Another Item Off My Bucket List

It was a breezy cloudy day on Saturday. I had just made a 12 foot par putt on number one hole and went to the second hole. I was playing with 2 friends, a husband and wife (Danny and Sherrill Barnett, that I play with frequently. Danny had just teed off first from the senor tees and I had taken both a seven iron and a six iron to the members tee-box.

I would normally hit a seven iron since the hole plays 155 yards to the center, but since the flag was on the back and there was a six mph wind in our face, I decided to hit the six iron. The shot didn't go quite as high as I normally hit an iron but it hit somewhere in the middle of the green and rolled about 15 feet, broke slightly left and into the hole. This was my first hole in one. Ive been playing golf since 1981 and I am 63 years old. What happened next was pretty amazing as well. The number eight hole is about 80 yards to our left and there were people on the green and heard all the commotion and came over to congratulate me. As we were talking, Sherrill went to her tee-box and hit her shot. I was turned away from the hole talking to someone and she said did anyone see my ball, I hit a good shot and it looked like it was going straight at the hole. I had to say that I didn't see it nor did her husband, Danny.

We drove to the green and looked around and didn't see her ball and as we approached the hole neither of us could believe it but there were two balls in the hole. TWO Holes-in-One on consecutive shots. Unbelievable!!!!! Needless to say we had quite a celebration on the green. This was also Sherrill's first hole-in-one. She recently turned 60 and has played many years as well.