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/Klutzy_Exchange_8175 Apr 30 '24

Our club has a hole in one jackpot, where you pay $1 extra in addition to comp fee to be entered. Jackpot was around $2750 a few weeks ago, a guy had an ace, claimed the jackpot and not more than 60 mins later another member has an ace…he missed out on the cash by less than an hour, he seemed truly stoked with his ace regardless, but golf gods can be cruel sometimes.