Author Topic: Hole in ONE ! (Read 2573 times)

PJ Rowland · « **on:** November 27, 2013, 07:26:49 PM »

For those who dont know - I play alot of golf on my off flying days.

Finally after hundreds of golf rounds - I FINALLY GOT A HOLE IN ONE !

Details :

Hole 12, 174m Par 3 - Paradise Palms in Cairns QLD - Australia.
Hit : #4 Iron - Titleist MB 710 Bent 2 Deg Upright
Ball Titleist #2 Pro V1X

Knew it when I hit it that it was going to be very close. Felt amazing.

I know its not Stunt related, but im sure there are a few of y'all out there whom play golf, and might find it of interest !

Im now one of those guys who can say " Hey I got a Hole in One "

55chevr · « **Reply #1 on:** November 27, 2013, 07:45:15 PM »

Beautiful

Mike Keville · « **Reply #2 on:** November 27, 2013, 07:47:00 PM »

Same euphoric feeling the first time I "maxed-out" in a Free Flight contest.

Congratulations, mate!

ray copeland · « **Reply #3 on:** November 27, 2013, 09:23:52 PM »

PJ , congrats!!! I am also an avid golfer, played match play a couple weeks ago against a 67 year that has had 17 ones. Silly game!!

Duke.Johnson · « **Reply #4 on:** November 27, 2013, 11:16:04 PM »

That's really cool man! I'm not good at golf at all, but I still remember my first birdie. I just kept saying "did you see that, did you see that". Amazing job on your shot.

Jerry Eichten · « **Reply #5 on:** November 27, 2013, 11:41:50 PM »

Good going! I've played over 40 years and never had one.

Zuriel Armstrong · « **Reply #6 on:** November 28, 2013, 06:37:44 AM »

Sounds like the 4 iron is trimmed spot on. Now for the other 13!!!! Congratulations. Golf is my other passion.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #7 on:** November 28, 2013, 08:07:41 AM »

Great going for you in that hole in one. Never could figure out why anyone would abuse that little white ball and also the club they use. Was going to relate a story here about a golfer that could not see very far and kept losing his ball. But that goes in another section and I can't remember which section.

Will Hinton · « **Reply #8 on:** November 28, 2013, 08:15:21 AM »

Congrats, PJ - I'm not a golfer, but I can appreciate the feeling you must have. Reminds me of my first 500 score in stunt, what euphoria!

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #9 on:** November 28, 2013, 08:46:18 AM »

CONGRATS PJ Bet that 4-iron sports VG's??!!!

Golf can be frustrating - but then you hit just one magic shot and its all worth it again!!!

Gerald Arana · « **Reply #10 on:** November 28, 2013, 09:45:04 AM »

Golf.........harrumph!

I tried that for a while and I got to tell you, "That is the HARDEST thing I ever tried to do". I admire anybody (Except philanders) who can put that ball into that TINY hole.

Kind of reminds me of when I used to bowl and someone (not me) was rolling a 300 only to blow the last shot and get 290 something. Yes I saw it happen!

Jerry

frank williams · « **Reply #11 on:** November 28, 2013, 09:50:49 AM »

Great PJ.
I've had two and have seen two more from playing partners ...... its a shame that real life doesn't come with instant replay ....
Frank

Alan Resinger · « **Reply #12 on:** November 28, 2013, 10:15:28 AM »

PJ,
As someone who made a living as a golf pro and has been a member of the PGA for close to 40 years I can relate to your good fortune. I've been witness to lots of them and while most were skillful shots, I've seen some that were downright weird. I was working as a club pro in Illinois and was looking out the pro shop window on a particularly slow day and saw a young fellow on our 4th hole that was a short par three. The guy took a mighty swing and skulled the ball which never got more than 2 feet off the ground. Made it ways all the way to the green and right into the hole. I watched as he calmly went to the green, got his ball and trudged on. He stopped after 9 holes to get a hotdog so I went into the snack bar to congratulate him. He looked rather dumbfounded and said it was the first time he ever played golf.
Over the years I knew people that had played for years and never had one. Some were pretty skillful golfers. I played a round with a fellow pro about 15 years ago and he had 2 in one round. As an amateur I got beaten by a good friend in a tournament when he aced the last hole after I missed doing the same by 2 inches just two groups ahead of him.
His shot was better than mine because he airmailed it right into the hole where mine had backed up about 10 feet.
Oh yea, I've had a few myself and not all of them were perfect shots. I played a long time before I got my first.
Congrats and hope you have some more. I think I remember that Sam Snead had 37 of them.
Alan Resinger

Clint Ormosen · « **Reply #13 on:** November 28, 2013, 10:43:06 AM »

Awesome PJ!! There are many pro golfers that have never done it. Probably most of them. Quite an achievement.
Reminds me of the time I almost bowled a perfect 300 game.
But I blew it in the third frame.

Mike Scholtes · « **Reply #14 on:** November 28, 2013, 10:49:57 AM »

That's 190 yards, a pretty nice whack with a 4-iron. But how do you keep it from falling out of the hole, down there on the bottom of the Earth?

PJ Rowland · « **Reply #15 on:** November 28, 2013, 01:50:39 PM »

Thanks everyone.

Alan - I didnt realise you had a pro golf life background, remind me when Im down that way to chew the fat with you over that. Being involved in golf in some aspect would be a great way to spend your working life. Thats what I love about this forum, everyone is so diverse ! I know Tom Dixon played alot of golf in his younger days. Its certainly not a difficult game ( if you have a solid swing and good equipment ) Its more frustrating when you miss easy shots.

My Fiancee almost did the same thing as that story - a Skulled balled Par 3, Hit the flag Stick ! I said she was so close to Jarring it in.

Sam Sneed was very good, but he's got nothing on Kim Jon Il - Who OFFICIALLY scored 11 Aces in his first and only round of golf.

Larry Renger · « **Reply #16 on:** November 28, 2013, 07:31:23 PM »

Congratulations! But remember, Golf,spelled backwards is "FLOG"....

Tom Niebuhr · « **Reply #17 on:** November 29, 2013, 07:28:03 AM »

PJ,
Good show! Now you call your next airplane "Hole in One"

Dennis Saydak · « **Reply #18 on:** November 29, 2013, 07:45:55 AM »

For all the "Duffers" out there

When I die, bury me on the golf course, so my husband
will visit.
*Author Unknown
*
I don't say my golf game is bad, but if I grew tomatoes they'd come up
sliced.
*Author Unknown
*
I've spent most of my life golfing. The rest I've just wasted.
*Author Unknown
*
They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.
*Raymond Floyd
*
The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flag
stick on top.
*Pete Dye (His golf courses reflect this belief!)
*
Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they
are out having fun.
*Jim Bishop
*
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it
in one afternoon on the golf course.
*Hank Aaron
*
Golf is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and write down five.
*Paul Harvey
*
Give me golf clubs, fresh air & a beautiful partner, and you can keep the
clubs and the fresh air.
*Jack Benny
*
Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?
*Al Boliska
*
The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
*Billy Graham
*
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined
to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf
swing.
*Ben Hogan
*
Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat
until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end.
*Chuck Hogan
*
If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf
ball.
*Jack Lemmon
*
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still
rolling.
*Mark Twain
*
Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.
*Harry Vardon
*
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill
adapted for the purpose.
*Woodrow Wilson
*
A golfer's diet: Live on greens as much as possible .
*Author Unknown
*
Gone golfin' ... be back about dark-thirty.
*Author Unknown
*
Born to golf. Forced to work.
*Author Unknown
*
My body is here, but my mind has already teed off .
*Author Unknown
*
May thy ball lie in green pastures .... and not in still waters.
*Author Unknown
*
If I hit it right, it's a slice. If I hit it left, it's a hook. If I hit it
straight, it's a miracle.
*Author Unknown
*
The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve
your lie.
*George Deukmejian
*
Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of
bagpipe.

don Burke · « **Reply #19 on:** November 29, 2013, 08:19:40 AM »

Quote from: Gerald Arana on November 28, 2013, 09:45:04 AM

Golf.........harrumph!

I tried that for a while and I got to tell you, "That is the HARDEST thing I ever tried to do". I admire anybody (Except philanders) who can put that ball into that TINY hole.

Kind of reminds me of when I used to bowl and someone (not me) was rolling a 300 only to blow the last shot and get 290 something. Yes I saw it happen!

Jerry

Oh, so you were there that day I did it!!!!

Avaiojet · « **Reply #20 on:** November 29, 2013, 08:33:38 AM »

Quote from: Dennis Saydak on November 29, 2013, 07:45:55 AM

For all the "Duffers" out there

When I die, bury me on the golf course, so my husband
will visit.
*Author Unknown
*
I don't say my golf game is bad, but if I grew tomatoes they'd come up
sliced.
*Author Unknown
*
I've spent most of my life golfing. The rest I've just wasted.
*Author Unknown
*
They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.
*Raymond Floyd
*
The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flag
stick on top.
*Pete Dye (His golf courses reflect this belief!)
*
Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they
are out having fun.
*Jim Bishop
*
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it
in one afternoon on the golf course.
*Hank Aaron
*
Golf is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and write down five.
*Paul Harvey
*
Give me golf clubs, fresh air & a beautiful partner, and you can keep the
clubs and the fresh air.
*Jack Benny
*
Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?
*Al Boliska
*
The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
*Billy Graham
*
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined
to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf
swing.
*Ben Hogan
*
Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat
until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end.
*Chuck Hogan
*
If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf
ball.
*Jack Lemmon
*
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still
rolling.
*Mark Twain
*
Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.
*Harry Vardon
*
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill
adapted for the purpose.
*Woodrow Wilson
*
A golfer's diet: Live on greens as much as possible .
*Author Unknown
*
Gone golfin' ... be back about dark-thirty.
*Author Unknown
*
Born to golf. Forced to work.
*Author Unknown
*
My body is here, but my mind has already teed off .
*Author Unknown
*
May thy ball lie in green pastures .... and not in still waters.
*Author Unknown
*
If I hit it right, it's a slice. If I hit it left, it's a hook. If I hit it
straight, it's a miracle.
*Author Unknown
*
The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve
your lie.
*George Deukmejian
*
Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of
bagpipe.

Dennis,

You missed one.

"Every time I played golf, I wished I was playing tennis."

Author: Avaiojet

Dennis,

Myself and another guy, a rocket scientest actually, and no kidding about that, invented a golf training aid. The gadget measured club head velosity. This was 1995.

Charles