Each week we write to Golf Canada members who record a hole-in-one, congratulating them and asking if they’d tell us how it happened. These are their stories (edited for length and clarity).
Have you recently accomplished the feat of a hole-in-one? Tell us about it! Share your story, picture / video and course information with us at holeinone@golfcanada.ca.
Xavié Wing, Idylwylde Golf & Country Club, Hole #7
My 9 year old son, Xavié Wing, recently got a hole-in-one on hole #7 at the Idylwylde Golf & Country Club during his first day of the two-day championship tournament, part of the Northeastern Junior Golf Tour. He then went on to win the event and this victory secured his first place in the order of merit of the Northeastern Junior Golf Tour for the U10 division.
– Submitted by Xavié’s mother
Monique Saindon-Syring, Pheasant Glen Golf Resort, Hole #8
I made my hole-in-one from 100 yards using a gap wedge.
Andrew Hargreaves, Ledgeview Golf & Country Club, Hole #17
My hole-in-one on hole 17 at Ledgeview was 125 yards. I hit a little baby draw with my gap wedge a little long and it spun back and went down. I was playing with my brother and my dad. Nick Taylor was playing a few holes behind us with a mutual friend of ours, he invited us over for a few minutes to sign my flag and take a picture.
Laurel Scott, Storey Creek Golf Club, Hole #3
It was alot of a fun! My hole-in-one was 158 yards. I used a 3 wood.
Todd Millar, Bearspaw Golf Club, Hole #2
There are golf shots you remember and then there are golf shots you’ll tell for the rest of your life.
I stood on the tee of hole #2 facing a 190-yard par 3 with a stiff wind directly in our faces. The pin was marked by a red flag and I reached for my 5-wood.
Playing alongside my friends Riekert Panther, Riki Panther and David Whiteley, I teed up my personalized Titleist Pro V1x #56, stamped with my “AMOR FATI” motto and my signature dice logo. I took one last look at the flag, committed to the shot and made what felt like a perfect swing.
The ball launched on a strong, penetrating flight, holding its line beautifully against the wind. It landed just short of the pin, took one perfect bounce and disappeared.
For a split second, none of us knew exactly what had happened.
Then we realized the ball was gone.
It had dropped straight into the cup.
All four of us erupted with excitement. There was shouting, cheering, high-fives, laughter and complete disbelief. It was one of those unforgettable moments that every golfer dreams about and very few ever experience.
A 190-yard hole-in-one, into the wind, with a 5-wood, at Bearspaw Golf Club.
To make the moment even more special, it was accomplished with my personalized Titleist Pro V1x—a ball marked with “AMOR FATI,” a reminder to embrace whatever life brings and my dice logo, representing the willingness to take calculated risks. Somehow, on this day, everything came together perfectly.
It’s a shot I’ll never forget, shared with three great friends who witnessed every second of it.
