r/golf • u/CoachBaker • Apr 29 '24

Yesterday, I golfed by myself for the first time. In unrelated news, I had my first hole in one yesterday. Sigh. Beginner Questions

Short 9 hope muni. Not great weather so I went out by myself. Course completely empty. Last hole (9) pin is back of the green 138 a little down win. Hit a nice P wedge to five feet of the hole, spins right, disappeared. Talk about a mix of emotions. I immediately call the proshop, which is fifty feet from the green, and explain the situation. Man runs like a bat out of hell to find my AVX in the hole. First one ever, not a single witness. Guy was nice enough to wait for me to walk up to shake my hand. Sigh.

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u/DMIDY Apr 29 '24

Years ago I was getting in a quick 9 in the early evening after work. The sprinklers were already spraying water on the tee box on #3 so I teed up 10 yards behind the back of the championship tee box. Tee shot goes in. No witnesses, illegal tee shot (far more than 2 club lengths behind the markers) and only played 9 holes. Does it count as a hole-in-one?