I am 73 years of age. I had never played any organized sports until my husband Philip convinced me to try to take up golf. This was about three years ago. I have been learning to play golf since then with a group of four to six ladies who took me under their wings. We usually golf nine holes, three times each week. It has been enjoyable but frustrating at times, with a very challenging learning curve. Our group is more social then serious. We always have a lot of laughs when we take to the fairways.
I only started to keep a scorecard and register my scores on the Golf Canada website about two weeks before my hole-in-one. This was only after the girls and Philip urged me to do so.
On the big day August 14, 2024, I started with a bogey on hole #1 and then a triple bogey on hole #2. I was just about ready to call it quits, but one of the girls Suzanne Mader said, “forget that hole, there is another one just around the bend.” I pulled myself together and things worked out better on hole #3 and #4.
Then came my favourite hole, hole #5, a par 3 hole, I always try to get on the green and par it, many times I do par this hole. This hole is 126 yards from the forward tees. You hit across a valley onto the green on the opposite hill. I have always had success using my driver on this hole. On this day I hit the ball with a lot of loft and it landed on the green two to three feet straight out from the hole and rolled forward straight into the cup. The girls screamed out, “Brenda you have a hole-in-one!” I was astonished and in disbelief that I could be so lucky! Rumour has it around here that it has been about two decades since a female has had a hole-in-one at Bluenose Golf Club! Unbelievable that I could be so fortunate. The ladies in our foursome on that memorable morning were Jean Jackson, Lola Greek and Suzanne Mader. I don’t think any of us will ever forget that day.
