First Ever Hole-In-One

Majestic Springs Golf Club in Wilmington, OH will forever be in my memory. My first hole-in-one was on it's hole #3. A short par 3 playing 112 yards that day. I used a pitching wedge and took a little off my swing to cut down the yardage. The ball landed two feet in front of the pin and went in on the first bounce. It had rained that morning so the greens were soft. The divot from the ball was quite large and we were not sure if the ball was sitting there all muddy, in the hole, or had bounced over the green (the pin was only about 5 yards from the back of the green). Once we walked up to the pin I just knew it was going to be my day once I did not see a muddy ball in front of the pin. Sure enough, YIPEE!! Finally got one. After hitting flag sticks on the fly and rolling on the green, I got one to go in.

My two playing partners (witnesses) were Tom Hassig and Charlie Poeppelmeier. Charlie had kidded around that he was going to hang with me score wise that day. And he did for one hole. I told him later that if he had not challenged me I may not have rose to the occasion and aced it just to show him who was going to shoot what today. :-)

Earlier this month I holed a 170 yard shot from the fairway of a par four for eagle. That shot was a blind shot, all I could see was the top of the flag stick. It may have been a better shot but it was just an eagle. Hole-In-One just has a better ring to it. It has been a good month for golf memories and the month is not over yet. Could there be another shot out there waiting for me?