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Peter Wagner

Hole in one at the Hope
« on: January 22, 2009, 02:18:55 AM »
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One of our members fired a hole-in-one in the ProAm of the Hope today.  51 degree wedge from 156 yards, lucky bounce and in for a prize of $50,000 in free private jet time plus 50K in charity donation.

And it was caught by the Golf Channel:
http://www.pgatour.com/video/?/video/video/pga-tour/sod/2009/01/21/sod_09hope_rnd1_15th_ace_goldfarb.pgatour

I'll never hear the end of this one.
« Last Edit: January 22, 2009, 09:33:07 AM by Peter Wagner »
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Joe Hancock

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Re: Stone Eagle ownership change?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 07:24:11 AM »
Quote from: Peter Wagner on January 22, 2009, 02:18:55 AM


* One of our members fired a hole-in-one in the ProAm of the Hope today.  51 degree wedge from 156 yards, lucky bounce and in for a prize of $100,000 in free private jet time.

Edit:  Jeez, now I find out the frickin hole-in-one was caught by the Golf Channel:
http://www.pgatour.com/video/?/video/video/pga-tour/sod/2009/01/21/sod_09hope_rnd1_15th_ace_goldfarb.pgatour

I'll never hear the end of this one.

The clip said it was worth $15k of flight time and $15k to charity......

I missed what your original thread said, so this seems out of context.

Joe
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rjsimper

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Re: Stone Eagle ownership change?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 08:46:02 AM »
156 yard gap wedge????
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jeffwarne

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Re: Stone Eagle ownership change?
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2009, 09:04:21 AM »
Joe,
50 of each-not 15
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Joe Hancock

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Re: Stone Eagle ownership change?
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2009, 09:17:35 AM »
My mistake.....I'll blame it on crappy laptop speakers.  :)

Joe
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Steve Lapper

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Re: Hole in one at the Hope
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2009, 10:00:05 AM »
Peter,

   That shot was near identical to another ace by another one of your members (MR). He hits the side of a hill with a "pathetic" fade, bounces off and rolls clear across the green to find the hole...hilarious!!
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John Kirk

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Re: Hole in one at the Hope
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2009, 10:03:25 AM »
I was just about to say...that is a weak hole-in-one.  Had to be 20 yards offline.  My dad made one of those once.

Good distance, though.  Kept it away from the trouble.

I can't get myself in trouble chopping this hole-in-one to pieces, can I?



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Sean Leary

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Re: Hole in one at the Hope
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2009, 10:42:58 AM »
Ryan,

I am guessing the 156 yard distance was from the pro tees.
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John Kirk

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Re: Stone Eagle ownership change?
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2009, 11:46:27 AM »
Quote from: DSchmidt on January 22, 2009, 10:51:10 AM
Quote from: Ryan_Simper on January 22, 2009, 08:46:02 AM
156 yard gap wedge????

Yes, 51 degree gap wedge.  Doesn't everybody hit gap wedge 150+?  Since it's a Tour pro-am, I'd imagine he's playing off a 23 index or so, to boot...  ;D


for a net -1.
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Andrew Mitchell

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Re: Hole in one at the Hope
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2009, 05:28:50 AM »
Quote from: Peter Wagner on January 22, 2009, 02:18:55 AM
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One of our members fired a hole-in-one in the ProAm of the Hope today.  51 degree wedge from 156 yards, lucky bounce and in for a prize of $50,000 in free private jet time plus 50K in charity donation.


Given the size of his prize has he now relinquished his amateur status?  Not sure how things work in the States but there has been a fair bit of publicity here in the UK about the size of hole in one prizes and whether they breach the Rules of Golf as they relate to amateur status.
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Paul Stephenson

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Re: Hole in one at the Hope
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2009, 09:20:26 AM »
No he hasn't.  The USGA removed the dollar amount restrictions on hole in one prizes a few years ago.

I believe that the R&A still have a 500 pound limit.
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Mark Smolens

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Re: Hole in one at the Hope
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2009, 09:20:49 AM »
Under the USGA rules, a prize for a hole-in-one does NOT affect one's amateur status, even if it exceeds the $750 limit.
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JLahrman

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Re: Hole in one at the Hope
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2009, 11:41:32 AM »
Quote from: John Kirk on January 22, 2009, 10:03:25 AM
I was just about to say...that is a weak hole-in-one.  Had to be 20 yards offline.  My dad made one of those once.

Good distance, though.  Kept it away from the trouble.

I can't get myself in trouble chopping this hole-in-one to pieces, can I?


As my high school coach used to say...They don't ask how, they just ask how many.
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Kyle Henderson

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Re: Stone Eagle ownership change?
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2009, 01:35:32 AM »
Quote from: DSchmidt on January 22, 2009, 10:51:10 AM

  Doesn't everybody hit gap wedge 150+? 


If I can hit a ball that far with a putter (which I have), I can certainly skull one with a gap wedge past the 150 mark.
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Sean Leary

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Re: Hole in one at the Hope
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2009, 02:29:33 PM »
There has been a few hole in ones this week by amateurs. A member of my club made one as well (with the ugliest swing you have ever seen). His 94 year old father died in Eastern Europe the night before, and dedicated it to him when interviewed on the Golf Channel.
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George Pazin

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Re: Hole in one at the Hope
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2009, 03:15:48 PM »
Quote from: Sean Leary on January 22, 2009, 10:42:58 AM
Ryan,

I am guessing the 156 yard distance was from the pro tees.

It appeared to be from an elevated tee as well. My hole in one reads: 185 yards, 8 iron. No prizes for realizing that's not my normal 185 yard club.

50K private jet time, eh? How far does that get you? I'd probably fly to Barnbougle with a few intermittent stops to pick up fellow gca'ers.
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Bill Kubly

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Re: Hole in one at the Hope
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2009, 08:27:59 PM »
Sean: I was playing with Miklos Kohary who made the hole in one on Friday at the Hope.  He is a real character and yes, "quite a swing".  I will tell you all, that 4 days of playing under that kind of pressure is something that is hard to get comfortable with.  Miklos is also a 17 handicap and got a stroke on that hole, so the computer scorer didn't know how to enter a "0" as it would not accept it.  They actually scored it as a 1 and then gave us an extra stroke off on the next hole.  I was also lucky to witness a hole-in-one the week before at Bighorn by one of my best-ball partners, so hopefully this will wear off on me so I can have one too.
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