![]() "I played in a charity event for the Jacksonville School for Autism a few years back in a scramble format. A very exciting and memorable moment."įormer FSU men's basketball student manager Michael Wicks It took every bit of my 5 iron to get there. I was playing with a good friend (and my CPA and golf mentor), Frank Dorsey, and two others we were paired up with. It was a birthday round (actually, three days after my birthday) on January 23, 2010, on the long, 186-yard, par 3, 8th hole at Killearn Country Club's South Course. By then, my game had improved – I was now an 18 handicap – and I can claim a bit of skill to accompany my luck. "My second hole-in-one came 14 years later. The most exciting part was that I was mentioned in Don Veller's golf column in the Democrat about six weeks later (though he spelled my name wrong). The proof of how terrible – and lucky – a golfer I was: I used an 8 iron for a 107-yard hole – and, despite the hole in one, still managed to shoot 126. ![]() One of my friends said, "I think it went in," and we all scoffed – until we walked up to the green, didn't see my ball and looked in the hole. We were on hole 4 (a 107-yard par 3) and my tee shot landed just short of the green, rolled up and disappeared. I was still a beginner, trying hard to consistently to break 130 (yes, 130!). 3, 1996, and I was playing with some local friends at the Eagles Island Course in Odessa, after attending a business conference in Tampa. The very next day I hit an 8-iron to about 3 inches on a par 3, which still stands as the next closest I’ve come to another." ![]() We looked for about five minutes before my teacher asked if anyone even thought to look in the hole. We found my ball mark about 30 feet in front of the hole, so we all just assumed I hit it through the green. I was disappointed when I did not see my ball on the green when it came into view. I hit my Taylor made 3-wood high and pure, so I knew I might have a chance for an eagle. ![]() "The shot I will remember for the rest of my life was a 255 yard par 4 to a blind green. We were playing a little par-3 course, but it had a few short par 4s mixed in. It was a kind of golf class that our high school offered at the end of each semester of school. My only hole-in-one was my sophomore year in high school (Belleview High, Florida), and I was playing with a couple friends and a teacher from my high school. "I started playing golf in sixth grade and, although I don’t play as often as I did when I was younger, I continue to this day, 30 years later. As a youth in Keystone Heights, she also aced a par-3 hole on the community's nine-hole course – this after being happy just to land her tee shot on the green. "īrokas also recorded an ace on a par-3 hole during a tournament at Golden Eagle Country Club, winning two airplane tickets. "I knew I hit it good but you never think. "I hit it pretty good and I think it took a couple of bounces and my buddy said, 'I think that's going in,' " Brokas said. It was four years ago when Brokas aced the par-3, 115-yard sixth hole at Southwood Golf Club. The Tallahassee resident retired in January after 17 years with Citizens Property Insurance Cooperation. She played basketball at Keystone Heights and signed with Florida State and coach Millie Usher in 1975. However, he also said he usually hits his drive thin (top half of the ball, which typically results in a low shot).Ĭhris Brokas, 64, has been involved in sports for most of her life. Water runs down the right fairway and around the sides and back of the green. Mills, 52, plays the course routinely and likes the hole. The par-3, 186-yard eighth hole is relatively straight from tee to green. ![]() The 7,200-yard course is described as an open, Texas layout with plenty of water hazards. The former Godby High and NFL player was enjoying his weekly round with friends in early July at Freeport Golf Course in Texas. Regardless, anyone who enjoys and plays golf probably believes they can achieve the impossible on the course. For professional golfers, the odds drop to 2,500 to 1. For many, carding a hole-in-one remains just a dream.Īccording to the National Hole-in-One Registry, the odds of the average golfer making a hole-in-one are 12,500 to 1. ![]()
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