I have been playing for over 40 years and never truly came close to a hole in one...until last Sunday. None in the group actually saw it go in the hole...this was on number 11 at Mirimichi, Justin Timberlake's beautiful course in Memphis. This hole is protected by water and one in our group hit 3 in the brink before actually getting it on the green. I hit mine about 3 feet left of the pin and that's about all we saw...as we approached the green we could only see one ball about 20 ft from the hole. I thought I had gone over the green...nope, it was in the hole! The fellow that hit the 3 balls in the water quipped..."man, if I had hit it in the hole I would have made a 7"...what a great game!