• Slam dunk hole in one

    Today was just my day, I was 1 over through 7 holes when I stepped on to hole 8's tee box. It was 164 yards to the stick with a fairly strong head wind. So I grabbed my 5 iron and then settled in over my pro V1 golf ball. As soon as I hit the ball I knew…

  • Re: HOW FAR TO STAND FROM THE BALL?

    My barometer for this is how far my hands are from my body at address. If they start to get too far , I simply pull in closer to the ball even if it does not look right to my eye. More times than not this fixes things quickly.  I think the more general…

  • my hole in one on a par four

    It was a charity event for an assistant pro named David Glenn, who 2 months before that passed away. Of course the tees were up cause it was a captains choice my friend said hey Billy are you going to hit driver I said yea so he hit his 3 wood pulled…

  • Re: Golfing with the Wife

    My wife and I were members of two country clubs (one for four years, the other for one year) before she showed any interest at all in playing golf. We made many good friends at MVCC, and it was the other ladies, telling her that it was fun to play 9…
  • Hole In One wins Hawk

    During this particular round our group is playing a 5 some and decided to play a game we call "Hawk". Some people call it "Wolf" but the rules are very similiar. We came up to the 4th hole, a par 3 over water with a front pin location. The "Hawk" on a…

  • Second Hole in One

    The play was our regular men's 18 hole Thursday play. This was the first Thursday that I did not enter the closest to the pin day. Lately I have hit some close only to be edged out, so this day, I said I was not going to enter and keep the entry fee…

  • Midnight shift plus Rental Clubs plus Titleist equals 1st Ace

    It's April 1987, I'm in the USAF stationed overseas at Clark AB in the Philippines. My golf clubs had been stolen about 9 months prior and I hadn't played in quite a while. I just got off a midnight shift and was eating breakfast in the chow hall around…