News too good to keep to myself - at 11:00 am on Wednesday 16 August 2023 on the 17th hole on the Gympie Golf Course, I nailed a beauty for an official hole-in-one. It created a bit more of a stir as it was our annual ladies Open Day of which we had 96 entrants from around our zone.
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| Standing on the 17th tee, with the green in the background (yellow flag can be seen in the photo above my cap). Obviously we have no fairway irrigation by the signs of brown grass and dirt - lots of 'run' on the fairways! |
Our group kicked up that much noise, it attracted the attention of the Course Marshall. He forgave us for about 5 minutes and then told us to hurry up! The coincidence of the situation was that a lass in the group had been playing SOCIALLY with another person and I about 2 years ago when I luckily hit a HIO then. She was re-telling the girls in the current group of my feat then, and lo and behold I repeated it. Unbelievable really cause I'd been playing like an old chook for most of the game.
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| Collecting the ball out of the hole |
Obviously Lady Luck was smiling upon me and all the planets were aligned for such an amazing shot. Never mind that I had to buy my own bottle of bubbly.
Officially (in competition golf) I now have 3 HIO, all on the Gympie Golf Course.
1st was in 2016, 2nd in 2018, 3rd in 2023, and the social one was in 2020. Anyway all 3 are mounted with the balls, sitting on the stand, gathering dust and beautiful memories.
