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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Alfred Morais, Stanhope Golf & Country Club, Hole #3
After 40+ years of playing with the past ten on a more regular basis, I finally joined my many friends and colleagues with an ace.
It was certainly a special day, Fathers Day, golfing with my son, son-in-law and my son’s father-in-law. It happened on my home course Stanhope Golf and Country Club on hole #3, a par 3 with a back pin about 125 yards, into some wind. It was a shot that went exactly as visioned, except for the ball dropping in the hole of course. An easy eight iron landing on the front-middle green and rolling up the slope to the pin. We were not sure if it went in or had rolled off the back of the green into thicker cut grass. So no celebrating until confirmed. My son videoed the walk up and confirmed!
Joel Coghlin, Legacy Ridge Golf Club, Hole #2
I was playing a round on a Friday night and aced hole #2 at Legacy Ridge Golf Club in Owen Sound, Ontario.
Playing with three of my buddies, I spun one back and into the hole!
Alexandra Gunn, Cherry Hill Club, Hole #16
I was playing with one of my colleagues that I met while doing basketball statistics for the Canadian Elite Basketball League for the Scarborough Shooting Stars Team.
The yardage was 123 and I used my 8 iron. I started playing golf more seriously about a year and a half ago, and I am obsessed!
Simon Canning, Gabriola Golf & Country Club, Hole #4
I am playing with my golf partner Ian McKendry of Vancouver. Hole #4 is a 200-yard downhill par 3 and as usual I set up with my driver to aim left and hope for a fade. This time I got it right, it headed towards the stand of trees, dipped just before reaching them, faded to the right, hit the bank, took a fortunate forward bounce, over and on to the green where we lost sight of the ball.
Nick Simard, Upper Unionville Golf Club, Hole #9
What a day that was, not only for the ace but for the personal best at what I consider my home golf club.
Playing 134 yards into a head wind. Hit a 9 iron (Taylormade P7CB) and just about the most obnoxious looking TP5 ball Taylormade has ever made.
Just a clean baby draw right at it, landed close and disappeared. We weren’t sure though one playing partner was really excited. Low and behold, it was in the cup when we got to the green.
Was playing with my regular weekend group, long time golf friends, Jimmy Zabarelos, Jon Stathopulos and James Keddie.
Andre Brisson, McCall Lake Golf House, Hole #17
Conditions were benign with little wind and bright sun. The nominal distance on the card from the white tees is 160 yards. I was given a 153-yard distance by one of my playing partners. Using my trusty 7 iron, the strike was pure, the ball flight was superb landing 10-20 feet from the hole. The roll-out was straight and into the hole. I could actually hear the clank of the ball on the flag pole, though I expected that the ball likely hit the flag and rolled out beyond the hole. There were three witnesses but the only full name I have is my golf buddy Bruce McAdoo. Of the other two players in our group, one was a part-time Marshal at McCall Lake Golf Club.
Mary Louise Andrea, Seaview Golf and Country Club, Hole #9
Hole #9 at Seaview Golf and Country Club in North Sydney, Nova Scotia is a beautiful yet demanding 144 yard par 3, framed by woods and guarded by bunkers to the right and back left of the green. With my good friend Johanne Currie and fellow player Sandy MacInnis looking on, I watched in amazement as my 5 hybrid tee shot flew straight and true, landing softly before rolling into the hole for an unforgettable ace! A moment I’ll never forget.
Adam Fredericks, The Links of Brunello Golf Course, Hole #10
I made a hole-in-one at The Links of Brunello Golf Course in Halifax on July 2nd, 2025. I used a pitching wedge from 135 yards playing from the white tee’s. It was on the par 3, hole #10 during men’s night and it was a back nine start, so it was my first swing of the day! First and last time in my life I’ll ever be two under during a round of golf. Playing partners were David Woodbury, Michel Woodbury and Curtis MacIsaac.
Ben McCutchen, Cedar Hill Golf Course, Hole #10
My wife and I were enjoying a quiet dinner on a patio in downtown Victoria, making the most of a long summer evening. As the sun dipped lower, we decided to cap off the day with a spontaneous 9-hole round at Cedar Hill Golf Course — the same spot where we’d played the front nine earlier in the week.
We hustled back to the course and reached the tenth tee just in time. I stepped up and did something truly rare for me — I hit a straight drive. But when we walked up, the ball was nowhere to be found — not in the fairway, not on the green.
Puzzled, I asked my wife to check the hole.
And there it was — sitting quietly at the bottom of the cup. A hole-in-one, on a par 4 no less.
Neither of us could believe it. What started as a casual evening round turned into a once-in-a-lifetime moment — one I’ll never forget.
Credit to my wife, a true planner, for saying yes to post-dinner golf with no tee time — and unknowingly scheduling a hole-in-one.
Jayant Kembhavi, Cordova Bay Golf Club, Hole #6
On June 25th, I got another hole-in-one. Hole #17 at Cordova Bay Golf Club, 150 yards over water. Hit a good shot and saw it bounce. Was so relieved it didn’t go in the lake so I started walking away. My mates thought it was a good shot but didn’t see the ball because the view was obstructed by reeds along the water. Then as we started walking to the green, and still couldn’t see the ball, we started speculating, maybe it rolled off the back. Maybe it rolled into the sand trap. Wait, maybe it’s in the hole! Excitement started building and I walked to the hole, and there it was! My second hole-in-one!
Sally Lazaruk, Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club, Hole #17
Hole #17 tee box is elevated and we hit across a valley onto an elevated green that is slanted towards the ocean and mountains in the background.
I was playing in our Saturday Business Women’s Golf League with Nancy Campbell, Suzanne Anton and Rosalie McRae.
I felt good when I hit the ball and saw it land near the left edge of the green and go right, then I lost sight of it and viewed only half of the yellow flag stick. Rosalie said she thought it probably went over the green.
Susanne, who chipped over the green could not see another ball there. I usually hit mid green with that club so as I walked across the green I got a feeling to check the hole, and there it was! I was shocked and Suzanne and Nancy hollered and cheered as Rosalie ran to get her camera.
I made the hole-in-one on our ladies’ 127 yard, hole #17 with my Callaway 7 wood and Callaway ball. Lucky number seven!
My brother Bill Lazaruk, said I must be playing well, but I said I may have hit the ball but a golf angel guided it across the valley onto the green and god put it in the hole for me! It certainly took the three of us to do it.
When I informed the pro shop, Kevin Leslie, an Assistant Golf Professional, said he was not surprised as about a month ago he saw my ball hit the pin and roll six inches away.
Often when I play this hole, I think of my cousin Dennis Ewasiuk who made a hole-in-one on hole #17 on men’s opening day and won $25,000.
I won $175 and our Shaughnessy Women’s Golf Captain, Kathy Forrest, said she thinks this is the first hole-in-one for our Saturday Business Women’s League, so I’m buying drinks for the wind-up.
This was my second hole-in-one as my first was 21 years ago at Blackhawk Golf Club in Edmonton, Alberta, on hole #8 with my 8 iron and Nike ball. Lucky number eight! Since then, my nephew Shawn Lazaruk became a member of Blackhawk Golf Club and made a hole-in-one on the same hole #8.
Kendal Stacesmith, Prince Rupert Golf Course, Hole #4 (Twice)
Within three weeks apart, on the same hole #4 and used the same club, 7 iron. Pin placement on both was roughly the same as well. Couldn’t see it go in from tee box, just a matter of walking up to the pin and wondering where your ball is.
Pam Yakabuskie, Deep River Golf Club, Hole #16
I was playing with three of my friends at Deep River Golf Club, the yardage was 115 and I hit a 9 iron. Once it left my club face, flew through the air, landed on the green and started rolling towards the pin, I was satisfied I would have a birdie putt and turned to start putting my club away, and then my friend excitedly said, “you just made a hole in one!” I hadn’t even watched it going the hole. Consider it a lesson learned for next time.
