Ever had a hole-in-one? While all aces seem to involve (or take on) elements of myth and magic, some defy belief and can surely only occur thanks to the divine intervention of the golf gods.
GolfWRXer @Jordan2240 seems to have been inspired by this fact and started a thread titled “Luckiest hole-in-one you’ve either had or seen” earlier this year.
He writes:
“I have 3 instances:
“1. I was playing a par 3 course where the tee on one hole was on a hill well above the green. Instead of lofting the ball into the air, I simply tapped it off the tee. I watched as it rolled down the hill, changing directions multiple times, and into the hole. My buddy looked at me and groaned, “that’s not how you’re supposed to do that”.
“2. Same course, different hole, I watched a guy hit his shot into a tree, and it ricocheted off and rolled into the hole. He was thrilled. I just laughed.
“3. Playing a 150 yard par 3 at a regular course. You couldn’t see the bottom of the pin. My buddy worm-burns his tee shot down the fairway and across the sand trap. When we go down to the green, he immediately heads toward the back thinking he went through it. I told him I didn’t think it was going that hard and that he should check the hole. There it was. I didn’t even know how to respond. “Good shot” didn’t seem appropriate.”
The replies in the thread are superb, so it’s difficult to choose which ones to highlight. Here are a few.
@murdoc613
“I’ll preface this by mentioning that my grandfather is a TERRIBLE GOLFER. His average round at this point is probably about 150, his driver goes about 140 yards and he doesn’t get enough backspin to hold a green. There’s this one hole at this course that I play at a lot, a short par 3 at only like 75 yards with a giant sideslope on the left side of the green. A few years ago we’re playing there, and my grandfather hits an iron shot that hits the bank on the far left, kicks right, and rolls like 50 feet across the green and into the hole.
“His first ever HIO. The next time we play the same course a few weeks later, we’re all joking about him making back to back HIOs and all that. He pulls an iron into the trees left of the sideslope, is like “Well that didn’t happen”, and turns away to put the club in his bag. The ball hits the tree, we lose sight of it for a few seconds and then see it pop out onto the fescue bordering the sideslope, at this point we’re like “Grandpa I see it!” It slowly trickles through the fescue, hangs on the edge of the sideslope for about 3 seconds, then wobbles and rolls down the slope. We’re all excited because it looked like it was going to get close, walk up to the green, and it’s in the hole!”
@linklow
“Funniest one I’ve ever seen….short fella with knee braces on both legs hits driver on a 180 yard par 3. This golf ball has a peak trajectory of about 30 inches, and skids along the fairway into the “no cart” sign, which was apparently angled perfectly to accept such a shot and ricochets it onto the green and rolls straight into the hole.
“Meanwhile, I’m a +2 handicap and I’ve still never had one. I love golf.”
@DivinDave
“About 30 years ago, playing a public course with my friend Mike on a Monday. Hole No. 5, par 4, about 340 yards, and it’s a hard dog leg right with lots of trees along the right side. Typical is to use a 3 wood off the tee and cut the corner of the dog leg over the trees. If done well, it will leave you with an easy 20 or 30 yard pitch onto the green.
“My friend pulls out a driver and his intention is to go for the green. That’s how he plays, it’s all or nothing. He hits it high and pushes it well right. We can hear his ball bouncing off trees right of the green We get up by the green and we are looking in the woods for Mikes ball. We can’t find it. I walk back to the green and low and behold, there is a ball in the hole. A dirty dinged up Titleist XXX. Its my buddies ball, Hole in One on a Par 4 that ricocheted off a tree or two and somehow miraculously rolled onto the green and into the hole.”
Incredible tales! The thread is only a few months old, so we’d certainly advise bookmarking it and returning often as more stories make their way into this compedium of improbable aces. And of course, if you have a wild hole-in-one story of your own, add it to the thread!
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