It was a beautiful day on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15, 2011 about 2:40pm at Riverside Golf Club in Grand Prairie, TX. where he was playing in a two (2) day, 36 hole medal play tournament. Hole # 5, a 121 yrds. par 3 was tucked back in the trees surrounded by the west fork of the Trinity River and the wind was blowing slightly from the south (toward the green - down wind). He selected his PING i3 Pitching Wedge that he just had regripped a day earlier at the famous Lou's Golf Shop in Carrollton. When he tee'd his Titlist Pro V 1 (#6) up he was thinking "I'm down wind so I shouldn't make a full back swing because of the wind".

Once the ball was struck, he quickly realized he may have hit the ball too hard. "Oh, I hit it too hard. . . It's going to go past the pin"! Then suddenly the flight of the ball started it's decent down and bonced once on the green in front of the pin and in the hole it went. That's right; a Hole-in-One!

Immediately, Russ and his playing partners (and witnesses) Dr. Charles "Doc" Christopher & Warren Lee shouted and they congratulated him for the fabulous shot. By the time he reached the green and plucked the ball out of the cup, golfers on other holes & tee boxes were watching him and cheered as he retreived his ball. Needless to say, it was a very proud moment for Russ.