I've had 9, and I'm not that great of a golfer... our club has insurance as well... but only $5.00.
Golf slide -
I was following President Trump’s hole in one story until the legacy media got involved and made every report sound like he was lying. I was mostly trying to learn how many he’s had in total. The best I can come up with is 2. His first one is commemorated with a plaque on the ground at the course where he made it (his own course in Ferry Point, NY). It’s just mean of the media to suggest he made the story up. I’m glad someone put together a video to show where the ball really went (*wink*).
For the non-golfers out there, a hole in one is not anything that a golfer would or could easily lie about. Nobody cares much if you did it while you were alone, so those might get reported but the reaction is ‘meh’ or ‘tough luck’. No fanfare whatsoever. When you have one while playing with others, you have live witnesses who will tell the world that they saw it. It’s the highlight of their day too. I’ve seen many and had three myself. I’d be considered skilled now but skill isn’t a requirement for a hole in one. When I first started playing, I played with other women who were as poor a player as I was at the time. One hit a terrible shot into a deep, watery ditch and it hit a large stone, bounced out and rolled onto the green. It rolled a few feet into the hole. I play with one man who’s been playing for 50 years, has been a very accomplished 4 handicap for decades, and has never had a hole in one.
At my golf club, the tradition is to buy everyone on the course that day a beverage. We have optional “hole-in-one” insurance so the bar bill doesn’t get out of control. There have actually been members who declined the $10 insurance, got a hole in one and snuck off the golf course without telling anyone to avoid the $500 bar bill. Their playing companions usually blow them in. People are interesting.
Yes.
And, to officially be recognized, a full regulation game (18 holes) must be played.
Stories abound of groups going to the clubhouse and paying for the rest of round after starting out only playing 9-holes.
Other stories indicate leaving the course (and marks on the green) and returning at first light the next day (even in the rain) to finish.
The HI1 is attested to by witnesses on the scorecard.
One of those playing with Trump was Ernie Els.
The media might regret calling Ernie a liar.
I got one once and was insured. Playing in a group of golfers that had about five foursomes that day. A great memory, although it was from a miss hit that barely cleared a creek and continued to roll onto the green into the cup.
My hole-in-one was alone. I’m kinda glad because I skulled the tee shot and it skipped out of the water and rolled into the hole. It was not pretty.
When I worked a course in northern Virginia I watched an old dude in a threesome get one “nothing but net”, straight into the hole on the fly at an angle.
My coworker another time drug the spot watering hose he was using across a 3 par green and blocked a ladies shot that was rolling right to the cup. Total serendipity, he was headed across right as she was swinging, but that ball was REJECTED 🤣
I never got a hole in one but was playing golf with my husband when he got a hole in one on a small three par course. A friend of his got two hole in one’s in the same game on that course.
I've had 9, and I'm not that great of a golfer... our club has insurance as well... but only $5.00.