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My two biggest fears:

1. Hitting a hole in one without a witness

2. Hitting a hole in one on my third shot because my first went OB or in the water or the woods...
 
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#13,453
doozer said:
My two biggest fears:

1. Hitting a hole in one without a witness

2. Hitting a hole in one on my third shot because my first went OB or in the water or the woods...
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I have played for 50 years, though very little the last ten or so. I have been a low single digit handicap the entire time, and I have never had a hole-in-one, and have only played with one person who has made a hole-in-one, and I usually played with really good golfers.

I have had a couple of eagles on par 4's from 130 to 200 yards (number one hdcp hole). The reason that I am answering your post is because I did your number 2. I hit a 5 iron on a par 3 way left on an uphill blind par 3 in a strong right to left wind, and assumed it lost.

I teed up another, hit a perfect 5 iron, right at the flag. I went looking for my first shot, found it (unfortunately), and pitched it up to the green, eventually making a bogey 4. When one of my playing partners got to the green, my provisional was in the hole. I would have made a par if I hadn't found the first one.
 
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I've holed out from over 100 yards 3 or 4 times for eagle. It's just never been the tee shot on a Par 3.
 
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#13,457
GAVol said:
I've holed out from over 100 yards 3 or 4 times for eagle. It's just never been the tee shot on a Par 3.
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I have a 78 yard hole out and one from 110. Only ace I've ever seen was on a worm burner that made it's way into the hole.

To go back to doozer's fears, I left a 158 yard par three tee shot a half roll from an ace. By myself. Funny thing was a mower was waiting for me to tee off and came leaping out of his seat because he thought it was going in and would've been my witness.
 
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#13,458
1972 Grad said:
I have played for 50 years, though very little the last ten or so. I have been a low single digit handicap the entire time, and I have never had a hole-in-one, and have only played with one person who has made a hole-in-one, and I usually played with really good golfers.

I have had a couple of eagles on par 4's from 130 to 200 yards (number one hdcp hole). The reason that I am answering your post is because I did your number 2. I hit a 5 iron on a par 3 way left on an uphill blind par 3 in a strong right to left wind, and assumed it lost.

I teed up another, hit a perfect 5 iron, right at the flag. I went looking for my first shot, found it (unfortunately), and pitched it up to the green, eventually making a bogey 4. When one of my playing partners got to the green, my provisional was in the hole. I would have made a par if I hadn't found the first one.
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I wouldn't have looked very hard, especially if I knew my provisional was on the green.
 
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volfanbill said:
I have a 78 yard hole out and one from 110. Only ace I've ever seen was on a worm burner that made it's way into the hole.

To go back to doozer's fears, I left a 158 yard par three tee shot a half roll from an ace. By myself. Funny thing was a mower was waiting for me to tee off and came leaping out of his seat because he thought it was going in and would've been my witness.
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With all the golf I've played, probably the most amazing thing is that I've never even seen an ace.

Best I've ever seen was a high school teammate put one in the water off the tee on a Par 4 and then took a drop and jarred it from 210 for birdie.
 
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#13,463
Getting some nice Swag from the hole in one

I hit a Taylormade ball, so they are sending a free shirt, Mizuno (PW) is sending a glove and certificate and Ecco (shoes) is sending a 50% off coupon for use on any product
 
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#13,464
1972 Grad said:
I have played for 50 years, though very little the last ten or so. I have been a low single digit handicap the entire time, and I have never had a hole-in-one, and have only played with one person who has made a hole-in-one, and I usually played with really good golfers.

I have had a couple of eagles on par 4's from 130 to 200 yards (number one hdcp hole). The reason that I am answering your post is because I did your number 2. I hit a 5 iron on a par 3 way left on an uphill blind par 3 in a strong right to left wind, and assumed it lost.

I teed up another, hit a perfect 5 iron, right at the flag. I went looking for my first shot, found it (unfortunately), and pitched it up to the green, eventually making a bogey 4. When one of my playing partners got to the green, my provisional was in the hole. I would have made a par if I hadn't found the first one.
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I have witnessed 7 hole in ones, 2 of them being mine.

Congrats Vol in Air!
 
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vols_fan_68 said:
I have witnessed 7 hole in ones, 2 of them being mine.

Congrats Vol in Air!
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That's a bunch. Congrats on your two. The funny thing is that the one that I witnessed was on the same uphill, blind par 3 that I made my so called hole-in-one on. It is on a course that I haven't played a tremendous amount of times, and you can't see the ball go in the hole due to the uphill.

So, I have still never actually seen a hole-in-one go in the hole. The eagle hole outs on par 4's that I have had were also blind. Of course, most of my golf has been played on a course with several blind second shots.
 
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volfanbill said:
Boo Freaking Weekley. Lighting up the golf course today. Ruined my plans for the day.
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Several years ago, Boo was playing in the Knoxville Nike Tour event at Fox Den. I had never heard of him at that time, and knew nothing about him. I watched him hit balls on the range for several minutes, and made the remark to my brother that "this guy must not be able to putt a lick'" because he hits the ball as pure as anybody I have ever seen.

I started to tell that to Boo, but I was afraid that he might not take it as a compliment. I have seen most every known golf pro over the last 50 years play and practice, and Weekly struck the ball beautifully. The sound, the ball flight, the consistency, etc. and I had never heard of him at the time.
 
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