While playing with my seven poker buddies during our annual golf trip I was fortunate to register my first hole in one on the 15th hole at the Flamingo Golf Course in Naples, Florida. I was the last to hit off the tee on the 121 yard par 3 and one of my foursome announced that he thought my ball hit the flag pole but since there was a small mound just in front of the green it was impossible to see surface of the green directly beneath the pin location. When we drove the carts adjacent to the green we didn't see any balls on the green so I assumed that my ball got caught up in the high grass on the mound just in front of the green so I took pulled a wedge out along with my putter before approaching the green. My friend who thought my shot might have hit the pin bypassed his ball just off the green and walked directly to the hole and when he got there he said "You're in the hole!" I replied "Sure" and then my other two buddies went to look in the hole as well and confirmed that my ball was indeed in the hole. I was the last one of my foursome to actually see my Titleist Pro V1 laying in the bottom of the hole!
Although I didn't get the thrill of actually seeing it go in the hole I was thrilled just the same with my first hole in one.