FINALLY My first hole in one at Castle Oaks in Ione CA

FINALLY My first hole in one at Castle Oaks in Ione CA

Well, I've been playing this game serious now for 12 years and picked it up at the age of 20. I have had many "close calls" at aces before, but none dropping in the cup.

Today, was a beautiful California day, sun shinning and just a little breeze. As I arrived at hole #16, I was +4 for the round, and me being the ever perfectionist, told myself, "hey, you just need to ace this and go birdie-birdie to shoot par." After coming off 15, and having a 15 footer drop for a par-save, I watched as my partner hit a nice shot to pin high, about 30 ft left of the hole. I placed my ball on the tee, and went through my pre-shot routine: 155 yards to hole (pin in the middle of green), slight wind in my face, but also going a little from left to right. I put a nice swing on and watched as my Titleist Pro V1X #1 sailed into the air and over the ravine that lied between the tee box and the green.

About mid flight, the ball being just a tad left of target, catches the wind and ever so slightly begins to drift to the right. As it starts it's decent, I yelled to no one in particular, "oh, get in the hole!" and we all watched as it hit pin-high, 1 foot to the left of the cup. My Pro V1X took one hop of roughly 3-4 ft, and spun back... we all watched as it sucked right into the hole for a "1".

Now, I do remember throwing my club up in the air and jumping in the arms of one of my best friends... after that, chills, heart pounding, and the fantastic feeling of just witnessing one of my deepest and greatest desires happening in front of my eyes!

Thanks Titleist, and thank you PRO V1X!

Tony