holes. This season only four men have achieved a hole-in-one. Further, no one at GBC has shot a hole-in-one in the prime months of July and August. Except me, of course! These are stats not me boasting. 

I play from the copper tees which are a set back from the forward tees (where most women shoot from). I used a 3 rescue club. 

I was with my husband and another member and his adult son.

P.S. My favourite colour is pink. If you look closely at the ball, it has several pink marker dots identifying my ball!

Colleen Whitney

So nice to receive this message. I have been a long-time supporter of Golf Canada since moving from Quebec to Ontario in 1982. 

I was proud to serve as a Marshall at more than 15 Canadian Opens. As a resident of Unionville, I travelled to Glen Abbey for several years, Hamilton twice, Angus Glen twice, and to the Legends of Niagara when the LPGA was played there. I attended St. George’s as a patron to see Sandra Post and Dawn Coe Jones a few years back, and this year, to see Rory win his second Canadian Open. Memories I have treasured for a very long time.

As for my hole-in-one at Spring Lakes last Thursday, it was very special. Having just turned 83 in August, it made me very proud. I have been a member at Spring Lakes first from 1991-2012, and left to join Whitevale from 2013-2018, then returned to Spring Lakes from 2019-to now.    

I play every Thursday at Spring Lakes with the Keenagers (55+ members). Last week my foursome included Chuck Lane, Don Tweedle and Ted Pickering, who witnessed my ace.

The hole was 129 yards from the red tees. I used a 7 iron.

Thank you very much for your interest.

Sincerely, 

Derek Phillips

Hole-in-one was on #12 at Canmore Golf Club on Sunday, September 5. Was playing with John Gibbons and Nick Sandlin. The hole was 136 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My first hole-in-one after 40 + years of playing golf.

The folks in my group were: Peter Hogeterp, Ben Vint and Gavin Boorsma. The yardage was 135 yards (island green). I’m 71 now and don’t hit a seven iron as far as I once did, but that was the club.

Thanks,

Michael

I had a hole-in-one at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort on August 9, 2022. Hole #8 it was playing 130 yards from the white tees. I am a member at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort.

What a fun time in Summerland, B.C.! I was playing with my dad, Gary Higson, his friend, Tom Moran and one of Tom’s friends from Penticton. The yardage was 135 yards. I used a gap wedge and hit it 10 feet pass the pin and it slowly backed up to the flag and then disappeared! After some celebrating on the tee box, we snapped a picture with the three of us from Dawson Creek, B.C.! 

Thank you for the congratulations.

– Whether: Sunny, high around 30 degrees Celsius.

– Location: Mountain Creek Golf Course is located just outside of Arnprior, Ontario. Hole #14 is a 135-yard par 3 from the whites and runs east to west with a small pond to the front right of the green. That day it was playing 129 yards from the whites.

– Club: I used my Mazuma pitching wedge.

– Ball: Orange Titleist Velocity

– Background: Playing a threesome (Wendy MacNaughton, Dan Turcotte and I), teed off at 08:00. We were shooting into the sun, and it was difficult to watch/see the ball. But we could hear the plop when the ball landed. Dan shot first, then me and Wendy. When we arrived at the green, Dan’s ball was sitting on the front of the green. But I could not see my ball on the green. We looked all over and off the green in case I overshot. Then we saw the ball mark about 30” in front of the hole and when I looked in the hole and to my surprise there it was, and I had my first hole-in-one.

Take care and stay safe.

Jeff

Given my surname, it is rather ironic that my first hole-in-one occurred at St. “Andrews” by the lake.  

It occurred on August 9, 2022, during a family reunion trip in Summerland (I live in Ladner and normally play at Surrey Golf). I was golfing with my wife, Karen, and my cousin, Ray, who was visiting from England. I had last played the course about 25 years ago when I had just taken up golfing. 

There is a walk up to the tee box. As the card said 191 yards, I went up with 5 hybrid. However, once at the tee box, my GPS read 204. There was a wait before I could tee off and someone in the following group arrived and confirmed the distance as 204 yards.

Given the GPS reading, it was a good thing I was too lazy to go back and get my 4 hybrid as the 5 hybrid did the trick. I saw it land before the green and bend on the green towards the hole, but I thought the ball had rolled past the hole. My wife thought it might have gone in the hole.  

When I didn’t see the ball on the green, I didn’t dare look in the hole until I checked behind the green. As the ball wasn’t there, I peeked into the hole and was ecstatic to see the ball and that I finally had my first hole in one at age 58.

As it happens, on the previous hole I was 2” from getting an eagle on a par 4 for the first time. That’ll have to wait for another day. 

It was a very fun day. I was playing with Jenifer Jones. Yardage on hole 12 that day was about 89 yards. I used my approach wedge, hit the fringe, took one hop, and rolled in the hole. Nicest hole for it as the view is spectacular. 

My first hole-in-one was Friday August 26 at Silver Springs Golf Club is sunny Calgary. I was playing with my amazing wife, Traci Meades, (who had her first hole-in-one earlier this season as well) and our friends Randy and Corrine Chappell.

Hole #17. par 3. 142 yards. Used a pitching wedge.

Randy and I jokingly talked about not having seen a hole-in-one as we walked up to the 17^th tee box. I went first. While my well struck ball, with a baby draw, is in the air, I jokingly say “get in the hole so Randy can see a hole-in-one.” 

As the ball approaches the green, I lose sight of it in the shadows. Randy says he heard my ball hit the flagstick. But none of us know where my ball ended up.

As we walked up to the green, we discover that my ball went directly into the cup…never hit the putting surface.

I don’t normally take my cell phone on the golf course, but I did that day as I was expecting a call from a client. Glad I did…so I have great photos (and memories) from that day!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Thank you so much for reaching out! As if getting my first hole-in-one wasn’t already exciting enough.

I’ve been playing golf a long time, but it wasn’t until the last three years that I started putting more effort into improving my game. I’ve always been a long hitter, coming from a baseball and hockey background, so my short game is where I have been spending the most practise. With more time spent golfing, my wife and son started joining me and golfing more as well. Sunday was the first time we took on the challenge of taking my daughter (2 years old) along with my son, (5 years old) out for a round. Amongst the chaos of two restless kids, I somehow managed to pull off the best shot of my life so far.

The hole was a 126-yard par 3, slightly uphill and playing a bit downwind. 126 yards is between a gap wedge and a pitching wedge for me, but I opted to go for a choked up three-quarter swing pitching wedge. The ball was struck perfectly, and it was precisely on the line I had picked. I knew it was a good shot instantly. Upon landing, I immediately froze trying to focus my eyes on just how close it really was, and that’s when the ball disappeared. My wife and I quickly turn to each other, and both simultaneously say, “I think it went in!”

I took a video of the walk with my son up to the green to verify that it had indeed dropped in the hole. Below is the hole in one picture, and a day on the course with my family I’ll never forget.

I was very amazed to learn that you knew about my hole-in-one on Tuesday, August 16 at the Legends in Warman. Thank you for your recognition of my special day.

To answer your questions: Tuesday is Ladies’ Day for our Tuesday Morning Ladies Golf League at the Legends. This year, we have 37 members from all walks of life and a very sociable group. I was playing with Maureen, Sylvia and Cindy. The par 3, hole #7 from the forward red blocks is 92 yards. In the past, I have tried using a 9 iron and was never satisfied with the results. So, recently I have started using my 6 iron (I don’t have a 7 or 8 iron in my bag) with better results. On the 16^th, I teed up and had also changed my ball from a Callaway to a Pinnacle Lady with my lucky number 4 on it. My shot was the sweetest, lovely in the air, straight at the flag and dropped almost immediately into the hole. Our cheers echoed across to the group behind us. Since our fun day game was closest to the pin on the par 3’s. I had my name on the proximity marker for the prize.
 

The next sweetest thing is my name and date goes on a small, engraved plate mounted on the hole #7 board in the upper hall of the clubhouse. Four boards are there for each of the par 3 holes and above, the title Legends Hole in One Club. My name plate is the first one on the hole #14 board for my hole-in-one on September 28, 2011, during the first game I played at the newly opened Legends course. I didn’t see that one go into the hole because I was picking up my tee and looked up to see my playing partners cheering wildly. This wall display is a special to all the people whose names are on it and an excellent tribute by the Legends course management.

Thank you for the extra special celebration you have added to my achievement.

Good afternoon, thanks for reaching out. Was a great day yesterday with hitting the hole-in-one. Playing on Copperhead at Rattlesnake, we started on the back nine and got to hole 15. Blues were playing 168 with a blue flag. Took out the 8 Iron and proceeded to hit the shot of the day. Ball was tracking nice fading in from left to right. I watch the ball hit the green but where the tee box was and the fact the pin was below elevation, I lost sight of it. I walked to my left to see if I could see the ball and was still unsure due to my sight line.

In my group was a friend Paul Chapman who was playing from the white tees, so he was standing on those blocks and did not see it from there either. After Paul hit his into the bunker on the sand, I said to Paul, “I think the ball is in the hole”. Paul did a small laugh and then we walked up and onto the green to see no ball in sight. As we walked up, I started a video on my phone, and you can clearly see my ball mark on the green and then we followed it right into the hole.

Thanks,

Rob Backus

Thanks for your letter!

I was playing with Sarah Choi, Yvonne Wang and Karen.

The yardage to the pin was 95. I used PXG Gap wedge.

Thanks,

Amy 

Hello, 

Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It was a fun moment in my golf career and one I will never forget. 

Here are the details:

– Glendale Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg 

– 16th hole 

– 154 yards into a brisk 40km wind 

– Using a TaylorMade P7MC 6 iron 

– With my buddies Matt Stephenson, Ron Chev and Jamie Constantine 

– Friday, September 2, 2022

Enjoy the rest of your golf season. 

Chris Mead 

I observed through the Georgian Bay Hole-In-One Club that at this point, I am the first and only woman this season to achieve a hole-in-one. I also looked at the score card and this is the most difficult hole for women of the par 3 holes. This season only four men have achieved a hole-in-one. Further, no one at GBC has shot a hole-in-one in the prime months of July and August. Except me, of course! These are stats not me boasting. 

I play from the copper tees which are a set back from the forward tees (where most women shoot from). I used a 3 rescue club. 

I was with my husband and another member and his adult son.

P.S. My favourite colour is pink. If you look closely at the ball, it has several pink marker dots identifying my ball!

Colleen Whitney

So nice to receive this message. I have been a long-time supporter of Golf Canada since moving from Quebec to Ontario in 1982. 

I was proud to serve as a Marshall at more than 15 Canadian Opens. As a resident of Unionville, I travelled to Glen Abbey for several years, Hamilton twice, Angus Glen twice, and to the Legends of Niagara when the LPGA was played there. I attended St. George’s as a patron to see Sandra Post and Dawn Coe Jones a few years back, and this year, to see Rory win his second Canadian Open. Memories I have treasured for a very long time.

As for my hole-in-one at Spring Lakes last Thursday, it was very special. Having just turned 83 in August, it made me very proud. I have been a member at Spring Lakes first from 1991-2012, and left to join Whitevale from 2013-2018, then returned to Spring Lakes from 2019-to now.    

I play every Thursday at Spring Lakes with the Keenagers (55+ members). Last week my foursome included Chuck Lane, Don Tweedle and Ted Pickering, who witnessed my ace.

The hole was 129 yards from the red tees. I used a 7 iron.

Thank you very much for your interest.

Sincerely, 

Derek Phillips

Hole-in-one was on #12 at Canmore Golf Club on Sunday, September 5. Was playing with John Gibbons and Nick Sandlin. The hole was 136 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My first hole-in-one after 40 + years of playing golf.

The folks in my group were: Peter Hogeterp, Ben Vint and Gavin Boorsma. The yardage was 135 yards (island green). I’m 71 now and don’t hit a seven iron as far as I once did, but that was the club.

Thanks,

Michael

I had a hole-in-one at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort on August 9, 2022. Hole #8 it was playing 130 yards from the white tees. I am a member at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort.

Thank you for the congratulations.

– Whether: Sunny, high around 30 degrees Celsius.

– Location: Mountain Creek Golf Course is located just outside of Arnprior, Ontario. Hole #14 is a 135-yard par 3 from the whites and runs east to west with a small pond to the front right of the green. That day it was playing 129 yards from the whites.

– Club: I used my Mazuma pitching wedge.

– Ball: Orange Titleist Velocity

– Background: Playing a threesome (Wendy MacNaughton, Dan Turcotte and I), teed off at 08:00. We were shooting into the sun, and it was difficult to watch/see the ball. But we could hear the plop when the ball landed. Dan shot first, then me and Wendy. When we arrived at the green, Dan’s ball was sitting on the front of the green. But I could not see my ball on the green. We looked all over and off the green in case I overshot. Then we saw the ball mark about 30” in front of the hole and when I looked in the hole and to my surprise there it was, and I had my first hole-in-one.

Take care and stay safe.

Jeff

Given my surname, it is rather ironic that my first hole-in-one occurred at St. “Andrews” by the lake.  

It occurred on August 9, 2022, during a family reunion trip in Summerland (I live in Ladner and normally play at Surrey Golf). I was golfing with my wife, Karen, and my cousin, Ray, who was visiting from England. I had last played the course about 25 years ago when I had just taken up golfing. 

There is a walk up to the tee box. As the card said 191 yards, I went up with 5 hybrid. However, once at the tee box, my GPS read 204. There was a wait before I could tee off and someone in the following group arrived and confirmed the distance as 204 yards.

Given the GPS reading, it was a good thing I was too lazy to go back and get my 4 hybrid as the 5 hybrid did the trick. I saw it land before the green and bend on the green towards the hole, but I thought the ball had rolled past the hole. My wife thought it might have gone in the hole.  

When I didn’t see the ball on the green, I didn’t dare look in the hole until I checked behind the green. As the ball wasn’t there, I peeked into the hole and was ecstatic to see the ball and that I finally had my first hole in one at age 58.

As it happens, on the previous hole I was 2” from getting an eagle on a par 4 for the first time. That’ll have to wait for another day. 

It was a very fun day. I was playing with Jenifer Jones. Yardage on hole 12 that day was about 89 yards. I used my approach wedge, hit the fringe, took one hop, and rolled in the hole. Nicest hole for it as the view is spectacular. 

My first hole-in-one was Friday August 26 at Silver Springs Golf Club is sunny Calgary. I was playing with my amazing wife, Traci Meades, (who had her first hole-in-one earlier this season as well) and our friends Randy and Corrine Chappell.

Hole #17. par 3. 142 yards. Used a pitching wedge.

Randy and I jokingly talked about not having seen a hole-in-one as we walked up to the 17^th tee box. I went first. While my well struck ball, with a baby draw, is in the air, I jokingly say “get in the hole so Randy can see a hole-in-one.” 

As the ball approaches the green, I lose sight of it in the shadows. Randy says he heard my ball hit the flagstick. But none of us know where my ball ended up.

As we walked up to the green, we discover that my ball went directly into the cup…never hit the putting surface.

I don’t normally take my cell phone on the golf course, but I did that day as I was expecting a call from a client. Glad I did…so I have great photos (and memories) from that day!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Thank you so much for reaching out! As if getting my first hole-in-one wasn’t already exciting enough.

I’ve been playing golf a long time, but it wasn’t until the last three years that I started putting more effort into improving my game. I’ve always been a long hitter, coming from a baseball and hockey background, so my short game is where I have been spending the most practise. With more time spent golfing, my wife and son started joining me and golfing more as well. Sunday was the first time we took on the challenge of taking my daughter (2 years old) along with my son, (5 years old) out for a round. Amongst the chaos of two restless kids, I somehow managed to pull off the best shot of my life so far.

The hole was a 126-yard par 3, slightly uphill and playing a bit downwind. 126 yards is between a gap wedge and a pitching wedge for me, but I opted to go for a choked up three-quarter swing pitching wedge. The ball was struck perfectly, and it was precisely on the line I had picked. I knew it was a good shot instantly. Upon landing, I immediately froze trying to focus my eyes on just how close it really was, and that’s when the ball disappeared. My wife and I quickly turn to each other, and both simultaneously say, “I think it went in!”

I took a video of the walk with my son up to the green to verify that it had indeed dropped in the hole. Below is the hole in one picture, and a day on the course with my family I’ll never forget.

I was very amazed to learn that you knew about my hole-in-one on Tuesday, August 16 at the Legends in Warman. Thank you for your recognition of my special day.

To answer your questions: Tuesday is Ladies’ Day for our Tuesday Morning Ladies Golf League at the Legends. This year, we have 37 members from all walks of life and a very sociable group. I was playing with Maureen, Sylvia and Cindy. The par 3, hole #7 from the forward red blocks is 92 yards. In the past, I have tried using a 9 iron and was never satisfied with the results. So, recently I have started using my 6 iron (I don’t have a 7 or 8 iron in my bag) with better results. On the 16^th, I teed up and had also changed my ball from a Callaway to a Pinnacle Lady with my lucky number 4 on it. My shot was the sweetest, lovely in the air, straight at the flag and dropped almost immediately into the hole. Our cheers echoed across to the group behind us. Since our fun day game was closest to the pin on the par 3’s. I had my name on the proximity marker for the prize.
 

The next sweetest thing is my name and date goes on a small, engraved plate mounted on the hole #7 board in the upper hall of the clubhouse. Four boards are there for each of the par 3 holes and above, the title Legends Hole in One Club. My name plate is the first one on the hole #14 board for my hole-in-one on September 28, 2011, during the first game I played at the newly opened Legends course. I didn’t see that one go into the hole because I was picking up my tee and looked up to see my playing partners cheering wildly. This wall display is a special to all the people whose names are on it and an excellent tribute by the Legends course management.

Thank you for the extra special celebration you have added to my achievement.

I was playing with a father and son (Blaine and Blaine Jr.) on a sunny Friday afternoon after work.

The 8th hole was playing 191 yards downwind with the flag at the front of the green just over a hump. I hit 6 iron and it was in line with the hole, but we couldn’t see it. I was expecting to see the ball roll up the hill past the hole, but it never appeared. One of my playing partners said, “I think that might be in” but I had my doubts. 

As we approached the green, the ball was still nowhere to be seen. I walked to the hole and sure enough it was there. I’m not sure who was more excited – me or my playing partners – but it was a special moment. The rest of the round was a great time for all of us.

Thank you for your email.

I was playing with Chris Hall and Dan Wiles. My golf watch said the distance was about 135 yards. I was using my 7 iron.

Thomas Considine 

Got my hole-in-one on August 16 at Dakota Dunes Golf Links while playing with my regular weekly senior golf group. It happened on the par 3, 6th hole, approximately 155 yards with a 9 iron. There was a small  bush in our line of site so we didn’t see it go in.

So, on Saturday I was playing in an amateur tournament in Kamloops, B.C., hole number 4, literally 4th hole of my tournament. I was playing with three others named Wyatt, Taylor and Aaron. Yardage was about 149 so I hit a comfortable pitching wedge. It landed one foot behind the pin and spun in. I ended up finding out that it was on the money hole, and I won monetary prize on my first ever ace!

Thanks for your letter!

I was playing with Sarah Choi, Yvonne Wang and Karen.

The yardage to the pin was 95. I used PXG Gap wedge.

Thanks,

Amy 

Hello, 

Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It was a fun moment in my golf career and one I will never forget. 

Here are the details:

– Glendale Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg 

– 16th hole 

– 154 yards into a brisk 40km wind 

– Using a TaylorMade P7MC 6 iron 

– With my buddies Matt Stephenson, Ron Chev and Jamie Constantine 

– Friday, September 2, 2022

Enjoy the rest of your golf season. 

Chris Mead 

I observed through the Georgian Bay Hole-In-One Club that at this point, I am the first and only woman this season to achieve a hole-in-one. I also looked at the score card and this is the most difficult hole for women of the par 3 holes. This season only four men have achieved a hole-in-one. Further, no one at GBC has shot a hole-in-one in the prime months of July and August. Except me, of course! These are stats not me boasting. 

I play from the copper tees which are a set back from the forward tees (where most women shoot from). I used a 3 rescue club. 

I was with my husband and another member and his adult son.

P.S. My favourite colour is pink. If you look closely at the ball, it has several pink marker dots identifying my ball!

Colleen Whitney

So nice to receive this message. I have been a long-time supporter of Golf Canada since moving from Quebec to Ontario in 1982. 

I was proud to serve as a Marshall at more than 15 Canadian Opens. As a resident of Unionville, I travelled to Glen Abbey for several years, Hamilton twice, Angus Glen twice, and to the Legends of Niagara when the LPGA was played there. I attended St. George’s as a patron to see Sandra Post and Dawn Coe Jones a few years back, and this year, to see Rory win his second Canadian Open. Memories I have treasured for a very long time.

As for my hole-in-one at Spring Lakes last Thursday, it was very special. Having just turned 83 in August, it made me very proud. I have been a member at Spring Lakes first from 1991-2012, and left to join Whitevale from 2013-2018, then returned to Spring Lakes from 2019-to now.    

I play every Thursday at Spring Lakes with the Keenagers (55+ members). Last week my foursome included Chuck Lane, Don Tweedle and Ted Pickering, who witnessed my ace.

The hole was 129 yards from the red tees. I used a 7 iron.

Thank you very much for your interest.

Sincerely, 

Derek Phillips

Hole-in-one was on #12 at Canmore Golf Club on Sunday, September 5. Was playing with John Gibbons and Nick Sandlin. The hole was 136 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My first hole-in-one after 40 + years of playing golf.

The folks in my group were: Peter Hogeterp, Ben Vint and Gavin Boorsma. The yardage was 135 yards (island green). I’m 71 now and don’t hit a seven iron as far as I once did, but that was the club.

Thanks,

Michael

I had a hole-in-one at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort on August 9, 2022. Hole #8 it was playing 130 yards from the white tees. I am a member at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort.

Thank you for the congratulations.

– Whether: Sunny, high around 30 degrees Celsius.

– Location: Mountain Creek Golf Course is located just outside of Arnprior, Ontario. Hole #14 is a 135-yard par 3 from the whites and runs east to west with a small pond to the front right of the green. That day it was playing 129 yards from the whites.

– Club: I used my Mazuma pitching wedge.

– Ball: Orange Titleist Velocity

– Background: Playing a threesome (Wendy MacNaughton, Dan Turcotte and I), teed off at 08:00. We were shooting into the sun, and it was difficult to watch/see the ball. But we could hear the plop when the ball landed. Dan shot first, then me and Wendy. When we arrived at the green, Dan’s ball was sitting on the front of the green. But I could not see my ball on the green. We looked all over and off the green in case I overshot. Then we saw the ball mark about 30” in front of the hole and when I looked in the hole and to my surprise there it was, and I had my first hole-in-one.

Take care and stay safe.

Jeff

Given my surname, it is rather ironic that my first hole-in-one occurred at St. “Andrews” by the lake.  

It occurred on August 9, 2022, during a family reunion trip in Summerland (I live in Ladner and normally play at Surrey Golf). I was golfing with my wife, Karen, and my cousin, Ray, who was visiting from England. I had last played the course about 25 years ago when I had just taken up golfing. 

There is a walk up to the tee box. As the card said 191 yards, I went up with 5 hybrid. However, once at the tee box, my GPS read 204. There was a wait before I could tee off and someone in the following group arrived and confirmed the distance as 204 yards.

Given the GPS reading, it was a good thing I was too lazy to go back and get my 4 hybrid as the 5 hybrid did the trick. I saw it land before the green and bend on the green towards the hole, but I thought the ball had rolled past the hole. My wife thought it might have gone in the hole.  

When I didn’t see the ball on the green, I didn’t dare look in the hole until I checked behind the green. As the ball wasn’t there, I peeked into the hole and was ecstatic to see the ball and that I finally had my first hole in one at age 58.

As it happens, on the previous hole I was 2” from getting an eagle on a par 4 for the first time. That’ll have to wait for another day. 

It was a very fun day. I was playing with Jenifer Jones. Yardage on hole 12 that day was about 89 yards. I used my approach wedge, hit the fringe, took one hop, and rolled in the hole. Nicest hole for it as the view is spectacular. 

My first hole-in-one was Friday August 26 at Silver Springs Golf Club is sunny Calgary. I was playing with my amazing wife, Traci Meades, (who had her first hole-in-one earlier this season as well) and our friends Randy and Corrine Chappell.

Hole #17. par 3. 142 yards. Used a pitching wedge.

Randy and I jokingly talked about not having seen a hole-in-one as we walked up to the 17^th tee box. I went first. While my well struck ball, with a baby draw, is in the air, I jokingly say “get in the hole so Randy can see a hole-in-one.” 

As the ball approaches the green, I lose sight of it in the shadows. Randy says he heard my ball hit the flagstick. But none of us know where my ball ended up.

As we walked up to the green, we discover that my ball went directly into the cup…never hit the putting surface.

I don’t normally take my cell phone on the golf course, but I did that day as I was expecting a call from a client. Glad I did…so I have great photos (and memories) from that day!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Thank you so much for reaching out! As if getting my first hole-in-one wasn’t already exciting enough.

I’ve been playing golf a long time, but it wasn’t until the last three years that I started putting more effort into improving my game. I’ve always been a long hitter, coming from a baseball and hockey background, so my short game is where I have been spending the most practise. With more time spent golfing, my wife and son started joining me and golfing more as well. Sunday was the first time we took on the challenge of taking my daughter (2 years old) along with my son, (5 years old) out for a round. Amongst the chaos of two restless kids, I somehow managed to pull off the best shot of my life so far.

The hole was a 126-yard par 3, slightly uphill and playing a bit downwind. 126 yards is between a gap wedge and a pitching wedge for me, but I opted to go for a choked up three-quarter swing pitching wedge. The ball was struck perfectly, and it was precisely on the line I had picked. I knew it was a good shot instantly. Upon landing, I immediately froze trying to focus my eyes on just how close it really was, and that’s when the ball disappeared. My wife and I quickly turn to each other, and both simultaneously say, “I think it went in!”

I took a video of the walk with my son up to the green to verify that it had indeed dropped in the hole. Below is the hole in one picture, and a day on the course with my family I’ll never forget.

I was very amazed to learn that you knew about my hole-in-one on Tuesday, August 16 at the Legends in Warman. Thank you for your recognition of my special day.

To answer your questions: Tuesday is Ladies’ Day for our Tuesday Morning Ladies Golf League at the Legends. This year, we have 37 members from all walks of life and a very sociable group. I was playing with Maureen, Sylvia and Cindy. The par 3, hole #7 from the forward red blocks is 92 yards. In the past, I have tried using a 9 iron and was never satisfied with the results. So, recently I have started using my 6 iron (I don’t have a 7 or 8 iron in my bag) with better results. On the 16^th, I teed up and had also changed my ball from a Callaway to a Pinnacle Lady with my lucky number 4 on it. My shot was the sweetest, lovely in the air, straight at the flag and dropped almost immediately into the hole. Our cheers echoed across to the group behind us. Since our fun day game was closest to the pin on the par 3’s. I had my name on the proximity marker for the prize.
 

The next sweetest thing is my name and date goes on a small, engraved plate mounted on the hole #7 board in the upper hall of the clubhouse. Four boards are there for each of the par 3 holes and above, the title Legends Hole in One Club. My name plate is the first one on the hole #14 board for my hole-in-one on September 28, 2011, during the first game I played at the newly opened Legends course. I didn’t see that one go into the hole because I was picking up my tee and looked up to see my playing partners cheering wildly. This wall display is a special to all the people whose names are on it and an excellent tribute by the Legends course management.

Thank you for the extra special celebration you have added to my achievement.

I was playing with a father and son (Blaine and Blaine Jr.) on a sunny Friday afternoon after work.

The 8th hole was playing 191 yards downwind with the flag at the front of the green just over a hump. I hit 6 iron and it was in line with the hole, but we couldn’t see it. I was expecting to see the ball roll up the hill past the hole, but it never appeared. One of my playing partners said, “I think that might be in” but I had my doubts. 

As we approached the green, the ball was still nowhere to be seen. I walked to the hole and sure enough it was there. I’m not sure who was more excited – me or my playing partners – but it was a special moment. The rest of the round was a great time for all of us.

Thank you for your email.

I was playing with Chris Hall and Dan Wiles. My golf watch said the distance was about 135 yards. I was using my 7 iron.

Thomas Considine 

Got my hole-in-one on August 16 at Dakota Dunes Golf Links while playing with my regular weekly senior golf group. It happened on the par 3, 6th hole, approximately 155 yards with a 9 iron. There was a small  bush in our line of site so we didn’t see it go in.

Thanks so much! It was very exciting!

It was quite the morning. We teed off at 7:10am on Thursday, August 4. The group of us all had awful tee shots on hole #1 so we thought it was going to be a rough round. I was playing off the white tees (my first time this season), so I wasn’t sure what to hit on hole #2. I looked at my buddy Kyle and said, “I don’t know what to hit here so I’m just guessing”. It was a blue pin, and it was about 135 yards out. I hit a pure 8 iron and right away my buddy said, “that looks real good”. I saw land on the green and it rolled to the left and then it dropped in. My friends started shouting saying it was in and I started to argue saying it couldn’t have gone in. I ran up and saw it and couldn’t stop shouting. It was fantastic. Best part, my buddy, Kevin Oikawa, then got a hole in one on hole #4. So, two holes-in-one in the same group on the same day!

It was such an amazing day!

Best,

Erica Otaguro

Thanks for your letter!

I was playing with Sarah Choi, Yvonne Wang and Karen.

The yardage to the pin was 95. I used PXG Gap wedge.

Thanks,

Amy 

Hello, 

Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It was a fun moment in my golf career and one I will never forget. 

Here are the details:

– Glendale Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg 

– 16th hole 

– 154 yards into a brisk 40km wind 

– Using a TaylorMade P7MC 6 iron 

– With my buddies Matt Stephenson, Ron Chev and Jamie Constantine 

– Friday, September 2, 2022

Enjoy the rest of your golf season. 

Chris Mead 

I observed through the Georgian Bay Hole-In-One Club that at this point, I am the first and only woman this season to achieve a hole-in-one. I also looked at the score card and this is the most difficult hole for women of the par 3 holes. This season only four men have achieved a hole-in-one. Further, no one at GBC has shot a hole-in-one in the prime months of July and August. Except me, of course! These are stats not me boasting. 

I play from the copper tees which are a set back from the forward tees (where most women shoot from). I used a 3 rescue club. 

I was with my husband and another member and his adult son.

P.S. My favourite colour is pink. If you look closely at the ball, it has several pink marker dots identifying my ball!

Colleen Whitney

So nice to receive this message. I have been a long-time supporter of Golf Canada since moving from Quebec to Ontario in 1982. 

I was proud to serve as a Marshall at more than 15 Canadian Opens. As a resident of Unionville, I travelled to Glen Abbey for several years, Hamilton twice, Angus Glen twice, and to the Legends of Niagara when the LPGA was played there. I attended St. George’s as a patron to see Sandra Post and Dawn Coe Jones a few years back, and this year, to see Rory win his second Canadian Open. Memories I have treasured for a very long time.

As for my hole-in-one at Spring Lakes last Thursday, it was very special. Having just turned 83 in August, it made me very proud. I have been a member at Spring Lakes first from 1991-2012, and left to join Whitevale from 2013-2018, then returned to Spring Lakes from 2019-to now.    

I play every Thursday at Spring Lakes with the Keenagers (55+ members). Last week my foursome included Chuck Lane, Don Tweedle and Ted Pickering, who witnessed my ace.

The hole was 129 yards from the red tees. I used a 7 iron.

Thank you very much for your interest.

Sincerely, 

Derek Phillips

Hole-in-one was on #12 at Canmore Golf Club on Sunday, September 5. Was playing with John Gibbons and Nick Sandlin. The hole was 136 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My first hole-in-one after 40 + years of playing golf.

The folks in my group were: Peter Hogeterp, Ben Vint and Gavin Boorsma. The yardage was 135 yards (island green). I’m 71 now and don’t hit a seven iron as far as I once did, but that was the club.

Thanks,

Michael

I had a hole-in-one at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort on August 9, 2022. Hole #8 it was playing 130 yards from the white tees. I am a member at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort.

Thank you for the congratulations.

– Whether: Sunny, high around 30 degrees Celsius.

– Location: Mountain Creek Golf Course is located just outside of Arnprior, Ontario. Hole #14 is a 135-yard par 3 from the whites and runs east to west with a small pond to the front right of the green. That day it was playing 129 yards from the whites.

– Club: I used my Mazuma pitching wedge.

– Ball: Orange Titleist Velocity

– Background: Playing a threesome (Wendy MacNaughton, Dan Turcotte and I), teed off at 08:00. We were shooting into the sun, and it was difficult to watch/see the ball. But we could hear the plop when the ball landed. Dan shot first, then me and Wendy. When we arrived at the green, Dan’s ball was sitting on the front of the green. But I could not see my ball on the green. We looked all over and off the green in case I overshot. Then we saw the ball mark about 30” in front of the hole and when I looked in the hole and to my surprise there it was, and I had my first hole-in-one.

Take care and stay safe.

Jeff

Given my surname, it is rather ironic that my first hole-in-one occurred at St. “Andrews” by the lake.  

It occurred on August 9, 2022, during a family reunion trip in Summerland (I live in Ladner and normally play at Surrey Golf). I was golfing with my wife, Karen, and my cousin, Ray, who was visiting from England. I had last played the course about 25 years ago when I had just taken up golfing. 

There is a walk up to the tee box. As the card said 191 yards, I went up with 5 hybrid. However, once at the tee box, my GPS read 204. There was a wait before I could tee off and someone in the following group arrived and confirmed the distance as 204 yards.

Given the GPS reading, it was a good thing I was too lazy to go back and get my 4 hybrid as the 5 hybrid did the trick. I saw it land before the green and bend on the green towards the hole, but I thought the ball had rolled past the hole. My wife thought it might have gone in the hole.  

When I didn’t see the ball on the green, I didn’t dare look in the hole until I checked behind the green. As the ball wasn’t there, I peeked into the hole and was ecstatic to see the ball and that I finally had my first hole in one at age 58.

As it happens, on the previous hole I was 2” from getting an eagle on a par 4 for the first time. That’ll have to wait for another day. 

It was a very fun day. I was playing with Jenifer Jones. Yardage on hole 12 that day was about 89 yards. I used my approach wedge, hit the fringe, took one hop, and rolled in the hole. Nicest hole for it as the view is spectacular. 

My first hole-in-one was Friday August 26 at Silver Springs Golf Club is sunny Calgary. I was playing with my amazing wife, Traci Meades, (who had her first hole-in-one earlier this season as well) and our friends Randy and Corrine Chappell.

Hole #17. par 3. 142 yards. Used a pitching wedge.

Randy and I jokingly talked about not having seen a hole-in-one as we walked up to the 17^th tee box. I went first. While my well struck ball, with a baby draw, is in the air, I jokingly say “get in the hole so Randy can see a hole-in-one.” 

As the ball approaches the green, I lose sight of it in the shadows. Randy says he heard my ball hit the flagstick. But none of us know where my ball ended up.

As we walked up to the green, we discover that my ball went directly into the cup…never hit the putting surface.

I don’t normally take my cell phone on the golf course, but I did that day as I was expecting a call from a client. Glad I did…so I have great photos (and memories) from that day!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Thank you so much for reaching out! As if getting my first hole-in-one wasn’t already exciting enough.

I’ve been playing golf a long time, but it wasn’t until the last three years that I started putting more effort into improving my game. I’ve always been a long hitter, coming from a baseball and hockey background, so my short game is where I have been spending the most practise. With more time spent golfing, my wife and son started joining me and golfing more as well. Sunday was the first time we took on the challenge of taking my daughter (2 years old) along with my son, (5 years old) out for a round. Amongst the chaos of two restless kids, I somehow managed to pull off the best shot of my life so far.

The hole was a 126-yard par 3, slightly uphill and playing a bit downwind. 126 yards is between a gap wedge and a pitching wedge for me, but I opted to go for a choked up three-quarter swing pitching wedge. The ball was struck perfectly, and it was precisely on the line I had picked. I knew it was a good shot instantly. Upon landing, I immediately froze trying to focus my eyes on just how close it really was, and that’s when the ball disappeared. My wife and I quickly turn to each other, and both simultaneously say, “I think it went in!”

I took a video of the walk with my son up to the green to verify that it had indeed dropped in the hole. Below is the hole in one picture, and a day on the course with my family I’ll never forget.

I was very amazed to learn that you knew about my hole-in-one on Tuesday, August 16 at the Legends in Warman. Thank you for your recognition of my special day.

To answer your questions: Tuesday is Ladies’ Day for our Tuesday Morning Ladies Golf League at the Legends. This year, we have 37 members from all walks of life and a very sociable group. I was playing with Maureen, Sylvia and Cindy. The par 3, hole #7 from the forward red blocks is 92 yards. In the past, I have tried using a 9 iron and was never satisfied with the results. So, recently I have started using my 6 iron (I don’t have a 7 or 8 iron in my bag) with better results. On the 16^th, I teed up and had also changed my ball from a Callaway to a Pinnacle Lady with my lucky number 4 on it. My shot was the sweetest, lovely in the air, straight at the flag and dropped almost immediately into the hole. Our cheers echoed across to the group behind us. Since our fun day game was closest to the pin on the par 3’s. I had my name on the proximity marker for the prize.
 

The next sweetest thing is my name and date goes on a small, engraved plate mounted on the hole #7 board in the upper hall of the clubhouse. Four boards are there for each of the par 3 holes and above, the title Legends Hole in One Club. My name plate is the first one on the hole #14 board for my hole-in-one on September 28, 2011, during the first game I played at the newly opened Legends course. I didn’t see that one go into the hole because I was picking up my tee and looked up to see my playing partners cheering wildly. This wall display is a special to all the people whose names are on it and an excellent tribute by the Legends course management.

Thank you for the extra special celebration you have added to my achievement.

I was playing with a father and son (Blaine and Blaine Jr.) on a sunny Friday afternoon after work.

The 8th hole was playing 191 yards downwind with the flag at the front of the green just over a hump. I hit 6 iron and it was in line with the hole, but we couldn’t see it. I was expecting to see the ball roll up the hill past the hole, but it never appeared. One of my playing partners said, “I think that might be in” but I had my doubts. 

As we approached the green, the ball was still nowhere to be seen. I walked to the hole and sure enough it was there. I’m not sure who was more excited – me or my playing partners – but it was a special moment. The rest of the round was a great time for all of us.

Thank you for your email.

I was playing with Chris Hall and Dan Wiles. My golf watch said the distance was about 135 yards. I was using my 7 iron.

Thomas Considine 

Got my hole-in-one on August 16 at Dakota Dunes Golf Links while playing with my regular weekly senior golf group. It happened on the par 3, 6th hole, approximately 155 yards with a 9 iron. There was a small  bush in our line of site so we didn’t see it go in.

Thank you for the kind words. I had five people witness it as I was playing with another single and they were letting us play through on #3 where I got the ace. I had the member I was playing with sign my scorecard, but I don’t have his name. The yardage was 169 and I used a 7 iron. This is my first hole-in-one, and it was pretty cool to see as I’ve never seen one before.

I am a member at The Thornhill Club, and I was playing with two other members, Joe Berberich and Bob Linghorne, when I got the hole-in-one on the 5th hole. It was playing at 157 yards into a front pin, and I used a 6 iron into the elevated green. The ball flight was directly at the pin but we did not see the ball go in since it is a plateau green, but Joe said that he saw the ball when it landed and he said “It disappeared”. That was our first inkling that it might have gone in but we didn’t give it much thought then. We climbed up the steep slope to the green and then saw that there was no ball on the green. Bob Linghorne was first to the hole and he confirmed that the ball was in the hole.

This was my third hole-in-one but my first at The Thornhill Club. 

Thank you for your interest. 

Bob Lynch

Hi,

I had two hole-in-ones within a month! Crazy! 50 years with one and then two within a month. The first was May 7th at Glencairn, hole #3 on the Leitchfield course. Blue pin. 185 yards. I hit a 4 iron.

Then, a month later, June 11th, again at Glencairn. #3 on the Scotch Block course! 171 yards. Blue pin. I hit a 7 iron.

I’m hoping it’s a month occurrence!

Thanks.

Thank you for the email. It was very exciting as I have never witnessed a hole-in-one or got one previously.

Here is the information of the hole-in-one:

– Sunday, July 31

– Dalewood GC

– Hole #13

– 143 yards

– 9 iron

• Group Members: Bryan Lemmon (Dalewood member), his wife and son.

I retired from teaching at the end of June and my wife had a retirement gathering for me at my house. She had each guest sign and write something on a golf ball. It was one of those golf balls that I used for the hole-in-one. It was signed by a teaching college of mine, Mariette Rozon. Since I retired, she wrote on the ball, “No one is the Boss of You!”, which is fitting I guess if you retire. This made the moment more meaningful to me as I really valued her as a college.

Thanks so much!

Yes, it was a great day!

I was playing with my husband, Kim Blanchette, and our good friends, Rob and Lorraine Zacharias. Hole #4 was the special hole at 125 yards. I used a 6 iron. It landed on the collar, rolled around the ridge that the flag was on and right into the hole! The guys were saying, “it’s heading for the hole!” but they’ve said that before, so I missed the entire thing as I was thinking yeah right and bent down to pick up my tee when they shouted “It’s in! It’s in!” There was a lot of whooping and hollering for sure! Rob and Lorraine were so excited, they were telling everyone and messaged Chris at the pro shop to let him know.

This is actually my second hole-in-one. My first was also at Miskanaw on July 14, 2006, on hole #8 before the course was redone. This one was about 165 yards, and I used my 3 wood. None of us saw the ball drop in the hole so we were looking everywhere for it. Finally, I said, I’m going to check the cup and there it was! So, this is extra special as most people aren’t fortunate enough to get even one in a lifetime and I’ve had two!

Thanks again!

Anita

Thanks guys! Was a surreal experience for sure! I was playing with Kevin Morgan, Maisun Ang-Hamilton and Liam Williamson. The yardage was about 180 to the centre of the green and I was using a 5 hybrid. Ball went right off the face of the club and bounced off a hill probably 20 yards to the right of the pin, kicked straight left and rolled right in.

Thanks,

Jacob

It was on the 10th hole at Smugglers Glen Golf Course. I was playing in the 28th year of the Boland Cup Tournament with many old buddies. It was a very windy day, so I used a longer than usual club, a 7 iron. I scuffed it, it hit the front of the green and just continued to roll and then slowly disappeared into the hole. My playing partners were Glen Fast, Dr. Steve White and Tom Wightman.

Thanks for your letter!

I was playing with Sarah Choi, Yvonne Wang and Karen.

The yardage to the pin was 95. I used PXG Gap wedge.

Thanks,

Amy 

Hello, 

Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It was a fun moment in my golf career and one I will never forget. 

Here are the details:

– Glendale Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg 

– 16th hole 

– 154 yards into a brisk 40km wind 

– Using a TaylorMade P7MC 6 iron 

– With my buddies Matt Stephenson, Ron Chev and Jamie Constantine 

– Friday, September 2, 2022

Enjoy the rest of your golf season. 

Chris Mead 

I observed through the Georgian Bay Hole-In-One Club that at this point, I am the first and only woman this season to achieve a hole-in-one. I also looked at the score card and this is the most difficult hole for women of the par 3 holes. This season only four men have achieved a hole-in-one. Further, no one at GBC has shot a hole-in-one in the prime months of July and August. Except me, of course! These are stats not me boasting. 

I play from the copper tees which are a set back from the forward tees (where most women shoot from). I used a 3 rescue club. 

I was with my husband and another member and his adult son.

P.S. My favourite colour is pink. If you look closely at the ball, it has several pink marker dots identifying my ball!

Colleen Whitney

So nice to receive this message. I have been a long-time supporter of Golf Canada since moving from Quebec to Ontario in 1982. 

I was proud to serve as a Marshall at more than 15 Canadian Opens. As a resident of Unionville, I travelled to Glen Abbey for several years, Hamilton twice, Angus Glen twice, and to the Legends of Niagara when the LPGA was played there. I attended St. George’s as a patron to see Sandra Post and Dawn Coe Jones a few years back, and this year, to see Rory win his second Canadian Open. Memories I have treasured for a very long time.

As for my hole-in-one at Spring Lakes last Thursday, it was very special. Having just turned 83 in August, it made me very proud. I have been a member at Spring Lakes first from 1991-2012, and left to join Whitevale from 2013-2018, then returned to Spring Lakes from 2019-to now.    

I play every Thursday at Spring Lakes with the Keenagers (55+ members). Last week my foursome included Chuck Lane, Don Tweedle and Ted Pickering, who witnessed my ace.

The hole was 129 yards from the red tees. I used a 7 iron.

Thank you very much for your interest.

Sincerely, 

Derek Phillips

Hole-in-one was on #12 at Canmore Golf Club on Sunday, September 5. Was playing with John Gibbons and Nick Sandlin. The hole was 136 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My first hole-in-one after 40 + years of playing golf.

The folks in my group were: Peter Hogeterp, Ben Vint and Gavin Boorsma. The yardage was 135 yards (island green). I’m 71 now and don’t hit a seven iron as far as I once did, but that was the club.

Thanks,

Michael

I had a hole-in-one at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort on August 9, 2022. Hole #8 it was playing 130 yards from the white tees. I am a member at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort.

Thank you for the congratulations.

– Whether: Sunny, high around 30 degrees Celsius.

– Location: Mountain Creek Golf Course is located just outside of Arnprior, Ontario. Hole #14 is a 135-yard par 3 from the whites and runs east to west with a small pond to the front right of the green. That day it was playing 129 yards from the whites.

– Club: I used my Mazuma pitching wedge.

– Ball: Orange Titleist Velocity

– Background: Playing a threesome (Wendy MacNaughton, Dan Turcotte and I), teed off at 08:00. We were shooting into the sun, and it was difficult to watch/see the ball. But we could hear the plop when the ball landed. Dan shot first, then me and Wendy. When we arrived at the green, Dan’s ball was sitting on the front of the green. But I could not see my ball on the green. We looked all over and off the green in case I overshot. Then we saw the ball mark about 30” in front of the hole and when I looked in the hole and to my surprise there it was, and I had my first hole-in-one.

Take care and stay safe.

Jeff

Given my surname, it is rather ironic that my first hole-in-one occurred at St. “Andrews” by the lake.  

It occurred on August 9, 2022, during a family reunion trip in Summerland (I live in Ladner and normally play at Surrey Golf). I was golfing with my wife, Karen, and my cousin, Ray, who was visiting from England. I had last played the course about 25 years ago when I had just taken up golfing. 

There is a walk up to the tee box. As the card said 191 yards, I went up with 5 hybrid. However, once at the tee box, my GPS read 204. There was a wait before I could tee off and someone in the following group arrived and confirmed the distance as 204 yards.

Given the GPS reading, it was a good thing I was too lazy to go back and get my 4 hybrid as the 5 hybrid did the trick. I saw it land before the green and bend on the green towards the hole, but I thought the ball had rolled past the hole. My wife thought it might have gone in the hole.  

When I didn’t see the ball on the green, I didn’t dare look in the hole until I checked behind the green. As the ball wasn’t there, I peeked into the hole and was ecstatic to see the ball and that I finally had my first hole in one at age 58.

As it happens, on the previous hole I was 2” from getting an eagle on a par 4 for the first time. That’ll have to wait for another day. 

It was a very fun day. I was playing with Jenifer Jones. Yardage on hole 12 that day was about 89 yards. I used my approach wedge, hit the fringe, took one hop, and rolled in the hole. Nicest hole for it as the view is spectacular. 

My first hole-in-one was Friday August 26 at Silver Springs Golf Club is sunny Calgary. I was playing with my amazing wife, Traci Meades, (who had her first hole-in-one earlier this season as well) and our friends Randy and Corrine Chappell.

Hole #17. par 3. 142 yards. Used a pitching wedge.

Randy and I jokingly talked about not having seen a hole-in-one as we walked up to the 17^th tee box. I went first. While my well struck ball, with a baby draw, is in the air, I jokingly say “get in the hole so Randy can see a hole-in-one.” 

As the ball approaches the green, I lose sight of it in the shadows. Randy says he heard my ball hit the flagstick. But none of us know where my ball ended up.

As we walked up to the green, we discover that my ball went directly into the cup…never hit the putting surface.

I don’t normally take my cell phone on the golf course, but I did that day as I was expecting a call from a client. Glad I did…so I have great photos (and memories) from that day!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Thank you so much for reaching out! As if getting my first hole-in-one wasn’t already exciting enough.

I’ve been playing golf a long time, but it wasn’t until the last three years that I started putting more effort into improving my game. I’ve always been a long hitter, coming from a baseball and hockey background, so my short game is where I have been spending the most practise. With more time spent golfing, my wife and son started joining me and golfing more as well. Sunday was the first time we took on the challenge of taking my daughter (2 years old) along with my son, (5 years old) out for a round. Amongst the chaos of two restless kids, I somehow managed to pull off the best shot of my life so far.

The hole was a 126-yard par 3, slightly uphill and playing a bit downwind. 126 yards is between a gap wedge and a pitching wedge for me, but I opted to go for a choked up three-quarter swing pitching wedge. The ball was struck perfectly, and it was precisely on the line I had picked. I knew it was a good shot instantly. Upon landing, I immediately froze trying to focus my eyes on just how close it really was, and that’s when the ball disappeared. My wife and I quickly turn to each other, and both simultaneously say, “I think it went in!”

I took a video of the walk with my son up to the green to verify that it had indeed dropped in the hole. Below is the hole in one picture, and a day on the course with my family I’ll never forget.

I was very amazed to learn that you knew about my hole-in-one on Tuesday, August 16 at the Legends in Warman. Thank you for your recognition of my special day.

To answer your questions: Tuesday is Ladies’ Day for our Tuesday Morning Ladies Golf League at the Legends. This year, we have 37 members from all walks of life and a very sociable group. I was playing with Maureen, Sylvia and Cindy. The par 3, hole #7 from the forward red blocks is 92 yards. In the past, I have tried using a 9 iron and was never satisfied with the results. So, recently I have started using my 6 iron (I don’t have a 7 or 8 iron in my bag) with better results. On the 16^th, I teed up and had also changed my ball from a Callaway to a Pinnacle Lady with my lucky number 4 on it. My shot was the sweetest, lovely in the air, straight at the flag and dropped almost immediately into the hole. Our cheers echoed across to the group behind us. Since our fun day game was closest to the pin on the par 3’s. I had my name on the proximity marker for the prize.
 

The next sweetest thing is my name and date goes on a small, engraved plate mounted on the hole #7 board in the upper hall of the clubhouse. Four boards are there for each of the par 3 holes and above, the title Legends Hole in One Club. My name plate is the first one on the hole #14 board for my hole-in-one on September 28, 2011, during the first game I played at the newly opened Legends course. I didn’t see that one go into the hole because I was picking up my tee and looked up to see my playing partners cheering wildly. This wall display is a special to all the people whose names are on it and an excellent tribute by the Legends course management.

Thank you for the extra special celebration you have added to my achievement.

I was playing with a father and son (Blaine and Blaine Jr.) on a sunny Friday afternoon after work.

The 8th hole was playing 191 yards downwind with the flag at the front of the green just over a hump. I hit 6 iron and it was in line with the hole, but we couldn’t see it. I was expecting to see the ball roll up the hill past the hole, but it never appeared. One of my playing partners said, “I think that might be in” but I had my doubts. 

As we approached the green, the ball was still nowhere to be seen. I walked to the hole and sure enough it was there. I’m not sure who was more excited – me or my playing partners – but it was a special moment. The rest of the round was a great time for all of us.

Thank you for your email.

I was playing with Chris Hall and Dan Wiles. My golf watch said the distance was about 135 yards. I was using my 7 iron.

Thomas Considine 

Got my hole-in-one on August 16 at Dakota Dunes Golf Links while playing with my regular weekly senior golf group. It happened on the par 3, 6th hole, approximately 155 yards with a 9 iron. There was a small  bush in our line of site so we didn’t see it go in.

Thank you for the kind words. I had five people witness it as I was playing with another single and they were letting us play through on #3 where I got the ace. I had the member I was playing with sign my scorecard, but I don’t have his name. The yardage was 169 and I used a 7 iron. This is my first hole-in-one, and it was pretty cool to see as I’ve never seen one before.

I am a member at The Thornhill Club, and I was playing with two other members, Joe Berberich and Bob Linghorne, when I got the hole-in-one on the 5th hole. It was playing at 157 yards into a front pin, and I used a 6 iron into the elevated green. The ball flight was directly at the pin but we did not see the ball go in since it is a plateau green, but Joe said that he saw the ball when it landed and he said “It disappeared”. That was our first inkling that it might have gone in but we didn’t give it much thought then. We climbed up the steep slope to the green and then saw that there was no ball on the green. Bob Linghorne was first to the hole and he confirmed that the ball was in the hole.

This was my third hole-in-one but my first at The Thornhill Club. 

Thank you for your interest. 

Bob Lynch

Thank you for the email. It was very exciting as I have never witnessed a hole-in-one or got one previously.

Here is the information of the hole-in-one:

– Sunday, July 31

– Dalewood GC

– Hole #13

– 143 yards

– 9 iron

• Group Members: Bryan Lemmon (Dalewood member), his wife and son.

I retired from teaching at the end of June and my wife had a retirement gathering for me at my house. She had each guest sign and write something on a golf ball. It was one of those golf balls that I used for the hole-in-one. It was signed by a teaching college of mine, Mariette Rozon. Since I retired, she wrote on the ball, “No one is the Boss of You!”, which is fitting I guess if you retire. This made the moment more meaningful to me as I really valued her as a college.

Thanks for your letter!

I was playing with Sarah Choi, Yvonne Wang and Karen.

The yardage to the pin was 95. I used PXG Gap wedge.

Thanks,

Amy 

Hello, 

Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It was a fun moment in my golf career and one I will never forget. 

Here are the details:

– Glendale Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg 

– 16th hole 

– 154 yards into a brisk 40km wind 

– Using a TaylorMade P7MC 6 iron 

– With my buddies Matt Stephenson, Ron Chev and Jamie Constantine 

– Friday, September 2, 2022

Enjoy the rest of your golf season. 

Chris Mead 

I observed through the Georgian Bay Hole-In-One Club that at this point, I am the first and only woman this season to achieve a hole-in-one. I also looked at the score card and this is the most difficult hole for women of the par 3 holes. This season only four men have achieved a hole-in-one. Further, no one at GBC has shot a hole-in-one in the prime months of July and August. Except me, of course! These are stats not me boasting. 

I play from the copper tees which are a set back from the forward tees (where most women shoot from). I used a 3 rescue club. 

I was with my husband and another member and his adult son.

P.S. My favourite colour is pink. If you look closely at the ball, it has several pink marker dots identifying my ball!

Colleen Whitney

So nice to receive this message. I have been a long-time supporter of Golf Canada since moving from Quebec to Ontario in 1982. 

I was proud to serve as a Marshall at more than 15 Canadian Opens. As a resident of Unionville, I travelled to Glen Abbey for several years, Hamilton twice, Angus Glen twice, and to the Legends of Niagara when the LPGA was played there. I attended St. George’s as a patron to see Sandra Post and Dawn Coe Jones a few years back, and this year, to see Rory win his second Canadian Open. Memories I have treasured for a very long time.

As for my hole-in-one at Spring Lakes last Thursday, it was very special. Having just turned 83 in August, it made me very proud. I have been a member at Spring Lakes first from 1991-2012, and left to join Whitevale from 2013-2018, then returned to Spring Lakes from 2019-to now.    

I play every Thursday at Spring Lakes with the Keenagers (55+ members). Last week my foursome included Chuck Lane, Don Tweedle and Ted Pickering, who witnessed my ace.

The hole was 129 yards from the red tees. I used a 7 iron.

Thank you very much for your interest.

Sincerely, 

Derek Phillips

Hole-in-one was on #12 at Canmore Golf Club on Sunday, September 5. Was playing with John Gibbons and Nick Sandlin. The hole was 136 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My first hole-in-one after 40 + years of playing golf.

The folks in my group were: Peter Hogeterp, Ben Vint and Gavin Boorsma. The yardage was 135 yards (island green). I’m 71 now and don’t hit a seven iron as far as I once did, but that was the club.

Thanks,

Michael

I had a hole-in-one at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort on August 9, 2022. Hole #8 it was playing 130 yards from the white tees. I am a member at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort.

Thank you for the congratulations.

– Whether: Sunny, high around 30 degrees Celsius.

– Location: Mountain Creek Golf Course is located just outside of Arnprior, Ontario. Hole #14 is a 135-yard par 3 from the whites and runs east to west with a small pond to the front right of the green. That day it was playing 129 yards from the whites.

– Club: I used my Mazuma pitching wedge.

– Ball: Orange Titleist Velocity

– Background: Playing a threesome (Wendy MacNaughton, Dan Turcotte and I), teed off at 08:00. We were shooting into the sun, and it was difficult to watch/see the ball. But we could hear the plop when the ball landed. Dan shot first, then me and Wendy. When we arrived at the green, Dan’s ball was sitting on the front of the green. But I could not see my ball on the green. We looked all over and off the green in case I overshot. Then we saw the ball mark about 30” in front of the hole and when I looked in the hole and to my surprise there it was, and I had my first hole-in-one.

Take care and stay safe.

Jeff

Given my surname, it is rather ironic that my first hole-in-one occurred at St. “Andrews” by the lake.  

It occurred on August 9, 2022, during a family reunion trip in Summerland (I live in Ladner and normally play at Surrey Golf). I was golfing with my wife, Karen, and my cousin, Ray, who was visiting from England. I had last played the course about 25 years ago when I had just taken up golfing. 

There is a walk up to the tee box. As the card said 191 yards, I went up with 5 hybrid. However, once at the tee box, my GPS read 204. There was a wait before I could tee off and someone in the following group arrived and confirmed the distance as 204 yards.

Given the GPS reading, it was a good thing I was too lazy to go back and get my 4 hybrid as the 5 hybrid did the trick. I saw it land before the green and bend on the green towards the hole, but I thought the ball had rolled past the hole. My wife thought it might have gone in the hole.  

When I didn’t see the ball on the green, I didn’t dare look in the hole until I checked behind the green. As the ball wasn’t there, I peeked into the hole and was ecstatic to see the ball and that I finally had my first hole in one at age 58.

As it happens, on the previous hole I was 2” from getting an eagle on a par 4 for the first time. That’ll have to wait for another day. 

It was a very fun day. I was playing with Jenifer Jones. Yardage on hole 12 that day was about 89 yards. I used my approach wedge, hit the fringe, took one hop, and rolled in the hole. Nicest hole for it as the view is spectacular. 

My first hole-in-one was Friday August 26 at Silver Springs Golf Club is sunny Calgary. I was playing with my amazing wife, Traci Meades, (who had her first hole-in-one earlier this season as well) and our friends Randy and Corrine Chappell.

Hole #17. par 3. 142 yards. Used a pitching wedge.

Randy and I jokingly talked about not having seen a hole-in-one as we walked up to the 17^th tee box. I went first. While my well struck ball, with a baby draw, is in the air, I jokingly say “get in the hole so Randy can see a hole-in-one.” 

As the ball approaches the green, I lose sight of it in the shadows. Randy says he heard my ball hit the flagstick. But none of us know where my ball ended up.

As we walked up to the green, we discover that my ball went directly into the cup…never hit the putting surface.

I don’t normally take my cell phone on the golf course, but I did that day as I was expecting a call from a client. Glad I did…so I have great photos (and memories) from that day!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Thank you so much for reaching out! As if getting my first hole-in-one wasn’t already exciting enough.

I’ve been playing golf a long time, but it wasn’t until the last three years that I started putting more effort into improving my game. I’ve always been a long hitter, coming from a baseball and hockey background, so my short game is where I have been spending the most practise. With more time spent golfing, my wife and son started joining me and golfing more as well. Sunday was the first time we took on the challenge of taking my daughter (2 years old) along with my son, (5 years old) out for a round. Amongst the chaos of two restless kids, I somehow managed to pull off the best shot of my life so far.

The hole was a 126-yard par 3, slightly uphill and playing a bit downwind. 126 yards is between a gap wedge and a pitching wedge for me, but I opted to go for a choked up three-quarter swing pitching wedge. The ball was struck perfectly, and it was precisely on the line I had picked. I knew it was a good shot instantly. Upon landing, I immediately froze trying to focus my eyes on just how close it really was, and that’s when the ball disappeared. My wife and I quickly turn to each other, and both simultaneously say, “I think it went in!”

I took a video of the walk with my son up to the green to verify that it had indeed dropped in the hole. Below is the hole in one picture, and a day on the course with my family I’ll never forget.

I was very amazed to learn that you knew about my hole-in-one on Tuesday, August 16 at the Legends in Warman. Thank you for your recognition of my special day.

To answer your questions: Tuesday is Ladies’ Day for our Tuesday Morning Ladies Golf League at the Legends. This year, we have 37 members from all walks of life and a very sociable group. I was playing with Maureen, Sylvia and Cindy. The par 3, hole #7 from the forward red blocks is 92 yards. In the past, I have tried using a 9 iron and was never satisfied with the results. So, recently I have started using my 6 iron (I don’t have a 7 or 8 iron in my bag) with better results. On the 16^th, I teed up and had also changed my ball from a Callaway to a Pinnacle Lady with my lucky number 4 on it. My shot was the sweetest, lovely in the air, straight at the flag and dropped almost immediately into the hole. Our cheers echoed across to the group behind us. Since our fun day game was closest to the pin on the par 3’s. I had my name on the proximity marker for the prize.
 

The next sweetest thing is my name and date goes on a small, engraved plate mounted on the hole #7 board in the upper hall of the clubhouse. Four boards are there for each of the par 3 holes and above, the title Legends Hole in One Club. My name plate is the first one on the hole #14 board for my hole-in-one on September 28, 2011, during the first game I played at the newly opened Legends course. I didn’t see that one go into the hole because I was picking up my tee and looked up to see my playing partners cheering wildly. This wall display is a special to all the people whose names are on it and an excellent tribute by the Legends course management.

Thank you for the extra special celebration you have added to my achievement.

I was playing with a father and son (Blaine and Blaine Jr.) on a sunny Friday afternoon after work.

The 8th hole was playing 191 yards downwind with the flag at the front of the green just over a hump. I hit 6 iron and it was in line with the hole, but we couldn’t see it. I was expecting to see the ball roll up the hill past the hole, but it never appeared. One of my playing partners said, “I think that might be in” but I had my doubts. 

As we approached the green, the ball was still nowhere to be seen. I walked to the hole and sure enough it was there. I’m not sure who was more excited – me or my playing partners – but it was a special moment. The rest of the round was a great time for all of us.

Thank you for your email.

I was playing with Chris Hall and Dan Wiles. My golf watch said the distance was about 135 yards. I was using my 7 iron.

Thomas Considine 

Got my hole-in-one on August 16 at Dakota Dunes Golf Links while playing with my regular weekly senior golf group. It happened on the par 3, 6th hole, approximately 155 yards with a 9 iron. There was a small  bush in our line of site so we didn’t see it go in.

Thank you for the kind words. I had five people witness it as I was playing with another single and they were letting us play through on #3 where I got the ace. I had the member I was playing with sign my scorecard, but I don’t have his name. The yardage was 169 and I used a 7 iron. This is my first hole-in-one, and it was pretty cool to see as I’ve never seen one before.

I am a member at The Thornhill Club, and I was playing with two other members, Joe Berberich and Bob Linghorne, when I got the hole-in-one on the 5th hole. It was playing at 157 yards into a front pin, and I used a 6 iron into the elevated green. The ball flight was directly at the pin but we did not see the ball go in since it is a plateau green, but Joe said that he saw the ball when it landed and he said “It disappeared”. That was our first inkling that it might have gone in but we didn’t give it much thought then. We climbed up the steep slope to the green and then saw that there was no ball on the green. Bob Linghorne was first to the hole and he confirmed that the ball was in the hole.

This was my third hole-in-one but my first at The Thornhill Club. 

Thank you for your interest. 

Bob Lynch

Thank you for the email. It was very exciting as I have never witnessed a hole-in-one or got one previously.

Here is the information of the hole-in-one:

– Sunday, July 31

– Dalewood GC

– Hole #13

– 143 yards

– 9 iron

• Group Members: Bryan Lemmon (Dalewood member), his wife and son.

I retired from teaching at the end of June and my wife had a retirement gathering for me at my house. She had each guest sign and write something on a golf ball. It was one of those golf balls that I used for the hole-in-one. It was signed by a teaching college of mine, Mariette Rozon. Since I retired, she wrote on the ball, “No one is the Boss of You!”, which is fitting I guess if you retire. This made the moment more meaningful to me as I really valued her as a college.

It was Valley Ridge Ladies Night with a shotgun start. I was the first to lead off my group on our starting hole #7, and I sunk it. About 120 yards with an 8 iron. 

Titia Born

It was epic.

It was a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon, and I was enjoying a round of golf with my 17-year-old son Will and another guest couple at Elbow Springs here in Calgary. We approached the 3rd hole, par 3 on the Mountain Course and could see the flag was at the back of the green. We scoped the distance, and it was about 172 yards. My son went first and had a great tee shot. He was about 10 feet from the pin, so I felt confident in the distance. I had my trusted Taylor Made Sim 7 iron and as I was taking a practice swing, I could tell my swing felt a little tight. I decided to aim a little left of the flag to allow for a fade, expecting that I wouldn't get a full rotation. I had a solid connection and, as predicted, the ball was fading slightly. It landed left of the pin in the middle of the green and started to roll toward the hole. It seemed like it was moving fast, and we were so far away we couldn't tell if it was short or long. Then suddenly it just disappeared.

I looked at my son and we both were shocked. We started cheering and laughing in disbelief. You see, I'm 55 years old and have been golfing since I was 8. I've never had or even seen a hole-in-one. My father, who taught me to play and was an avid golfer, went his whole life without getting a hole-in-one. It was a fantastic moment and I'm so glad I was able to share it with my son.

Clark

Northview Ridge Course, hole #5, from the blue tees, about 170 yards, downhill. I hit an 8 iron.

Hello, 

Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It was a fun moment in my golf career and one I will never forget. 

Here are the details:

– Glendale Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg 

– 16th hole 

– 154 yards into a brisk 40km wind 

– Using a TaylorMade P7MC 6 iron 

– With my buddies Matt Stephenson, Ron Chev and Jamie Constantine 

– Friday, September 2, 2022

Enjoy the rest of your golf season. 

Chris Mead 

I observed through the Georgian Bay Hole-In-One Club that at this point, I am the first and only woman this season to achieve a hole-in-one. I also looked at the score card and this is the most difficult hole for women of the par 3 holes. This season only four men have achieved a hole-in-one. Further, no one at GBC has shot a hole-in-one in the prime months of July and August. Except me, of course! These are stats not me boasting. 

I play from the copper tees which are a set back from the forward tees (where most women shoot from). I used a 3 rescue club. 

I was with my husband and another member and his adult son.

P.S. My favourite colour is pink. If you look closely at the ball, it has several pink marker dots identifying my ball!

Colleen Whitney

So nice to receive this message. I have been a long-time supporter of Golf Canada since moving from Quebec to Ontario in 1982. 

I was proud to serve as a Marshall at more than 15 Canadian Opens. As a resident of Unionville, I travelled to Glen Abbey for several years, Hamilton twice, Angus Glen twice, and to the Legends of Niagara when the LPGA was played there. I attended St. George’s as a patron to see Sandra Post and Dawn Coe Jones a few years back, and this year, to see Rory win his second Canadian Open. Memories I have treasured for a very long time.

As for my hole-in-one at Spring Lakes last Thursday, it was very special. Having just turned 83 in August, it made me very proud. I have been a member at Spring Lakes first from 1991-2012, and left to join Whitevale from 2013-2018, then returned to Spring Lakes from 2019-to now.    

I play every Thursday at Spring Lakes with the Keenagers (55+ members). Last week my foursome included Chuck Lane, Don Tweedle and Ted Pickering, who witnessed my ace.

The hole was 129 yards from the red tees. I used a 7 iron.

Thank you very much for your interest.

Sincerely, 

Derek Phillips

Hole-in-one was on #12 at Canmore Golf Club on Sunday, September 5. Was playing with John Gibbons and Nick Sandlin. The hole was 136 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My first hole-in-one after 40 + years of playing golf.

The folks in my group were: Peter Hogeterp, Ben Vint and Gavin Boorsma. The yardage was 135 yards (island green). I’m 71 now and don’t hit a seven iron as far as I once did, but that was the club.

Thanks,

Michael

I had a hole-in-one at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort on August 9, 2022. Hole #8 it was playing 130 yards from the white tees. I am a member at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort.

Thank you for the congratulations.

– Whether: Sunny, high around 30 degrees Celsius.

– Location: Mountain Creek Golf Course is located just outside of Arnprior, Ontario. Hole #14 is a 135-yard par 3 from the whites and runs east to west with a small pond to the front right of the green. That day it was playing 129 yards from the whites.

– Club: I used my Mazuma pitching wedge.

– Ball: Orange Titleist Velocity

– Background: Playing a threesome (Wendy MacNaughton, Dan Turcotte and I), teed off at 08:00. We were shooting into the sun, and it was difficult to watch/see the ball. But we could hear the plop when the ball landed. Dan shot first, then me and Wendy. When we arrived at the green, Dan’s ball was sitting on the front of the green. But I could not see my ball on the green. We looked all over and off the green in case I overshot. Then we saw the ball mark about 30” in front of the hole and when I looked in the hole and to my surprise there it was, and I had my first hole-in-one.

Take care and stay safe.

Jeff

Given my surname, it is rather ironic that my first hole-in-one occurred at St. “Andrews” by the lake.  

It occurred on August 9, 2022, during a family reunion trip in Summerland (I live in Ladner and normally play at Surrey Golf). I was golfing with my wife, Karen, and my cousin, Ray, who was visiting from England. I had last played the course about 25 years ago when I had just taken up golfing. 

There is a walk up to the tee box. As the card said 191 yards, I went up with 5 hybrid. However, once at the tee box, my GPS read 204. There was a wait before I could tee off and someone in the following group arrived and confirmed the distance as 204 yards.

Given the GPS reading, it was a good thing I was too lazy to go back and get my 4 hybrid as the 5 hybrid did the trick. I saw it land before the green and bend on the green towards the hole, but I thought the ball had rolled past the hole. My wife thought it might have gone in the hole.  

When I didn’t see the ball on the green, I didn’t dare look in the hole until I checked behind the green. As the ball wasn’t there, I peeked into the hole and was ecstatic to see the ball and that I finally had my first hole in one at age 58.

As it happens, on the previous hole I was 2” from getting an eagle on a par 4 for the first time. That’ll have to wait for another day. 

It was a very fun day. I was playing with Jenifer Jones. Yardage on hole 12 that day was about 89 yards. I used my approach wedge, hit the fringe, took one hop, and rolled in the hole. Nicest hole for it as the view is spectacular. 

My first hole-in-one was Friday August 26 at Silver Springs Golf Club is sunny Calgary. I was playing with my amazing wife, Traci Meades, (who had her first hole-in-one earlier this season as well) and our friends Randy and Corrine Chappell.

Hole #17. par 3. 142 yards. Used a pitching wedge.

Randy and I jokingly talked about not having seen a hole-in-one as we walked up to the 17^th tee box. I went first. While my well struck ball, with a baby draw, is in the air, I jokingly say “get in the hole so Randy can see a hole-in-one.” 

As the ball approaches the green, I lose sight of it in the shadows. Randy says he heard my ball hit the flagstick. But none of us know where my ball ended up.

As we walked up to the green, we discover that my ball went directly into the cup…never hit the putting surface.

I don’t normally take my cell phone on the golf course, but I did that day as I was expecting a call from a client. Glad I did…so I have great photos (and memories) from that day!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Thank you so much for reaching out! As if getting my first hole-in-one wasn’t already exciting enough.

I’ve been playing golf a long time, but it wasn’t until the last three years that I started putting more effort into improving my game. I’ve always been a long hitter, coming from a baseball and hockey background, so my short game is where I have been spending the most practise. With more time spent golfing, my wife and son started joining me and golfing more as well. Sunday was the first time we took on the challenge of taking my daughter (2 years old) along with my son, (5 years old) out for a round. Amongst the chaos of two restless kids, I somehow managed to pull off the best shot of my life so far.

The hole was a 126-yard par 3, slightly uphill and playing a bit downwind. 126 yards is between a gap wedge and a pitching wedge for me, but I opted to go for a choked up three-quarter swing pitching wedge. The ball was struck perfectly, and it was precisely on the line I had picked. I knew it was a good shot instantly. Upon landing, I immediately froze trying to focus my eyes on just how close it really was, and that’s when the ball disappeared. My wife and I quickly turn to each other, and both simultaneously say, “I think it went in!”

I took a video of the walk with my son up to the green to verify that it had indeed dropped in the hole. Below is the hole in one picture, and a day on the course with my family I’ll never forget.

I was very amazed to learn that you knew about my hole-in-one on Tuesday, August 16 at the Legends in Warman. Thank you for your recognition of my special day.

To answer your questions: Tuesday is Ladies’ Day for our Tuesday Morning Ladies Golf League at the Legends. This year, we have 37 members from all walks of life and a very sociable group. I was playing with Maureen, Sylvia and Cindy. The par 3, hole #7 from the forward red blocks is 92 yards. In the past, I have tried using a 9 iron and was never satisfied with the results. So, recently I have started using my 6 iron (I don’t have a 7 or 8 iron in my bag) with better results. On the 16^th, I teed up and had also changed my ball from a Callaway to a Pinnacle Lady with my lucky number 4 on it. My shot was the sweetest, lovely in the air, straight at the flag and dropped almost immediately into the hole. Our cheers echoed across to the group behind us. Since our fun day game was closest to the pin on the par 3’s. I had my name on the proximity marker for the prize.
 

The next sweetest thing is my name and date goes on a small, engraved plate mounted on the hole #7 board in the upper hall of the clubhouse. Four boards are there for each of the par 3 holes and above, the title Legends Hole in One Club. My name plate is the first one on the hole #14 board for my hole-in-one on September 28, 2011, during the first game I played at the newly opened Legends course. I didn’t see that one go into the hole because I was picking up my tee and looked up to see my playing partners cheering wildly. This wall display is a special to all the people whose names are on it and an excellent tribute by the Legends course management.

Thank you for the extra special celebration you have added to my achievement.

I was playing with a father and son (Blaine and Blaine Jr.) on a sunny Friday afternoon after work.

The 8th hole was playing 191 yards downwind with the flag at the front of the green just over a hump. I hit 6 iron and it was in line with the hole, but we couldn’t see it. I was expecting to see the ball roll up the hill past the hole, but it never appeared. One of my playing partners said, “I think that might be in” but I had my doubts. 

As we approached the green, the ball was still nowhere to be seen. I walked to the hole and sure enough it was there. I’m not sure who was more excited – me or my playing partners – but it was a special moment. The rest of the round was a great time for all of us.

Thank you for your email.

I was playing with Chris Hall and Dan Wiles. My golf watch said the distance was about 135 yards. I was using my 7 iron.

Thomas Considine 

Got my hole-in-one on August 16 at Dakota Dunes Golf Links while playing with my regular weekly senior golf group. It happened on the par 3, 6th hole, approximately 155 yards with a 9 iron. There was a small  bush in our line of site so we didn’t see it go in.

Thank you for the kind words. I had five people witness it as I was playing with another single and they were letting us play through on #3 where I got the ace. I had the member I was playing with sign my scorecard, but I don’t have his name. The yardage was 169 and I used a 7 iron. This is my first hole-in-one, and it was pretty cool to see as I’ve never seen one before.

I am a member at The Thornhill Club, and I was playing with two other members, Joe Berberich and Bob Linghorne, when I got the hole-in-one on the 5th hole. It was playing at 157 yards into a front pin, and I used a 6 iron into the elevated green. The ball flight was directly at the pin but we did not see the ball go in since it is a plateau green, but Joe said that he saw the ball when it landed and he said “It disappeared”. That was our first inkling that it might have gone in but we didn’t give it much thought then. We climbed up the steep slope to the green and then saw that there was no ball on the green. Bob Linghorne was first to the hole and he confirmed that the ball was in the hole.

This was my third hole-in-one but my first at The Thornhill Club. 

Thank you for your interest. 

Bob Lynch

Thank you for the email. It was very exciting as I have never witnessed a hole-in-one or got one previously.

Here is the information of the hole-in-one:

– Sunday, July 31

– Dalewood GC

– Hole #13

– 143 yards

– 9 iron

• Group Members: Bryan Lemmon (Dalewood member), his wife and son.

I retired from teaching at the end of June and my wife had a retirement gathering for me at my house. She had each guest sign and write something on a golf ball. It was one of those golf balls that I used for the hole-in-one. It was signed by a teaching college of mine, Mariette Rozon. Since I retired, she wrote on the ball, “No one is the Boss of You!”, which is fitting I guess if you retire. This made the moment more meaningful to me as I really valued her as a college.

It was Valley Ridge Ladies Night with a shotgun start. I was the first to lead off my group on our starting hole #7, and I sunk it. About 120 yards with an 8 iron. 

Titia Born

I was playing with Gerry Desjardins and Joe Craig. It was 134 yards against a one club wind. So, I hit a knockdown 8 iron. One bounce and in. 

I played with Benji Dzaldov, Mitch Glazer, Noah Gutmann. It was 178 yards into wind. Hit a 5 iron.

Thanks for your letter!

I was playing with Sarah Choi, Yvonne Wang and Karen.

The yardage to the pin was 95. I used PXG Gap wedge.

Thanks,

Amy 

Hello, 

Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It was a fun moment in my golf career and one I will never forget. 

Here are the details:

– Glendale Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg 

– 16th hole 

– 154 yards into a brisk 40km wind 

– Using a TaylorMade P7MC 6 iron 

– With my buddies Matt Stephenson, Ron Chev and Jamie Constantine 

– Friday, September 2, 2022

Enjoy the rest of your golf season. 

Chris Mead 

I observed through the Georgian Bay Hole-In-One Club that at this point, I am the first and only woman this season to achieve a hole-in-one. I also looked at the score card and this is the most difficult hole for women of the par 3 holes. This season only four men have achieved a hole-in-one. Further, no one at GBC has shot a hole-in-one in the prime months of July and August. Except me, of course! These are stats not me boasting. 

I play from the copper tees which are a set back from the forward tees (where most women shoot from). I used a 3 rescue club. 

I was with my husband and another member and his adult son.

P.S. My favourite colour is pink. If you look closely at the ball, it has several pink marker dots identifying my ball!

Colleen Whitney

So nice to receive this message. I have been a long-time supporter of Golf Canada since moving from Quebec to Ontario in 1982. 

I was proud to serve as a Marshall at more than 15 Canadian Opens. As a resident of Unionville, I travelled to Glen Abbey for several years, Hamilton twice, Angus Glen twice, and to the Legends of Niagara when the LPGA was played there. I attended St. George’s as a patron to see Sandra Post and Dawn Coe Jones a few years back, and this year, to see Rory win his second Canadian Open. Memories I have treasured for a very long time.

As for my hole-in-one at Spring Lakes last Thursday, it was very special. Having just turned 83 in August, it made me very proud. I have been a member at Spring Lakes first from 1991-2012, and left to join Whitevale from 2013-2018, then returned to Spring Lakes from 2019-to now.    

I play every Thursday at Spring Lakes with the Keenagers (55+ members). Last week my foursome included Chuck Lane, Don Tweedle and Ted Pickering, who witnessed my ace.

The hole was 129 yards from the red tees. I used a 7 iron.

Thank you very much for your interest.

Sincerely, 

Derek Phillips

Hole-in-one was on #12 at Canmore Golf Club on Sunday, September 5. Was playing with John Gibbons and Nick Sandlin. The hole was 136 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My first hole-in-one after 40 + years of playing golf.

The folks in my group were: Peter Hogeterp, Ben Vint and Gavin Boorsma. The yardage was 135 yards (island green). I’m 71 now and don’t hit a seven iron as far as I once did, but that was the club.

Thanks,

Michael

I had a hole-in-one at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort on August 9, 2022. Hole #8 it was playing 130 yards from the white tees. I am a member at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort.

Thank you for the congratulations.

– Whether: Sunny, high around 30 degrees Celsius.

– Location: Mountain Creek Golf Course is located just outside of Arnprior, Ontario. Hole #14 is a 135-yard par 3 from the whites and runs east to west with a small pond to the front right of the green. That day it was playing 129 yards from the whites.

– Club: I used my Mazuma pitching wedge.

– Ball: Orange Titleist Velocity

– Background: Playing a threesome (Wendy MacNaughton, Dan Turcotte and I), teed off at 08:00. We were shooting into the sun, and it was difficult to watch/see the ball. But we could hear the plop when the ball landed. Dan shot first, then me and Wendy. When we arrived at the green, Dan’s ball was sitting on the front of the green. But I could not see my ball on the green. We looked all over and off the green in case I overshot. Then we saw the ball mark about 30” in front of the hole and when I looked in the hole and to my surprise there it was, and I had my first hole-in-one.

Take care and stay safe.

Jeff

Given my surname, it is rather ironic that my first hole-in-one occurred at St. “Andrews” by the lake.  

It occurred on August 9, 2022, during a family reunion trip in Summerland (I live in Ladner and normally play at Surrey Golf). I was golfing with my wife, Karen, and my cousin, Ray, who was visiting from England. I had last played the course about 25 years ago when I had just taken up golfing. 

There is a walk up to the tee box. As the card said 191 yards, I went up with 5 hybrid. However, once at the tee box, my GPS read 204. There was a wait before I could tee off and someone in the following group arrived and confirmed the distance as 204 yards.

Given the GPS reading, it was a good thing I was too lazy to go back and get my 4 hybrid as the 5 hybrid did the trick. I saw it land before the green and bend on the green towards the hole, but I thought the ball had rolled past the hole. My wife thought it might have gone in the hole.  

When I didn’t see the ball on the green, I didn’t dare look in the hole until I checked behind the green. As the ball wasn’t there, I peeked into the hole and was ecstatic to see the ball and that I finally had my first hole in one at age 58.

As it happens, on the previous hole I was 2” from getting an eagle on a par 4 for the first time. That’ll have to wait for another day. 

It was a very fun day. I was playing with Jenifer Jones. Yardage on hole 12 that day was about 89 yards. I used my approach wedge, hit the fringe, took one hop, and rolled in the hole. Nicest hole for it as the view is spectacular. 

My first hole-in-one was Friday August 26 at Silver Springs Golf Club is sunny Calgary. I was playing with my amazing wife, Traci Meades, (who had her first hole-in-one earlier this season as well) and our friends Randy and Corrine Chappell.

Hole #17. par 3. 142 yards. Used a pitching wedge.

Randy and I jokingly talked about not having seen a hole-in-one as we walked up to the 17^th tee box. I went first. While my well struck ball, with a baby draw, is in the air, I jokingly say “get in the hole so Randy can see a hole-in-one.” 

As the ball approaches the green, I lose sight of it in the shadows. Randy says he heard my ball hit the flagstick. But none of us know where my ball ended up.

As we walked up to the green, we discover that my ball went directly into the cup…never hit the putting surface.

I don’t normally take my cell phone on the golf course, but I did that day as I was expecting a call from a client. Glad I did…so I have great photos (and memories) from that day!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Thank you so much for reaching out! As if getting my first hole-in-one wasn’t already exciting enough.

I’ve been playing golf a long time, but it wasn’t until the last three years that I started putting more effort into improving my game. I’ve always been a long hitter, coming from a baseball and hockey background, so my short game is where I have been spending the most practise. With more time spent golfing, my wife and son started joining me and golfing more as well. Sunday was the first time we took on the challenge of taking my daughter (2 years old) along with my son, (5 years old) out for a round. Amongst the chaos of two restless kids, I somehow managed to pull off the best shot of my life so far.

The hole was a 126-yard par 3, slightly uphill and playing a bit downwind. 126 yards is between a gap wedge and a pitching wedge for me, but I opted to go for a choked up three-quarter swing pitching wedge. The ball was struck perfectly, and it was precisely on the line I had picked. I knew it was a good shot instantly. Upon landing, I immediately froze trying to focus my eyes on just how close it really was, and that’s when the ball disappeared. My wife and I quickly turn to each other, and both simultaneously say, “I think it went in!”

I took a video of the walk with my son up to the green to verify that it had indeed dropped in the hole. Below is the hole in one picture, and a day on the course with my family I’ll never forget.

I was playing with a father and son (Blaine and Blaine Jr.) on a sunny Friday afternoon after work.

The 8th hole was playing 191 yards downwind with the flag at the front of the green just over a hump. I hit 6 iron and it was in line with the hole, but we couldn’t see it. I was expecting to see the ball roll up the hill past the hole, but it never appeared. One of my playing partners said, “I think that might be in” but I had my doubts. 

As we approached the green, the ball was still nowhere to be seen. I walked to the hole and sure enough it was there. I’m not sure who was more excited – me or my playing partners – but it was a special moment. The rest of the round was a great time for all of us.

Thank you for your email.

I was playing with Chris Hall and Dan Wiles. My golf watch said the distance was about 135 yards. I was using my 7 iron.

Thomas Considine 

Got my hole-in-one on August 16 at Dakota Dunes Golf Links while playing with my regular weekly senior golf group. It happened on the par 3, 6th hole, approximately 155 yards with a 9 iron. There was a small  bush in our line of site so we didn’t see it go in.

Thank you for the kind words. I had five people witness it as I was playing with another single and they were letting us play through on #3 where I got the ace. I had the member I was playing with sign my scorecard, but I don’t have his name. The yardage was 169 and I used a 7 iron. This is my first hole-in-one, and it was pretty cool to see as I’ve never seen one before.

I am a member at The Thornhill Club, and I was playing with two other members, Joe Berberich and Bob Linghorne, when I got the hole-in-one on the 5th hole. It was playing at 157 yards into a front pin, and I used a 6 iron into the elevated green. The ball flight was directly at the pin but we did not see the ball go in since it is a plateau green, but Joe said that he saw the ball when it landed and he said “It disappeared”. That was our first inkling that it might have gone in but we didn’t give it much thought then. We climbed up the steep slope to the green and then saw that there was no ball on the green. Bob Linghorne was first to the hole and he confirmed that the ball was in the hole.

This was my third hole-in-one but my first at The Thornhill Club. 

Thank you for your interest. 

Bob Lynch

Thank you for the email. It was very exciting as I have never witnessed a hole-in-one or got one previously.

Here is the information of the hole-in-one:

– Sunday, July 31

– Dalewood GC

– Hole #13

– 143 yards

– 9 iron

• Group Members: Bryan Lemmon (Dalewood member), his wife and son.

I retired from teaching at the end of June and my wife had a retirement gathering for me at my house. She had each guest sign and write something on a golf ball. It was one of those golf balls that I used for the hole-in-one. It was signed by a teaching college of mine, Mariette Rozon. Since I retired, she wrote on the ball, “No one is the Boss of You!”, which is fitting I guess if you retire. This made the moment more meaningful to me as I really valued her as a college.

It was Valley Ridge Ladies Night with a shotgun start. I was the first to lead off my group on our starting hole #7, and I sunk it. About 120 yards with an 8 iron. 

Titia Born

I was playing with Gerry Desjardins and Joe Craig. It was 134 yards against a one club wind. So, I hit a knockdown 8 iron. One bounce and in. 

Westmount Golf and Country Club

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Tee Time: 9:15

Stephen Freiburger with William Wilson and Iain Thomson

Third Hole: Between 9:40 and 10 a.m.

Tee Blocks: Blue, White, Red and Gold with all set at same distance: 165 yards

The prefect club for the third hole today was my new Hybrid 6.

I was the first to tee off! I reminded myself to just swing easy, but it had to be a full swing! I swung nice and easy exactly like I told myself! My ball’s flight was right at the pin, it landed, bounced, rolled and then it disappeared. I wasn’t totally sure, but Bill and Iain were celebrating that it was in the hole. 

Steve Freiburger

Thank you for the email.

June 28, 2022 will be a date I’ll never forget!

The closest I could describe the feeling of my hole-in--one, would be how I felt after the first time I jumped out of a plane. Adrenalin will run throughout you like you have never felt before. I’m not kidding. I played high level hockey up until I was 25, playing in front of filled stadiums, winning championships and my hole-in-one exceeding the high of any of those experiences, I suppose because it’s a solo experience. It truly is magical. 

June 28 showed a 60% chance of showers, and I forgot my umbrella. It started to rain lightly on the 6^th hole at UBC golf course. A week prior, I was organizing my storage room and found an old favorite golf hat, which I haven’t seen in 20 years, excited to find it, I put it in my bag. With no umbrella, I pulled out the hat and proceeded to tell my buddies Arv Singh and Eric Thrall the story about, what I called my lucky hat. Boys, check this out. I bought this hat 30 years ago when I lived in Japan. In 1992, I worked as a golf caddy at the Appi Kogen Golf Club. I haven’t worn this hat in 20 years…she’s my lucky hat.

The next hole was the par 3, 7^th hole. The pin was 140 yards and slightly up hill. For me this is a perfect 7 iron, a club I’m super comfortable with. One practice swing, then line up, exhale and everything felt effortless, it was a pure shot, hardly felt a thing. I could see the ball clear as a bell. It was like slow motion, watching it fly high and straight at it. One bounce and clink! I knew it, right away! My club went flying and fell on the t-box yipping and hollering and my buddies were too. This carried on for a bit. The foursome on the green behind us saw the shot, I could hear them and turned around and they were on their knees in full worship…not worthy. What a feeling!

Walking up to the green, there was a small part of me that thought perhaps it might not have gone in, as the green was elevated and the sightline was about even with me standing, so I was a bit anxious.

I am fortunate my buddy got my reaction on video because it says it all.

Rounds and food were bought, including for the worshippers behind us and the Marshal.

For a hole-in-one at UBC, they make you an embroidered flagstick flag with their emblem and hole number and your name and date of your hole-in-one.

Thank you for acknowledging my hole-in-one.

George Hare

I was golfing with Gerry Zado, Dr. Bert Ball and Bill Michaluk at Holiday Park in the Seniors golf on Thursday June 30th. The second hole was 110 yards. I used my 50-degree wedge and fortunately hit the perfect shot. I was very high and came down about two feet from the pin and bounced once and into the hole. Gerry birdied the hole and Bert and Bill each had pars. Not bad for four golfers who average over eighty years old. This was my fourth “hole-in-one” so it wasn’t as exciting as the first one. We had beers in the Club House after.

Thanks for your letter!

I was playing with Sarah Choi, Yvonne Wang and Karen.

The yardage to the pin was 95. I used PXG Gap wedge.

Thanks,

Amy 

Hello, 

Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It was a fun moment in my golf career and one I will never forget. 

Here are the details:

– Glendale Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg 

– 16th hole 

– 154 yards into a brisk 40km wind 

– Using a TaylorMade P7MC 6 iron 

– With my buddies Matt Stephenson, Ron Chev and Jamie Constantine 

– Friday, September 2, 2022

Enjoy the rest of your golf season. 

Chris Mead 

I observed through the Georgian Bay Hole-In-One Club that at this point, I am the first and only woman this season to achieve a hole-in-one. I also looked at the score card and this is the most difficult hole for women of the par 3 holes. This season only four men have achieved a hole-in-one. Further, no one at GBC has shot a hole-in-one in the prime months of July and August. Except me, of course! These are stats not me boasting. 

I play from the copper tees which are a set back from the forward tees (where most women shoot from). I used a 3 rescue club. 

I was with my husband and another member and his adult son.

P.S. My favourite colour is pink. If you look closely at the ball, it has several pink marker dots identifying my ball!

Colleen Whitney

So nice to receive this message. I have been a long-time supporter of Golf Canada since moving from Quebec to Ontario in 1982. 

I was proud to serve as a Marshall at more than 15 Canadian Opens. As a resident of Unionville, I travelled to Glen Abbey for several years, Hamilton twice, Angus Glen twice, and to the Legends of Niagara when the LPGA was played there. I attended St. George’s as a patron to see Sandra Post and Dawn Coe Jones a few years back, and this year, to see Rory win his second Canadian Open. Memories I have treasured for a very long time.

As for my hole-in-one at Spring Lakes last Thursday, it was very special. Having just turned 83 in August, it made me very proud. I have been a member at Spring Lakes first from 1991-2012, and left to join Whitevale from 2013-2018, then returned to Spring Lakes from 2019-to now.    

I play every Thursday at Spring Lakes with the Keenagers (55+ members). Last week my foursome included Chuck Lane, Don Tweedle and Ted Pickering, who witnessed my ace.

The hole was 129 yards from the red tees. I used a 7 iron.

Thank you very much for your interest.

Sincerely, 

Derek Phillips

Hole-in-one was on #12 at Canmore Golf Club on Sunday, September 5. Was playing with John Gibbons and Nick Sandlin. The hole was 136 yards, and I used a 9 iron. My first hole-in-one after 40 + years of playing golf.

The folks in my group were: Peter Hogeterp, Ben Vint and Gavin Boorsma. The yardage was 135 yards (island green). I’m 71 now and don’t hit a seven iron as far as I once did, but that was the club.

Thanks,

Michael

I had a hole-in-one at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort on August 9, 2022. Hole #8 it was playing 130 yards from the white tees. I am a member at Royalwood Golf and RV Resort.

Given my surname, it is rather ironic that my first hole-in-one occurred at St. “Andrews” by the lake.  

It occurred on August 9, 2022, during a family reunion trip in Summerland (I live in Ladner and normally play at Surrey Golf). I was golfing with my wife, Karen, and my cousin, Ray, who was visiting from England. I had last played the course about 25 years ago when I had just taken up golfing. 

There is a walk up to the tee box. As the card said 191 yards, I went up with 5 hybrid. However, once at the tee box, my GPS read 204. There was a wait before I could tee off and someone in the following group arrived and confirmed the distance as 204 yards.

Given the GPS reading, it was a good thing I was too lazy to go back and get my 4 hybrid as the 5 hybrid did the trick. I saw it land before the green and bend on the green towards the hole, but I thought the ball had rolled past the hole. My wife thought it might have gone in the hole.  

When I didn’t see the ball on the green, I didn’t dare look in the hole until I checked behind the green. As the ball wasn’t there, I peeked into the hole and was ecstatic to see the ball and that I finally had my first hole in one at age 58.

As it happens, on the previous hole I was 2” from getting an eagle on a par 4 for the first time. That’ll have to wait for another day. 

It was a very fun day. I was playing with Jenifer Jones. Yardage on hole 12 that day was about 89 yards. I used my approach wedge, hit the fringe, took one hop, and rolled in the hole. Nicest hole for it as the view is spectacular. 

My first hole-in-one was Friday August 26 at Silver Springs Golf Club is sunny Calgary. I was playing with my amazing wife, Traci Meades, (who had her first hole-in-one earlier this season as well) and our friends Randy and Corrine Chappell.

Hole #17. par 3. 142 yards. Used a pitching wedge.

Randy and I jokingly talked about not having seen a hole-in-one as we walked up to the 17^th tee box. I went first. While my well struck ball, with a baby draw, is in the air, I jokingly say “get in the hole so Randy can see a hole-in-one.” 

As the ball approaches the green, I lose sight of it in the shadows. Randy says he heard my ball hit the flagstick. But none of us know where my ball ended up.

As we walked up to the green, we discover that my ball went directly into the cup…never hit the putting surface.

I don’t normally take my cell phone on the golf course, but I did that day as I was expecting a call from a client. Glad I did…so I have great photos (and memories) from that day!

Thanks Golf Canada!

Thank you so much for reaching out! As if getting my first hole-in-one wasn’t already exciting enough.

I’ve been playing golf a long time, but it wasn’t until the last three years that I started putting more effort into improving my game. I’ve always been a long hitter, coming from a baseball and hockey background, so my short game is where I have been spending the most practise. With more time spent golfing, my wife and son started joining me and golfing more as well. Sunday was the first time we took on the challenge of taking my daughter (2 years old) along with my son, (5 years old) out for a round. Amongst the chaos of two restless kids, I somehow managed to pull off the best shot of my life so far.

The hole was a 126-yard par 3, slightly uphill and playing a bit downwind. 126 yards is between a gap wedge and a pitching wedge for me, but I opted to go for a choked up three-quarter swing pitching wedge. The ball was struck perfectly, and it was precisely on the line I had picked. I knew it was a good shot instantly. Upon landing, I immediately froze trying to focus my eyes on just how close it really was, and that’s when the ball disappeared. My wife and I quickly turn to each other, and both simultaneously say, “I think it went in!”

I took a video of the walk with my son up to the green to verify that it had indeed dropped in the hole. Below is the hole in one picture, and a day on the course with my family I’ll never forget.

I was very amazed to learn that you knew about my hole-in-one on Tuesday, August 16 at the Legends in Warman. Thank you for your recognition of my special day.

To answer your questions: Tuesday is Ladies’ Day for our Tuesday Morning Ladies Golf League at the Legends. This year, we have 37 members from all walks of life and a very sociable group. I was playing with Maureen, Sylvia and Cindy. The par 3, hole #7 from the forward red blocks is 92 yards. In the past, I have tried using a 9 iron and was never satisfied with the results. So, recently I have started using my 6 iron (I don’t have a 7 or 8 iron in my bag) with better results. On the 16^th, I teed up and had also changed my ball from a Callaway to a Pinnacle Lady with my lucky number 4 on it. My shot was the sweetest, lovely in the air, straight at the flag and dropped almost immediately into the hole. Our cheers echoed across to the group behind us. Since our fun day game was closest to the pin on the par 3’s. I had my name on the proximity marker for the prize.
 

The next sweetest thing is my name and date goes on a small, engraved plate mounted on the hole #7 board in the upper hall of the clubhouse. Four boards are there for each of the par 3 holes and above, the title Legends Hole in One Club. My name plate is the first one on the hole #14 board for my hole-in-one on September 28, 2011, during the first game I played at the newly opened Legends course. I didn’t see that one go into the hole because I was picking up my tee and looked up to see my playing partners cheering wildly. This wall display is a special to all the people whose names are on it and an excellent tribute by the Legends course management.

Thank you for the extra special celebration you have added to my achievement.

I was playing with a father and son (Blaine and Blaine Jr.) on a sunny Friday afternoon after work.

The 8th hole was playing 191 yards downwind with the flag at the front of the green just over a hump. I hit 6 iron and it was in line with the hole, but we couldn’t see it. I was expecting to see the ball roll up the hill past the hole, but it never appeared. One of my playing partners said, “I think that might be in” but I had my doubts. 

As we approached the green, the ball was still nowhere to be seen. I walked to the hole and sure enough it was there. I’m not sure who was more excited – me or my playing partners – but it was a special moment. The rest of the round was a great time for all of us.

I was playing with Rob Foot and Curt Bogren, fellow members at PMGC.

The 16th hole at PMGC was playing 155 yds into a fairly stiff breeze. I hit 6 iron.

The best part was that the hole-in-one was in addition to 6 birdies and 2 bogies, leading to a personal best 66 — a score I never dreamed of shooting in my lifetime!

Cheers,

Todd

138 to the pin, no breeze. No bounce or roll, dunked it. Was playing with Perry Smith, Mark Farrell and Brad Barton. 

Thanks for your email.  I was playing with my buddies; Terry Derouhe, Wayne Vanhorne and Ken Anderson. The hole was 133 yards. I used a six iron. The course was beautiful, and the service was excellent. We all enjoyed our time there.

Wayne Fenemore