I arrive at the 16th tee box and the grounds crew is just finishing up aerating the green. They indicate it's ok to hit but there is no flag as they had removed it. I take a 4 iron and aim at the center of the green. I hit it good and said to my wife, "that's as good as I can hit it". Only the front of the green was visible from the tee box so I did not see it land. Happy that I should be on the green we drive up and cannot find the ball. Thinking I hit it too good, I am looking behind the green but nothing there. My wife says look in the hole and there it was, a lifetime of dreaming realized.