I played with Benji Dzaldov, Mitch Glazer, Noah Gutmann. It was 178 yards into wind. Hit a 5 iron.

We were the 3^rd or 4^th group out and I was playing with two buddies I play with often and two more visitors from Vancouver Island. It was playing 143 and I hit a 9 iron with a 5-yard draw. Ball bounced in front of the hole and jumped past and then spun back in. When it dropped, I blacked out and simply took off running as fast as I could before being captured and taken down by two of my playing partners. I went on to shoot 80 with a hole-in-one and two birdies due mostly to the fact my hands didn’t stop shaking until the turn. 

Thank you very much for your kind words. 

Best,

Alex

Thank you!

It was hole 14, 115 yards from the red tees and I hit a 9 iron. I was playing with family – my dad Roger Cole, Mark Leavoy and MaryAnn O’Connor.

Thanks,

Angie Ross

Thank you for the kind words on finally getting my first hole-in-one after 62 years of golf!

I was golfing with Jeremey MacRae, General Manager of Bayview, Stephen Lloyd, our current President, and Dominic Calce!

I used a Titleist Pro V1 #7, a Taylor Made P790 – 8 iron, for #8 hole, measuring 149 yards.

Regards,

Bill

My hole-in-one occurred on July 1, 2022 at the Royal Regina Golf Club.

On Saturday, June 23rd 2022, my son (Jason Beattie) hosted myself, my younger brother (Spark) and his wife Sharon at his Pulpit Club. My brother and his wife were visiting us for the first time in 14 years.  

It was a beautiful day to be playing the Pulpit Course – an amazing course with a challenging layout and beautiful vistas. After starting with a par and a bogey, I approached the par 3 third hole with some trepidation. During my last round at the Pulpit course, the tree guarding the left side of the green robbed me of my first hole-in-one! At least, that is what I told everyone. As I approached the tee box on this day, I noticed that the pin was located in the same general area of the green – tucked in behind that same tree. I actually told my group that I was not going to be robbed again. 

I used an 8 iron to attack the pin located 168 yards away. Playing slightly uphill with very little wind, my ball headed directly towards that “tree” and dropped out of our sight somewhere up around the green. As we approached the green, I looked short of the green (thinking the tree knocked it down again). While walking towards the back of the green to check the sand trap, my son gestured that I should check the cup! There it was – a “hole-in-one” on the 3rd hole at the Pulpit Course! I could not believe my eyes! The experience made even more special by playing with my son, my brother and my sister-in-law! It does not get any better than that! 

I was pretty pumped! It was hole number 7 at Dundee. Elevated tee box. 154 yards and I used a pitching wedge. I was playing with Kelly Pottie at the time. Thanks for reaching out! Much appreciated!

Curtis

What a thrill. I got a hole-in-one. It was on the 119-yard third hole at Clear Lake. I used an easy eight iron. The ball landed about 5 feet from the hole and rolled right in the heart of the cup. My playing partners were my son, Spencer Chambers, and Trevor and Laura Troyen. It was extra special because Spencer could share the moment with me.

I was golfing with my husband, Lorne, and dear friends Ron and Chris Thorpe at Olds Central Highlands Golf Course on hole number 7, approximately 110 yards. So surprised as this was the second one in 6 months and 1 day! Had one in Mesa Arizona Superstition Springs Golf Course. I also had a hip replacement a year ago so, I call it the results from my bionic hip. The guys never saw it and Chris was cheering so they thought it was her hole-in-one! Very exciting day for me to say the least.

Thank you for recognizing my hole-in-one! It was very exciting. I was playing with my husband. It was a beautiful sunny morning! The par 3 is 78 yards from the red tees so I used a pitching wedge. It was a very pretty shot, landed about 5 feet short of the hole and rolled right in! I was watching it then it disappeared, and I said to my husband, “oh my goodness, did that go in”! He said, “wow, hole-in-one”!

Thanks again,

Judy MacDermott

I was playing with my husband and our two friends who are new to golf. We play quite a bit at the Chippewa course at Legends of Niagara, a 9 hole par 3/executive style course. My hole-in-one happened on the 5th hole which from the red tees measures 115 yards. I hit my 6 hybrid and hit it straight towards the green. The ball hit the front of the green and started rolling towards the pin which was about in the middle of the green. As it was rolling towards the hole, everyone in my group was saying “great shot” and then as it got close to the cup my husband yelled out “go in the hole” and then the ball disappeared, and everyone started screaming and cheering. I was sort of dumbfounded and almost couldn’t believe it. My husband teased me because he said it took him 45 years to get one and I got mine in my third year. When we got back to the pro shop some other golfers overheard us talking about it and congratulated me as well. It was a lot of fun and a memory for a lifetime.

I was lucky enough to get a second hole-in-one last week. 

Was playing Carlisle on Tuesday night (July 5th) and a got a hole-in-one on North #4. It was playing 104 yards from the white tees, and I hit my 46 degree gap wedge. I was golfing with my buddy Adam Lewington from Century Pines. 

It’s been a pretty lucky season for me so far. 

Thanks,

Mark Taciuk

Thanks for this!

I was playing with my dad, Doug Howard, and my nephew, Sam Howard – both playing VGC for the first time. Unfortunately, my son couldn’t play with us that day because he was preparing for his graduation ceremony the next day. I’ve only ever had one other eagle, on the par 5 7th at Uplands, and my dad was there that day too. We don’t play together often because he lives in Vancouver, so that’s quite a coincidence.  

I’m not sure what the precise yardage was, but the pin position was blue – near the back. I was actually already slightly discouraged by then because I hadn’t been playing well lately and I doubled the first, so I was kind of thinking “here we go again”.  My nephew hit first, using a 9 iron, and hit a great shot but it squirted over the back, so he helped me choose my pitching wedge! That was a good choice for me because if the pin was forward, I should use my new gap wedge, which I had used last time out to shank the ball into the backyard of a neighbouring house!

I knew the shot was okay when I hit it, but to be honest I was a little concerned there was too much draw – I’m always trying to correct that with my short irons. I could see it land and was relieved it was right of the pin, so still okay, but I couldn’t see it roll in. When I got to the green, I was surprised I couldn’t find it and was worried it rolled off the back as well, or into a bunker left. After looking for a while and checking all the bunkers I finally looked into the cup – thinking, like probably everyone does: “nah, it can’t be”.

The next day at my son’s graduation ceremony, I was able to discuss it with one of his teachers and close mentors, an avid golfer. We both agreed that although the grad was indeed special, the really big event had definitely occurred the day before!

Here are some pictures: my nephew is being a good sport even though I probably should have told him 9 iron is too much. 

My name is Mike Graves and I golf in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan at the Maple Creek Golf Course. I’m 73 years old. I golf 9 holes daily at around 06:30 AM. On June 30, 2022, my tee shot went into the hole on hole #6, which was playing at 133 yards. I used my 7 iron Ping G425. The ball landed about one foot onto the green and ran another 13 feet into the hole. I wasn’t sure it went in until I rolled up closer to the hole. (73-year-old eyes). What a great feeling that allows me to cross off one big one on my bucket list. Thanks for your acknowledgements.

Geezer Graves

I got the first hole-in-one of the season, May 10, 2022, at the Canadian Golf and Country Club. I used my 5 iron on hole #7. With the sun in our eyes and the pin tucked in behind a sand trap, we didn’t even see it go in. This is my career third. I also got a very nice coffee mug that says, ‘I aced the Canadian’.

My hole-in-one was on hole #12 at Glacier Greens Golf Club. The yardage was 101 and I used a 50 degree wedge. I was golfing with Perry Lucas, Tom Mann and his son Owen. This was my second hole-in one on this hole, I got one last year on August 27, 2021. This is my 4th hole-in-one overall.

It was a great moment for sure. 

It was July 4. Alberta Golf Tour event. Calgary Premier Open at the Glencoe Golf & CC. Hole #8 on The Lakes Course. 184 yards with a 4 iron. I was playing with Fred Zdanowicz and Barry Galenza. It was my 85th round for 2022.

Some other interesting pieces to this are that this is actually my 4th lifetime hole-in-one. My first was at Colonial Golf Course around 1995, second at Edmonton Springs Golf Course in 2016, and my third was in this same tournament (Alberta Golf Tour) in 2018 at the Jasper Park Lodge course. 

Thanks so much,

Peter Blandy

Playing golf with Greg Doyle, Dave Ariel and Andrew Hawel on Saturday July 9th, 2:30 p.m, hole number 14 East at the Malone Golf Club. I hit a 7 iron on the 146-yard hole. The ball landed on the green behind the pin which was placed at the bottom of the slope leading to the lower tier of the two-tier green. Once it landed on the green, I stopped looking at the ball. Andrew who was still looking at the ball, announced that the ball had started moving down and then exclaimed that he was not sure but thought the ball went in the hole. We drove down on the carts while Dave ran down the hill. Once at the bottom of the elevated green, we all ran up the slope to the green and then to the hole. Dave, who was first reaching the hole, yelled out the first scream. We all reached the hole and joined in the high fives and the rejoicing then I removed the ball for my first ever hole-in-one!

Thank you for your interest. It was about 155 yards and I used a Callaway hybrid 5 iron. It was witnessed by Harry Dickson, Ken Maughan and John Thomas.

Robin

Playing the 154-yard 6th hole at The Gander Golf Club during the Iron Man tournament (27 holes). I hit a 6 iron into a right to left 50km wind. As soon as it left the club, I knew it was going to be good, but never imagined it would be my first ace. I bent to pick up my tee and my playing partners Chad Yetman, Rick Sheppard and Bill Molloy said, “that’s in the hole!”. I didn’t even see it go in! Great moment that I’ll never forget! 

Westmount Golf and Country Club

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Tee Time: 9:15

Stephen Freiburger with William Wilson and Iain Thomson

Third Hole: Between 9:40 and 10 a.m.

Tee Blocks: Blue, White, Red and Gold with all set at same distance: 165 yards

The prefect club for the third hole today was my new Hybrid 6.

I was the first to tee off! I reminded myself to just swing easy, but it had to be a full swing! I swung nice and easy exactly like I told myself! My ball’s flight was right at the pin, it landed, bounced, rolled and then it disappeared. I wasn’t totally sure, but Bill and Iain were celebrating that it was in the hole. 

Steve Freiburger