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).
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Rob Green, Briars Golf Club Ltd., Hole #5 (Twice!)
I was playing with my usual group, Chris Burling, Frank Freisen and Ken Maisonville at the Briars Golf Club in our usual 7:10 am tee time.
The first hole-in-one was at the gross match play bracket, I was playing against Mark Woodyatt. From the original blue tee deck on hole #5 from 103 yards. I hit a knock down pitching wedge.
The second time on the same hole, from the different tee deck up top. Hit a knock down pitching wedge from 102 yards. Landed about four feet short and bounced once, twice and spun back in.
Nicole Hughes, King’s Forest Golf Club, Hole #14
My hole-in-one happened at King’s Forest on the par 3, hole #14. I hit my seven wood off the lower red tee deck and it went in! It was very exciting!
I was playing with my boyfriend Chris and we happened to have been paired up with a junior golfer named Caden that day. Also, we had friends playing on the hole behind us who witnessed the commotion!
The other cool thing was that we just moved to Hamilton this year and this is our first year as members at King’s Forest. It was actually my second hole in one!
My first was June 30, 2023 at Don Valley Golf Course in Toronto, hole #5, par 3.
Jean-Marc Baronette, Lookout Point Country Club Ltd., Hole #2
It was my second hole-in-one. My first one was on hole #8 at King Valley on Sept 13, 2001, 24 years ago!
The photo is me with the other three members of the foursome, from bottom left going clockwise: Patryk Wasiak, Mike Venditteli, Louis Gallardi, and myself.
The yardage was 128 and I used my left-handed approach wedge. The shot itself was smooth and crisp, and the ball flight was a slight left-to-right draw to the back right pin.
Kevin Fortin, Le Parcours du Cerf (Club de golf) – Le Faon, Hole #14
My first hole-in-one ever! What an amazing experience and an unbelievable feeling. I was fortunate enough to share this special moment with three of my good friends: Martin Adaszkiewicz, James Stewart and Matt Potocki.
With the cold weather creeping in and morning rounds regularly delayed due to frost, which was also the case for us that morning, we knew this would be our last round of the 2025 outdoor season. It also happened to be my 100th round of golf since returning to the sport in August 2024, after undergoing back surgery five years earlier to remove a herniated disc.
It was a gorgeous blue-sky day, though playing conditions were challenging, with firm, fast greens and strong winds. The magic happened on the island green at hole No. 14 at Parcours du Cerf – Faon. I was second to tee off. The posted distance was 135 yards, but the red pin location was playing closer to 125 yards. I hit a smooth pitching wedge. The ball landed softly on the green, just a little right and short of the pin, rolled slightly and appeared to stop. The boys started saying, “That looks so close!”
Pleased with the result, I reached for my tee when, what seemed to happen in slow motion, the ball disappeared. For a split second, we were all stunned and unsure of what had happened. Then we realized it had gone in. We immediately started jumping around and celebrating together.
I would like to extend a special thank you to Parcours du Cerf for making this moment even more memorable. They presented me with a commemorative bag tag, provided a complimentary bottle of champagne to share in the clubhouse, and will be adding my name to the plaque on the wall, making this a moment I will cherish forever.
Tom Johnson, Wailea Golf Club, Hole #16
Hit it from the blue tees, 145 yards and used a 9 iron. A little thin and a little right with a bounce left, straight into the hole!
