The most improbable, unlikely hole-in-one ever.įor some reason I do kind of have an asterisk next to it in my own mind. Probably one of the ugliest aces you’ll ever see. It fizzed off towards the green, took a huge hit off a mound, bounced high up in the air, landed on the green, and then rolled out - hitting the pin and dropping in. On the 8th hole, 131 yards I hit a 8 iron and caught it thin. A little disappointed but with not much else to do in COVID times we decided to play anyway and loop it twice. He messed up and booked the short 9 hole course and not the full 18. On my third ever round I went to a local course with a friend. Was Jon Rahm’s skip into the hole before the 2020 Masters a hole-in-one - but not an ace? People should be excited for any golfer, especially a new golfer, to accomplish something so many of us aim to do ourselves. Being that golf is a gentleman’s game, it’s on you if you’re lying about it. I believe if you tee off from an actual teeing ground, onto a green space, and it goes in on a single swing - welcome to the Ace Club. Would I be stoked that it went in the hole? Absolutely! But should my 75-yard pitch off a mat be equal to 170 yard 7-iron on a full 18-hole course? No. Would you brag to your friends that you got an ace playing with multiple balls and you got it in the hole from 60 yards? 80 yards? 100? right?Īt some point you have to draw a line in the sand and be honest with yourself. On his umpteenth try during an episode of Adventures in Golf in Malibu, EAL made an ace. I myself am a part of the “no ace” club, but hopefully soon! So to try and discredit an ace simply because you have more chances or they are shorter holes simply makes no sense to me. Par-3 course or full-size course, the odds are against you no matter what. That’s dedication and you deserve any aces you make. If you play par-3 courses everyday to give yourself higher odds, more power to you. Why would a par-3 course not count? Because you have more chances? At the end of the day, if you want more chances, play more golf - period. So it wasn’t technically a hole-in-one - but was it an ace?Īfter heavy thought and a few changes to my own opinion, I’ve concluded that a “hole-in-one” on a par-3 course should not be considered an “Ace,” although when thought about quite literally, it should be considered a “hole-in-one.” But to have the title of “Ace,” I believe it must be on a regulation 18 hole golf course. It counted as a 3 on his scorecard, and Couples made par. In 1999, Fred Couples dunked one in the water and then dunked one in the hole at TPC Sawgrass. But if you hole it with your second ball, it’s not a “hole-in-one.” It doesn’t have to be a full round of golf, even if you only play one hole and bump it in the hole - that’s a hole-in-one in my eyes. Hole-in-one: Complete a golf hole in 1 stroke in a submittable round of golf on a registered course under the rules of a governing body like the USGA Here we’ve compiled some of the most compelling on either side of the ace. And, boy, did the RGC Community have some takes. We had to settle this in the court of public opinion. So to figure out the people’s definition of a hole-in-one once in for all, we figured we’d share Keffer’s experience with the world. With thousands of witnesses close at hand, there was no doubt when Tiger sunk this Arizona ace in 1997. The Joe Balander course Keffer was playing is a 4-hole “short course” with only par-3s - it isn’t a full 18-hole course playing at the typical par of 72. I instantly laid out any contradicting facts I could, never stopping to consider that jealousy doesn’t look good on someone who’s gone almost three decades without a hole-in-one. Immediately debate swirled among the RGC team - stirred regrettably, dear reader, by yours truly. He’d hit his tee shot, his only shot, into the hole. Less than seven months after picking up the game of golf for the first time, Keffer did what many will go a lifetime without checking off their bucket list: he hit a hole-in-one.ĭoes this grainy screenshot look like the face of a man who *didn't* just get a hole in one?Ī quick Google search yields a simple definition of the hole-in-one: “ a shot that enters the hole from the tee with no intervening shots. He rushed up to the hole to double-check, and sure enough, his ball had dropped in. Or at least that’s what it looked like from afar. Smooth ball flight, tracking toward the hole, one bounce - and in. He pulled out his pitching wedge, eyed a 110-yard shot, and took an easy swing. He stepped up to the par-3 third hole at the Joe Balander course in Austin, TX. Last week we shared a video from RGC producer Keffer Rhodes, who was out playing a little golf on New Year’s Eve when something magical happened. Have you ever had a hole-in-one? Are you sure ?
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