I have seen my share of Aces, but had never been blessed with one myself. I had a pretty good round going, striking the ball well. We got to the tee box on No. 14 at the Old North State Club, a beautiful elevated par 3 overlooking Badin Lake. The distance was 163 yards, down hill, with about a 5 MPH breeze in my face. The pin was in the back left corner of the green, close to a green side bunker, and not much room behind the pin. I choose my 165 yard club, a 7 iron. The contact was perfect, and the ball flew high and straight. I could tell the wind was affecting the ball slightly. The ball hit approximately 3 feet in front of the pin, checked immediately, then trickled into the hole. You can clearly see from the picture I was using a Titleist golf ball with my signature red dot. Witnessing the shot was Ken Lambert, Carl Tucker, and Mike Mayer.