Posted on 07/23/2005 7:55:32 PM PDT by kingattax
ALBION, N.Y. (AP) -- It might be one of the more unusual aces in the history of golf, and it won Gene Raymond a new car. Raymond was playing in a charity tournament at Hickory Ridge County Club in Orleans County when his tee shot from the 18th hole hooked left into some trees.
Raymond, 66, figured he was looking at a tough shot out of the woods.
But when Raymond and his partner got to the green, they found Raymond's ball in the hole.
Witnesses told the men that Raymond's shot hit a tree and ricocheted across the green into the hole.
Last month's hole-in-one, the first in the tournament's 26 years, won Raymond and his wife a 2005 Buick LaCrosse worth $30,000. They picked up the vehicle this week.
Raymond, who works for a Rochester car dealership, says he plays golf about once a week
Sounds like Mr Raymond is one lucky FLOGer!
I'll clean my own thank you...not as many divot and sand stains on them...BWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA
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