I had just finished playing in the Air Force Association tournament at Eglin Air Force Base golf course.

A friend and I decided to play another 18. We were paired up with a twosome, Sue and Bob. Sue happened to be the current women's champ. When we got to hole 13 it still had the prize listing for the tournament that day and pin placement for the tournament. The hole was an elevated par 3 at about 174 yards.

I hit second, the ball flight was curving in right towards the hole. I have been playing for about 22 years and hit pretty accurately, so the ball traveling this well at the pin was nothing new.

Since it was an elevated green I could not see the actual spot the ball landed or how far it traveled to it's final resting spot. We moved forward to the women's tee box and both ladies hit. As we approached the green there was one ball shy of the green, one to the right of the green and one deep. Pin placement was more up front. I grabbed my putter, since I assumed my ball had rolled farther then I expected to the back.

Sue walked up ahead of me and as she approached the pin she saw my ball mark a foot shy of the pin. She said, "did it go in." She stepped up and reached in the cup and said, "you got a hole in one." Her husband immediately said, "put it back, he gets to take it out." Just as she had noticed and said the ball landed about 6 to 8 inches out and rolled in the cup.

My wife had taken a golf class in college and during that class she had gotten a hole in one, but being an avid golfer and after playing for so long I had just gotten to the point of not getting that excited when a shot looks that good. I suppose now I know what to look for.

Rob