It was Ladies Day and I was playing with two other Harvest Ladies Golf Club members. The pin was in the middle of the green at 115 yards and I hit the ball, (a Kirkland Signature), with my pitching wedge. It landed on the green, about a foot directly in front of the hole and rolled in. I have been golfing for about 28 years and this is my first hole-in-one. It was quite a thrill!

This was my second hole-in-one ever. I was with my husband Bob Albert and Jean Ménard and Line Montreuil. It was 78 yards to the pin and I used my eight iron.

What made this evening extra special was that it happened during our weekly Ladies Night at GreenTee, so I was surrounded by a wonderful group of fellow golfers and the incredible staff, everyone was just as excited as I was!

My foursome included lifelong friends Darleen Cooper, Natisha Mathews and Kirstie Tippe. Hole #3 is a par three, playing 125 yards from the red tees, and is a KP hole on Ladies Night. I was up second in our group and pulled out my seven iron. I hit a smooth, buttery shot that landed softly on the green, rolled a couple of feet, and dropped into the cup, catching the perfect right-to-left break.

The four of us erupted with cheers as the ball disappeared. My friends still had to tee off, but as soon as they did, we made a beeline for the green with plenty of hooting and hollering to celebrate.

What made the moment truly unforgettable was the way the GreenTee staff celebrated alongside us. They went out of their way to make it feel special, and it turned an incredible shot into a memory I’ll treasure forever.

Showcasing something a little different this month, Warren Law has achieved an incredibly rare feat! Warren has now achieved a hole-in-one on every par 3 at St. George’s Golf Club, completing the cycle.

Has it happened before? Completing the cycle is a pretty rare event.

In terms of St. George’s, Rick Murray has advised that, “there are no records showing any previous player/member with the same accomplishment, so you hold the club record.”

The National Hole-in-One Registry advised that the cycle is one of the rarest happenings, with only a handful of instances, worldwide, of prior completions.

– Warren Law

My son was with me (Riley). The hole was 175 yards long and I used a seven iron.

My lucky shot occurred during the Revelstoke Golf Club Senior Open. I was playing that day with local member Lewis Hendrickson, Salmon Arm Golf Club member Kevin Haugrud, and Salmon Arm Golf Club Pro Rob Buschell. The third hole was playing about 190 yards and I used my 4 hybrid. While the hole is in plain view, none of us actually saw the ball go into the hole, due to fact this was a senior’s event and our eyesight isn’t as good as it once was. After a quick look behind the green, Lew Hendrickson looked in the hole and found my ball.

While there was no hole-in-one prize at the tournament but I was lucky that this was the closet to the pin hole for my flight, and I did get a dozen Pro V1 balls, along with the pleasure of buying drinks for friends.

Dean and Chris at the Revelstoke Club were kind enough to present me with a commemorative flag marking the event.

I had been so close a few times and it was such a great feeling to finally get a hole-in-one. It was great timing too because I was playing in our junior club championship. I was paired up with Lucas Smith and Corson Ross. I got my hole-in-one on hole #12 with my 9 iron from 148 yards. I ended my round -2 with a scored of 70 to win the junior club championship. My first round shooting under par.

It was my first hole-in-one and occurred on hole #4 at Aroostook Valley. The hole was approximately 134 yards. Using my 8 iron, the shot was lofted beautifully, landed just off the front of the green (I thought it stopped), then rolled onto the green after a couple seconds and towards the flag. I said, “it’s rolling towards the hole,” and then it disappeared. I honestly figured it rolled passed and off the green, which is the norm for this hole as the tee box is elevated above the green. When we got to the green I told my mother I was taking my wedge and putter, and she said, “just take a look in the hole,” I did and was in complete disbelief when I seen the ball in the cup! It was a super experience to have, and especially to be able share it with my mother!

I would like to report a hole-in-one for my daughter, Juliana Hall, who is 17 years old.

She went golfing for the first time ever on Sunday, August 3rd at the Deerhurst Lakeside course (9 holes), having only ever been to the driving range a couple of time before.

On the last hole of the day, she hit her driver off the tee on a 134 yard par 3 from the red tees. The ball bounced a few times rolled up onto the green and disappeared right in the cup!

It was witnessed by myself, my wife and my son and the group waiting behind us heard our cheers!

– Submitted by Damien Hall, Juliana’s father

My name is Willam Loveday, I am eight years old and I’m excited to share that I recently scored my very first hole-in-one! It happened at Pinewoods Golf Course in Sauble Beach, Ontario on hole #6. I was using a Power Bilt ball and my driver when I accomplished my hole-in-one.

– William

When my eight-year-old grandson asks me to take him golfing for the second time in his young life, we venture off to Pinewoods Golf Course outside of Sauble Beach. On hole #6 the young upstart, hits his driver on the 140-yard hole. It lands in front of the green and gently rolls over a slight hill out of sight. We collectively state that it must be close. As we approach the green, we see no sign of the ball and assume it went long into a patch of clover. He says to me, “Poppa, can I run up to see where it went.” I tell him to wait until our playing partners hit their second shots onto the green. With wild anticipation he cannot wait and runs to the hole. Upon arrival, he looks down into the hole, then looks back at me raising one finger to suggest it’s in the hole. He reaches into the hole, pulls out his ball and yells, “I hit a hole-in-one”. Yes you did young man. I still don’t think he understands his accomplishment, as I am full of pride and joy getting to witness this special and unforgettable day.

– Submitted by John Backewich, William’s grandfather

I have played the hole many times and there is always a wind or a good swirl happening out there. Noticed it was oddly still that day, so that helped make the shot a bit easier. The hole was playing about 135 yards, so it was right in the range of my pitching wedge. I had myself aimed slightly left and the ball moved just the right amount to put it on line.

There is a small hill at the front left, so I didn’t see it drop in, but my brother’s impeccable hearing is what told us it had dropped. He said he heard a bounce and the sound of the ball hitting the cup.

I waited for the last shooter to take his shot and ran to the green. Amazingly enough, we all made the green that day. Matt’s shot was also within 2-3 feet of the hole. An amazing shot every day of the week, but one shot had everyone in the air.

As I ran up, only three shots were visible. Since everyone’s shots were on the green, I was able to do the quick math to know mine had dropped. We celebrated, snapped some photos, certainly disrupted the folks on hole #6 (hopefully they understood it was for a good cause).

Surprisingly the adrenaline may have helped me as my next drive on hole #6 was probably my best of the day!

The folks at Whistle Bear were super friendly and cheerful. Made the day that much more enjoyable! Also, everyone in the clubhouse were very positive and wanted to hear the story. It was a great experience and one that was shared with an awesome foursome, a great club and amazing members.

I was playing with two of my regular golfing buddies, Dr. Peter Haslam and John Larsh. We were on the blue tee box, 139 yards. I used an 8 iron, my 140-yard club.

The crazy part of it all was that I saw it land in front of the pin, bounce, roll and disappear. Instead of getting a lot of shouts and yelling from my golf partners, all they could say was, “Where did it go?”

I was playing with a friend Steve and his friends Dave and Rob that invited me to join them for a round of golf at Blue Mountain Golf and Country Club.

As we approached hole #14, Steve scoped the pin and told me it was 135 yards. I took my 8 iron and stood at the tee block. I took my regular swing and as I saw the ball heading toward the bunker on the right side I thought it was going to land in it, but some how it drifted to the left, (as I am a left handed golfer) and caught the down slope of the green. I thought to myself, “It’s on the green, I’m putting.” As I bent down to pick up my tee they shouted, “It’s going in the hole!” I jumped up and saw it just as it rolled in. They all were jumping for joy. I was in shock when it went in. I think they were more excited then me at the time.

After texting a friend that played just a few groups ahead of us, that I got a hole-in-one they came back to the club and greeted me at the 18th hole to congratulate me and of course I bought drinks.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It was a nice afternoon, sunny and one of the first mild temperature days of the spring season. I am hitting the ball well but just came off a couple bogies. Playing with Vince Palermo and Brad Adamson. I walked up to hole #9, wind in the face, back pin from 128 yards, so I grabbed a 9 iron.

As I walked up to the tee I said to Brad, I’m going to get a hole-in-one to get all the guys a drink today (not really believing I could), like we had a few days prior at Glendale when another member Elbron, got a hole-in-one on hole #2.

I struck the 9 iron solidly and the ball hit about two feet to the right of the hole then rolled right in. I shouted, then my step-son Vince shouted even louder and almost tackled me. People on the course heard us all the way to the clubhouse. The group on hole #10 turned to see the excitement and Beach started filming as I walked up to take the ball out of the cup. So cool!

My six year old son recorded his first hole in one on June 14, 2025 while competing in the CJGA BC Linkster Series at Hampton Cove (The Links) in Ladner, BC. Sawyer played a PW to the 60 yard par 3, hole #6. The course was very busy and fortunately there were many golfers, caddys, parents, and golf course personnel in the area to witness the hole in one! Sawyer proceeded to win the event carding a -1 (28).

With a significant false front and pond short of the green, Sawyer decided to hit a smooth PW to ensure he had enough club to land comfortably on the top shelf of the green. The ball never left the pin, landed just short of the pin and bounced once and disappeared in the cup!

• Written by Sawyer’s father

I was playing with my buddy Brandon Koel and we were paired with two additional guys (Julian and Simon) at Woodington Lakes Legend track from the blue tees.

We were at hole #16. It was reading 161 yards on our range finder, slight cross wind coming from our back. Using my Taylormade P790 8 iron and TP5 ball, hit my iron pure, bounced once and rolled in for my first ever hole-in-one after 30+ years playing golf. It was a surreal moment!

It was a beautiful Sunday morning, a little on the cool side and the winds a bit gusty. I was playing with Rob Turski, Jim Longman and Kyle Norton. We have a friendly competitive group that plays every Sunday of about 12 to 16 golfers and we draw for partners before the round.

Hole #15 at Sleepy Hollow is the shortest par 3 on the course, but the surrounding trees can hide the true effect of the swirling winds. I must have got the yardage and club selection right. The back tees were playing 125 yards but I thought it would play about 130. I hit an eight iron straight at the pin. It pitched about five yards short and rolled slowly straight to the cup. Pretty exciting. From the back tees, you can see the green so I got a great view.

Pretty crazy to get a second hole-in-one in less than two years, especially when two individuals who witnessed the first one were playing with me this time around.

Playing partners were Jon, Jamie, Chris and Herc. Yardage was 184, and I used a 6 iron.

Well, if you want the full story, my play this season hasn’t been up to snuff and I’ve really struggled with my tempo. On this given day, I decided to take a ladies rental set out in hopes the softer flex would help me sort the issues I was having. What are the odds, that I got a hole-in-one with them. Crazy!

I had a distance of 142 yards on the second hole at the Ladies’ Golf Club Of Toronto. I used my PING 8 iron, saw two bounces and a short trickle before I saw it drop into the hole, it was a joy to watch.

That day I played with David MacLachlan and Pete Chan, both of them saw it drop much to my very pleasant surprise.

Barcovan Golf Club is family owned who treat their members as family. It is eight kilometres east of my home in Brighton, Ontario. On Friday, May 30th, we were playing our regular team game. Hole #2 was uphill with the pin at the back and was playing about 170 yards. Initially I chose a 4 iron but my playing partner Randy Clark, talked me into a 3 hybrid. Thank you Randy.  As it rolled up the hill i was thinking birdie, until it dropped in.

Great times at KenWo Golf Club on a Sunday. I used a 7 iron from 154 yards, it took two bounces and went in.

I was playing with three golf buddies, Chris Dow, Rob Keats, & Ian Russell. They were my witnesses. We are all 67 years old with adequate enough eyesight to see my ball roll into the cup. The yardage was 120, playing about 135 into a head wind. I hit a very nice 9-iron. The ball hit on the front of the green, bounced twice, and rolled 10-12 feet into the cup. We even heard a slight clink as it dropped. It was by far my best shot of an otherwise underperforming round. I was more than happy to pick-up the tab for dinner, a couple of bottles of wine, and a nice Single malt Scotch. A small price to pay for an epic day.

My cousin Zak is on the left, I am centered and my wife Emily is on the right. I used a 9 iron from 148 yards.

My wife and I will be volunteering at the 2025 RBC Canadian Open!

My daughter Mia He recently played her very first tournament of the season, where she scored a hole-in-one on the very first hole. All the rule officials and her groupmates, parents witness this awesome moment. She couldn’t believe she did it, the rest of round didn’t go well as she hoped, but the hole-in-one definitely made up for it.

The tournament was at Meadowlands Golf Club at Sylvan Lake. It is a 135 yards par 4 (due to her age, the juniors are playing from the gold tee, which is only 2789 yards for all 18 holes). So she’s not only scored a hole-in-one, it was also counted as an Albatross as well.

Submission written by Mia’s father.

Here’s what’s written on the MJT website for the event highlights:

A fantastic highlight was an opening hole-in-one, made in the MJT Girls 9–10 division by 10-year-old Mia He of Edmonton, Alberta, who stepped up and aced the very first hole of her season.

The yardage was 89. I used a 9-iron. The flag was tucked behind a sand trap so no one saw it go in. I was playing with my husband, Morteza Doroudian and another couple, good friends of ours, Darlene Monkman and Marc Carrier. Darlene thought it was awfully close. As we approached the green she noted there were only three balls. My husband got to the green first and also questioned why there were only three balls. As he didn’t see my shot he had no idea it was right at the flag. Darlene told him to look in the hole. Lo and behold there it was! Very exciting.

I was playing with Ted Kong, John Choi, Kwangyong KO. I got a hole-in-one at Mount Nemo Golf Course in Burlington. It was 3:28 p.m. on April 19, 2025. It was on hole #17, a 160-yard par 3. I hit my 6 iron which I bought two days before the round. The ball flew straight, landed softly on the green, and rolled up into the cup, unreal moment! Huge thanks to my buddies for celebrating with me. Definitely a memory of a lifetime. Amazingly, I got the hole-in-one on my second shot with this new 6 iron.

Seems like a dream honestly, but it did happen. I’m 59 years olf and have been a keen albeit mediocre golfer for three decades. This is my first hole-in-one. I grew up in Vancouver and my father taught at University of British Columbia. My wife and I moved back to Vancouver in 2023 after living in the United States for many years. I was a USGA member in Texas and Virginia. Hole #16, 158 yards with a seven iron.

It was my first hole-in-one and to have it happen at Disney and with five friends is so special.

I was playing in a tournament we started five years ago called the Green Egg Invitational. We typical hold it in Nova Scotia at Cabot but this year we took it on the road to Florida. There were six of us this year.

In my playing group was Richard McInnes, David Wood, and 12-year-old golfer Padraic Schamberger from Buffalo who was paired with us and was doing a practice round as he was in a junior’s tournament the next day. His father Kevin was also with us as he was caddying for Padraic. Directly behind us as part of our tournament were Jacob Howard, Jeremy Wood and Mat Wood (these guys immediately came up to the green to celebrate once we realized the ball was in the hole). Five of us are from Halifax, Nova Scotia and one player is from Charlottetown, P.E.I.

The distance was 115 yards and I used a 9 iron. This hole is surrounded by water as it is an island green. We could not see the ball go in the hole and discovered it was in the hole once we got to the green (hence why I have my putter with me).

I was playing with some hockey friends while it happened and it was from about 160 yards away so I hit a 8 iron.

I was playing Twenty Valley Golf Club for the first round of local southern Ontario golf with my buds Henry Wilk and Peter Uremovich. Our municipal course was closed, Tyandaga Golf Club. On hole #9, I hit Henry’s hybrid 151 yards over Twenty Mile Creek for a single bounce into the hole. My wife calls it a good omen for the year; she is right, on this my second hole-in-one. Must be those coloured balls! Celebration drink, Birdie Juice IPA!

Was playing with friends Matt O’Neill, Jon Lister and Sean Clearihue. It was my first round of the year. Hole #15 at Don Valley Golf Club. Was playing 112 yards to the flag. Used my 56 degree sand wedge. Landed six inches short and one hopped in.

I think the coolest part about it was that I drove the green on the very next hole, par 4, hole #16 and sunk a 25 footer for eagle. I don’t think there’s been many one, two back-to-back eagles in golf history! Despite all that I still only shot a 76. But couldn’t be happier to start my golf season this way.

I was playing with three close friends. Hole #2 at Dragon’s Fire Golf Club, 166 yards, front pin, hit a pitching wedge.

The yardage was 156 and I used a Ping 6 iron with reverse overlap to get the trajectory higher. It was my second hole-in-one, the first in June, 2019. The shot was approximately 183 yards on the Quail hole #4. 

Finally, at the ripe old age of 77, I was fortunate to experience a hole-in-one. Yes, I have been close before at Lionhead, at Lowville and at Hockley Valley but this time there was no doubt.

Date – Thursday, March 27th
Time – 9:40 am EST
Course – Stoneybrook Golf & Country Club
City – Sarasota, Florida
Hole – #11, par 3, 166 yards
Club Used – Callaway 7 wood (given to me by my son James)
Playing – white tees
Playing Partner – John Staniforth

The hole #11 green is flanked on the left with a sand trap and a pond. Another sand trap protects the right entry to the green. I hit a high shot that landed just on the front of the green (between the two traps) and the Titleist #16 ball rolled forward another 15 feet into the bottom of the cup.

From the tee box, the ball disappeared from my sight and my playing partner who stood at a different angle yelled that it went in the hole. I was stunned, shocked and relieved all at the same time. So many of my friends have had the experience of a hole-in-one and I was in disbelief.

As I made my way to the green, it was confirmed when I looked in the hole. There laid my Titleist #16 golf ball. There was some laughing and yelling in celebration and the foursome of ladies who just arrived at the hole #11 tee starting jumping up and down also. It was quite an exciting moment. I have retired that ball and will find a suitable place on my desk at home.

After the game, I announced my great fortune of a hole-in-one in the clubhouse and proceeded to buy a round of drinks. I am very thankful and blessed to play the game of golf and to be surrounded by such positive people.

My buddies Alex McLean and Zender Katz and I had just started our regular Monday round at Cultus Lake and were on hole #2, a 115-yard, par 3 with a tricky sloping green. I hit a solid 9 iron to the left side of the green and watched the ball disappear over a small hill at the front. I was waiting for the ball to reappear on the right side of the green, which it usually does given the front side slope on this green. It didn’t reappear, so we were all somewhat intrigued about what that meant. As I approached the green the ball was still nowhere in sight (we confirmed that it hadn’t kept moving to the fringe off the right side). Zender was the first to approach the hole, and the first to reply to my statement about not seeing the ball, as he peered into the hole he said, “I see the ball!”

This is my fifth hole-in-one, and second at Cultus Lake since last October, at this rate I may need to get a bigger office with more wall space! A nice thing about this course is that they have recently commissioned an artist, (also a member) to do a high quality rendering of the individual holes, to which they add the details of the hole length, player name and date of the hole-in-one. These look very impressive once framed.

Hole #15 at Tower Ranch Golf Club is a 493 yard, par 5 from the blue tees. On April 24th, it actually played into about a one club wind. It is a difficult hole with a tee shot that requires a good carry over a ravine to a sloped fairway. I hit what was my best drive of the day leaving me about 195 yards to green. You have to clear about 170 yards of fescue then a trap to the green which lies down and left on a severely sloping fairway. I played a 4 hybrid to the right of the green and just tried to let the fairway feed it down to the hole. I hit it exactly where I wanted to but couldn’t see it land or roll, It was a blind shot. When we got to the green we looked for my ball for about three minutes and it was nowhere. It is a crazy sloped fairway so it could be anywhere, including hazards left. Then I checked the hole and there it was. 

• Bradley’s Albatross Story

I made the hole-in-one at Sunningdale Golf and Country Club on hole #2. It was a 125 yard, par 3, and I decided to use a pitching wedge while playing with my dad, Jonathan Bowery and my two brothers, Ben and Owen Bowery. It was a beautiful day, about 23 degrees and sunny, and one of our first rounds of the season. I had just bogeyed the first hole and was hoping to bounce back. On hole #2, I was the second person to tee off, and as soon as I hit the shot, it looked great right from the start. The ball landed about three feet from the pin and rolled straight in. It was a cool and unforgettable experience, made even more special by getting to share the moment with my family.

It was quite a special experience. I was playing with my brother and his two young sons (my nephews). They were riding in the cart and hitting a few shots here and there while we played. They are three- and five-years-old. We were looking into the sun as we teed off on the 192 yard, par 3. I hit a six iron to the middle of the green but we couldn’t see the ball land or bounce, due to the sun. As we walked up to the green I noticed there wasn’t a ball in sight, and my brother pointed out a divot about five feet short of the pin he said ” you might have just got a hole-in-one.” He peeked over the hole and looked back at me, shocked. I asked, “did I just make a hole in one?” He exclaimed, “yes!” This was followed by a scream and a jump.

What a moment! We rounded up his boys for a quick picture in front of the hole, and had a group picture together a couple holes later. It was undoubtedly the best day of my life thus far. 31 years old, 20 years of golfing, and that was my first one. Hopefully not the last.

I was playing in a highschool tournament round with two other guys from Richmond Cristian and Hugh Boyd. The yardage was 118 to the pin and I used my gap wedge. I remember stepping up to the tee box seeing the hill in front of the green, so I couldn’t get an exact idea of how close the pin was to the front green. I thought I would just go right at it and see what would happen. After I hit we saw two big bounces and I thought, damn my ball probably went over the green. As we were walking up to the hole I didn’t see my ball so I pulled out my phone to record just incase it was in there. Finally I saw the ball in the hole and I was thinking how lucky I was to make a hole in one at Mayfair since its my favourite course in Richmond.

This was my first hole-in-one, I was playing with my friends Nathan, Nolan and Nick. We have been golfing together for a few years now and the last round we played we talked about how this would be the summer one of us would make our first hole-in-one. Happened on hole #6 at Northview Canal course, was playing 123 yards with my 52 degree wedge. Landed left and spun in.

Saturday was the first “Pin Round” for the business women at Uplands Golf Club. I had been playing well, holding my own and had some stiff competition in my group. Hole #9, I was last to hit from the grey tees. It was a white flag, about 152 yards. I used my three wood and was pleased to see I had a good line to the pin. I watched as the ball landed short of the green and continued to roll. My group heard me the hit the ball, said, “sounded good,” and continued to walk towards their balls. They couldn’t see my ball continue to roll toward the pin, but I did. I was thinking, “perfect, I should be able to tap that in for a birdie,” and then I saw the ball drop into the hole! I said, “uh, I just got a hole-in-one.” I held on to bogey the next hole and then slowly it all fell apart on the back nine, but it didn’t matter. I got a hole-in-one!

It was very surreal as I birdied hole #9 and #11 as well. Hole #10 was a 306 yard, par 4 with a sand trap just short of the green. I hit driver and was playing with two of my best friends Dylan Keats and Antoine Ramia.

I played with Mary Lou Henderson and Cathy Charette. I used a 9 iron, as the hole was uphill, we only could see top of flag.

It was a beautiful day at the University Golf Club in Vancouver, B.C. I was playing with my good friend, Elliott Graham, who I met at the club years ago when he was just starting to play golf. We were playing as a threesome and were paired with a single, who turned out to be a great addition to our group.

As we approached hole #7, Elliott and the single teed off first towards the uphill green, where the pin was out of sight. From the tee box, we could see about four feet of the flag, which was 145 yards away, with a slight crosswind from the right. I decided to use a 9 iron. As soon as I hit the shot, it was heading straight for the pin. Elliott thought it might have gone in based on the sound of the ball landing on the green and the timing of it hitting the pin shortly after.

We walked up to the green, and as soon as I saw Elliott take out his phone, I had a feeling it might have gone in, even though I didn’t hear what he heard. I ran toward the hole, and after seeing the pitch mark in front of it, I checked the hole and there it was, my Callaway Chrome Tour X, marked with a purple dot. I was overjoyed and quite emotional, as it was my very first hole-in-one.

Playing partners were Dallas Sandmaier, Garth Turgeon and Alison Turgeon. Hole #7 from 139 yards and the club used was a pitching wedge.

Canoa Ranch Golf Course in Green Valley, Arizona on March 6, 2025. Par 3, hole #8 from the Blanco tees and the distance was 95 yards. Blanco tees are the senior men’s white tees. I used a 9 wood and the wind speed was between 15 – 20 kms per hour. My husband Andy Glavac witnessed along with two very good golfing friends from Montana, Cathy and Bob Repnak. Very exciting as this is my fifth hole-in-one.

Something quite unique and unusual happened at our Florida golf course. On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, my wife had her fourth hole-in-one at Riverstrand Golf Club Estuary Course hole #2 from 101 yards using an 8 iron. At our club, we have a hole-in-one pot that you can sign up for costing $5 each time a member gets a hole-in-one. We discussed several times that we need to sign up but neglected to do so. The next day, March 12th, I signed us up for the hole-in-one pot before I went out for my usual Wednesday afternoon round with three friends. On our Estuary hole #5 I also got a hole in one, from 195 yards using a 7 wood! I cashed in on the pot for quite a sum. I searched to see what the odds were that a couple made hole-in-one’s on consecutive days on a different hole and they are 1 in 17 million!

Long time golf buds from left to right , Jon, myself with the ball, Nick and brother Herb are pictured in the group photo.

The hole was playing about 160 yards, uphill, with the pin hidden behind a knoll so we didn’t actually see it drop. I used a 6 iron. Jon got to the green first and started hootin’ up a storm once he found it in the hole. This is my sixth hole-in-one, my first was back in 1992.

I was playing with my buddy Brennen Ekelund. I had the hole playing at 140 yards, back pin. I used a 9 iron, dead straight, took two bounces and the ball disappeared into the cup. I just recently purchased a tripod to film a couple of holes per round as I have been pretty blessed to play some amazing courses over the years. Luckily this was one of the two holes I filmed that day so I have a video of it. Hole-in-one while on video and it was my 39th birthday to top it off. Needless to say I bought a lottery ticket that night.

My foursome of Laurie Wohlfiel, Kathy Lange, Jeanne Schmidt and myself. The yardage was 82 to front of green. I used a 9 iron. There was a right to left breeze, with the pin in left centre front of an uphill green. I hit my 9 iron on right side of pin, with the ball landing on right side and rolling directly to the pin and disappeared.

It was hole #18 from 148 yards and I used an 8 iron. I was playing with Kevin Olsen, Manny O’Quinn and Dave Ferguson. The shot landed three inches right of the hole, went by and spun back into the hole.

The day after my brother’s 60th birthday, I made my third career hole-in-one, the second one on the par 3 hole #7 at the Strathcona Golf Course in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It was playing 165 yards and I used an 8 iron. My witnesses were Craig Vieira, Jamie Philp and Dan Robinson. Then the highlight of the year occurred later in the year on the par 4, hole #6, once again at Strathcona Golf Course. A high, soaring driver bounded towards the flag stick and found the bottom of the cup some 305 yards away for another hole-in-one! Double eagle or albatross, take your pick because whatever you call it, it is still a one! My brother Dan had to be a witness again along with Rich Ciponi.

The wind was blustery and straight into my face. The pin was in the toughest part of the green, top right on a severe undulation. The match was with Scott Bachly. I was down one with three to play and he had just hit his shot to three feet (easy birdie). I focused on just making a smooth backswing and transition and I hit it pure. The ball disappeared and I thought that I hit it long over the back. Scott said that he thought that it went in. I did not believe him because in 70 years I had never had a hole-in-one. Scott went on to shoot 73 and I shot 71.

My husband Bruce and I have been vacationing in Maui, Hawaii for 15 years. We love the people, the climate and the golfing. On this occasion we were golfing at Maui Nui Golf Club in Kihei with friends from back home, Dave and Carmel Edison. Our home club in Canada is The Hills at Portal (formerly Peace Portal Golf Club) in Surrey, B.C.

As a group we had been having a difficult time choosing the best club for the par 3’s on this course due to the prevailing winds and bounce from the Bermuda grass. This particular 115-yard, par 3 had a middle pin. Everyone in our group were witnesses to my TaylorMade Tour Response ball respond to my 5 hybrid as it bounced on the green and rolled up to the pin. A big cheer erupted. I have been playing with a variety of soft balls, but my latest choice has been the TaylorMade Tour Response ball. Now my favourite.

It was a great day, I was playing with Mario Salvagna from Lindsay Golf Club, Jim Plypus from Coburg and Al Leblanc from Coburg. The hole was 151 yards and I hit an 8 iron and it flew right into the hole taking out the right side of the hole which we had to repair. It was a slam dunk!

I was playing with my wife, Judy Lucas, and a couple from St. Louis, our friends Gary and Nancy Douglass. We were on hole #16, a par 3 from the gold or friendly tees on Commander course at Lakewood National.

The yardage was 89 and I used a 52 degree wedge knock down shot. Landed on the green and with two bounces, rolled into the hole. This was my second hole-in-one. The first was almost ten years ago, also in Florida (Naples area).

It was foggy that day and the range finders didn’t work. I was playing with three other members and we all guessed at around 158 yards, it was a blue flag and straight away, I hit my smooth 6 iron and saw one bounce and knew it was close. When we got up to the green, I didn’t see the ball and knew something special might have happened. I walked towards the cup and saw the divot approximately 24 inches before the cup and knew it had to be in. I was playing with Pat Hatchwell, Larry Marsolais and Scott Hurdle.

My playing partners/friends were Keven Phinney from Morinville, A.B., Bob McKay from Clifford, O.N. and Donny McKay from Oliver, B.C. I also won money for participating in the “hole-in-one pot of gold.”

Yes, very exciting. It was with the Wednesday Men’s League playing with Brian Gore, George Wade and Daryl Truman on hole #14 on Club de Golf Loreto here in Baja Sur.

The hole #14 is one of the most beautiful holes on the course. It’s a par 3 and I was playing the white tees, downhill 110 yards to the middle with a red flag, front of the green. That shot is normally an 8 iron for me unless conditions suggest a shorter or longer club. This time I saw no reason to change so it was my 8 iron again. The ball landed just on the front edge of the green, bounced once and then rolled to the hole and dropped. I can still picture it, somebody yelled, “it’s going in” before it dropped. To top the day off, I finally broke 90 that round! One of those rare good walks unspoiled.

Most of the men playing that morning ended up in Señora Delicias which has a lunch special for the golfers so I bought everyone a cerveza or soda water. Fun day!

I want to also give a shoutout to my home club in Canada, Kaslo Golf Club in the Kootenay region of B.C.

For the gear enthusiasts: 

– Driver: Taylormade R580 10.5 degree
– 3 Wood: Nicklaus airMax 35-S 15 degree
– 5 Wood: Infinity Plus M500 21 degree
– Irons: Infinity Plus M500
– Lob wedge: Infinity BWS 60 degree
– Putter: Acushnet Bullseye original
– Playing a Maxfli Elite Tour feel 90

(Yes, I’m a senior golfer)

The yardage for my hole-in-one was about eighty yards onto an island green, I used an eight iron. I golfed with my wife, Jenny who parred the hole and two very good friends from our home course, Harry & Lucy English, which both birdied the hole, it was a very good hole. It was even more special when I made the hole-in-one on an island green.

It was at Rancho Mañana Golf Club in Arizona. I was playing with my brother, and we were having a great time on the course. On hole #14, the pin was a white flag at 148 yards, tucked on the left with a greenside bunker. I knew I didn’t have much room to work with.

I took my Callaway AI Smoke A-Wedge and swung. The shot felt great and honestly, I couldn’t see the ball land because the bunker lip was higher than the green. For a second, I thought I rolled off the green! While looking at my brother, questioning where it was, we started filming on the way to the green. Walking up to the green, we did not have a view of the ball, so I got closer and closer until I saw my Pro V1x right in the hole. Still can’t believe it happened, what an electric feeling it was.

I was golfing with two gentlemen that I only met that day, Kurt a member at the club and Monico from California. Hole #6 is an island green that was playing 112 yards and I used a pitching wedge. The ball landed nine inches to the left of the hole and one hopped in.