HIO ALERT!

HIO ALERT!

So I was about to start my round yesterday and this kind old man named Dave asked if he could play with me and my dad so of course we said yes and went on our way. Fast forward to the 9th hole, downhill par 3 (he was playing the middle tees mind you!) so probably 150-160 for a yardage. Pulls out a 4 hybrid and throws one right down the middle. He immediately picks up his tee and heads towards the cart so me and my dad followed, but I couldn’t help watching it as it rolled up to the green. After it got to the flagstick it literally just disappeared… I was telling my old man on our way to the green but obviously wasn’t sure, plus there’s a little ridge past the pin placement that day so we thought it might’ve just rolled over the ridge too. Well, we get up there and there’s no ball on the green so of course we sprint to the hole to find it sitting at the bottom of the cup, Dave is slowly getting out of his cart as we’re both going absolutely insane. Everyone from the practice green came down to shake his hand/give him high fives and of course get him some pictures of the moment. Said it was his first ever also!Just wanted to share as this is the first HIO I’ve ever had the pleasure to witness and I’m so glad it could go to such a deserving guy! Big shoutout Dave!! Congratulations and thank you for giving me a memory on the course that I’ll never forget!

by VernChurgeson

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  1. What an incredible moment, so happy for you all that you and your dad were kind enough to let him play with you, and you both got to witness that.

    Also shoutout to both your dad and Dave for looking to be in amazing shape for their age, probably in better shape than you and me combined!

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