Hole-in-one

madds

Looking through the Sunday Tribune this morning I noticed a David O'Connor from Hollywood Lakes, playing off 10, had an ace on the 11th on his home
course. Was wondering if this was our own resident "DMDoc"....?

Got me thinking....how many people here have had a hole in one in a competitive round?

I've had one: 4th in Lucan when the tee-box used to be on the Spa Hotel side of the road. Used a pitching-wedge, and she flew straight into the cup. I was 16 years old at the time. Haven't had one since.

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I've been playing golf for 15 years and I've never had a hole in one. I've come very close, I've hit the pin on one occasion and seen the ball lip out on another. I've holed irons from the fairway but never had the elusive hole in one. Maybe one day.

badbrian

I've been playing about 15 years. I once hit a 9 iron up in Bundoran to about 2 inches. I didn't realise then that I wasn't going to get that close for minimum 15 years so I still await my chance.

TheDoc

hahaha how very nice to think of me

Theres been alot of confusion in my club regarding this.

My name is Daniel O'Connor playing of 10 , there is a Mr David O'Connor currently off 11.

Unfortunatly ive never had a hole in one, though ive rattled a few sticks in my time

hehe got a phone call though asking what type of massive bottle of win i want, red,white or rose haha, damn my honesty

Matt Santos

Playin golf for the last 16 years. Started off left handed. Was given the clubs by a friend who got better clubs. I has a pretty handy hurler and I used hurl from my left. Started off 16 and got down to 14. Got a present of a voucher then so I changed to right handed clubs as the selection was quite limited with left handed clubs. So now I was playing right handed with a hurley grip!! Got down to 11 with that grip when a good friend of mine who I was playin a lot of golf with who played off 6 urged me to change to a conventional grip. I did so and now am playin off 5 for the last 2 years.
Getting back to the point. I have drawn, faded and played right at holes left handed and I have drawn, faded and played right at holes left handed with both hurley grip and conventional but I have yet to have the "perfect" tee shot on a par 3! Hit flags, pitched inches short and rolled by, pitched past and spun past, lipped out and came to a complete stop but centimeters from the hole but not one has dropped.
I must have played 150 rounds of 18 holes last year alone while I was on committee of my own club so attempts are not the issue. It just will not go in!!
In saying that I have been in the company of four guys that have aced a hole and each one has been more bizarre than the last!! The most recent one was a guy of 60+ who hit a rescue club 152 yards bounced surely 60 yards short and rolled onto the green missing the bunker in the front and just finding enough to reach the hole and fall into the cup!!
Surely my day will come!!

Matt;)

RuggieBear

had one but not in competition.

Mister Sifter

Played with a guy a few years back who stuck his first ball out of bounds, then knocked his third into the hole. Not a bad par!!

Never had one myself either.

RuggieBear

Graeme1982 wrote:

Played with a guy a few years back who stuck his first ball out of bounds, then knocked his third into the hole. Not a bad par!!

Never had one myself either.

Saw some one do that at the 7th at the Glen of the Downs...first shot into the pond....next straight in the hole. lol

stringy

never had one

came close twice this year, lipped out with a 4 iron on par 3

nearly aced a par 4, hit big drive down wind, ball ran across the hole while guys ahead were putting!!

JCDUB

Was playing a few months back and met an older guy who told me he's had two and a half hole-in-ones, I obviously asked what he meant.
Check this story out: he had two normal legit aces and his third one went into the hole on the full and got lodged in the side wall of the hole above the metal cup!As his ball didn't hit the bottom of the cup it is not deemed to be in the hole:eek:
He had to jab his putter into the hole and knock the ball out so it fell to the bottom of the hole for a nice birdie....
Lucky he had had two previous ones isn't it?
This story was told to me by a genuine older gent so I have no reason to doubt it, what do you think??

PhilipMarlowe

JCDUB wrote:

...went into the hole on the full and got lodged in the side wall of the hole above the metal cup!As his ball didn't hit the bottom of the cup it is not deemed to be in the hole:eek:
He had to jab his putter into the hole and knock the ball out so it fell to the bottom of the hole for a nice birdie....

If the ball was below the top of the hole it is deemed to be holed, doesn't necessarily have to be on the bottom if you know what I mean.

fullstop

Licksy wrote:

If the ball was below the top of the hole it is deemed to be holed, doesn't necessarily have to be on the bottom if you know what I mean.

Incorrect. The ball MUST finish in the bottom of the hole..this is why, when a ball gets jammed against a flagstick, the flagstick must be moved to let the ball fall into the hole. Go look it up in the rule book if you don't believe it!

KOJAK_1

fullstop wrote:

Incorrect. The ball MUST finish in the bottom of the hole..this is why, when a ball gets jammed against a flagstick, the flagstick must be moved to let the ball fall into the hole. Go look it up in the rule book if you don't believe it!

Not correct

Holed
A ball is “holed” when it is at rest within the circumference of
the hole and all of it is below the level of the lip of the hole.

bogmanfan

Had one, but not in competition. Was especially sweet as I had completely lost the ball flight because of a very bright the sun. No idea where it had gone. Searched around for a few minutes before my mate spotted it in the hole.

sofireland

bogmanfan wrote:

Had one, but not in competition. Was especially sweet as I had completely lost the ball flight because of a very bright the sun. No idea where it had gone. Searched around for a few minutes before my mate spotted it in the hole.

Ha ha nice.
Got within a foot once, pitch mark was an inch from the cup.

milltown

I just missed one on Monday by three or four shots!

AndyP

Had one in a charity event in (the now defunct) Kilternan. Anyone remember the 10th there, one of the hardest walking holes in the country.

fullstop

KOJAK_1 wrote:

Not correct

Holed
A ball is “holed” when it is at rest within the circumference of
the hole and all of it is below the level of the lip of the hole.

Well it's not possible for the ball to be below the level of the hole while lodged in the side as there is not enough of a gap between the edge of hole and start of cup, therefore the ball would have to be in the cup

madds

Funnily enough I nearly had one this evening during a club match! Hit a 4-iron on the 16th to a foot to close out the match 4&2.

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AndyP wrote:

Had one in a charity event in (the now defunct) Kilternan. Anyone remember the 10th there, one of the hardest walking holes in the country.

Ah yes, what a treat that course was, lol. Yeah the 10th was special for sure.

Mister Sifter

Playing a friendly game of matchplay with my mate yesterday and i was 2 up on the 11th tee. He stuck a PW about a foot past the hole and it spun back and in.

First time i've ever witnessed a hole in one. First time i've ever celebrated losing a hole too!:D

madds

Did you get the drinks in?

My father had a hole in one last year and was buying drink in the clubhouse bar for about a month afterwards....:rolleyes:

johnny_rambo

JCDUB wrote:

Was playing a few months back and met an older guy who told me he's had two and a half hole-in-ones, I obviously asked what he meant.
Check this story out: he had two normal legit aces and his third one went into the hole on the full and got lodged in the side wall of the hole above the metal cup!As his ball didn't hit the bottom of the cup it is not deemed to be in the hole:eek:
He had to jab his putter into the hole and knock the ball out so it fell to the bottom of the hole for a nice birdie....
Lucky he had had two previous ones isn't it?
This story was told to me by a genuine older gent so I have no reason to doubt it, what do you think??

I hit a shot simular to this. The ball pitched in the hole (left a plug mark on the inside of the cup) but popped out and was hanging on the lip. :mad:
Thankfully though (like the older gent above) I've had 2 holes-in-one also.
First when I was 16.
Second in the Munster Youths Championship a few years later.