First Ace after 35 years

On #5, the toughest par three on Rocky River Golf course (Concord, NC). The green is 34 yards deep, and only 18 yards wide. With wetlands just two yards right of the green, wetlands 5 yards left of the green, dense woods 2 yards behind the green, the only "bail-out" area is the bunker guarding the right front of the right green or the small 5 yard wide drop zone 5 yards short of the left half of the green. The tees were back in the tee box at 156 yards. I teed it up and used my 6 hybrid to loft the ball high into the air. It dropped 6 feet short and left, then rolled down the slope right into the hole. (first hole-in-one after 35 years of golfing). It was not only witnessed by my playing partners, Bill Zearley and Larry Coggins, but also by two course workers spreading mulch near the #5 tee marker monument. Huge grin on my face...