I FINALLY NAILED MY 1ST ACE AFTER 30 YEARS OF PLAYING. I HAD A DOZEN OR SO, VERY, VERY CLOSE CHANCES OVER THE YEARS AND THE GOLF GODS FINALLY KICKED ONE IN FOR ME. I'M 68 YRS. OLD, A 10 HDCP., AND WAS PLAYING AT VIERA EAST IN ROCKLEDGE, FL., WHILE DOING THE SNOW BIRD THING. I DID IT USING A TITLEIST NXT TOUR BALL AND A MASTER GRIP #4 HYBRID CLUB, WHICH IS NORMALY USED FOR 190 YD. SHOTS. IT CAME ON THE 16TH HOLE, A 165 YARD PAR 3, WITH A ONE CLUB ELEVATED GREEN, THAT WAS SMOTHERED BY TRAPS AND THE PIN WAS DEEPLY TUCKED BACK IN THE LEFT CORNER. THE HOLE ALSO RAN ALONG A SWAMPY AREA, INFESTED WITH GATOR, AND HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS, HOW MANY BOA CONSTRICTOR AND POISONOUS REPTILES, WERE MULLING AROUND THE MARSHY GRASS. ALONG WITH ALL OF THIS, I HAD A GUSTING 12-15 M.P.H. LEFT TO RIGHT CROSS WIND BEARING DOWN ON ME. I TOOK AIM 10 YARDS LEFT OF THE GREEN, MADE A SOLID HIT ON THE BALL AT THE TEE, THE BALL GAINED A LOT OF ALTITUDE, THE WIND GRABBED IT AND PUSHED THE BALL ON TARGET. IT LANDED ON THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN, CHECKED UP AND ROLLED NICELY FOR 20 FEET OR SO AND FLOPED INTO THE 4 1/4" HOLE ON THE GREEN. IT WAS A VERY EXCITING THING TO WATCH. THANK GOODNESS, I HAD A PAIR OF DEPENDS ON WHEN IT HAPPENED. THE HOLE-IN-ONE WAS THE EASY PART. THE HARD PART WAS, PAYING $100.00 AT THE 19TH HOLE, FOR THE OTHER 19 GUYS IN OUR WEDNESDAY GROUP. WAS THIS A TYPICAL HOLE-IN-ONE ? NOPE, THIS ONE WAS AND ADVENTURE.