Background: I had just recently started playing the Titleist AVX in yellow, after reading about the improvements and watching reviews. The ball had the flight characteristics, compression, feel and spin, I was looking for to match my swing and preferences. On 7/5/25, while playing in a Northern California Golf Association Match Play tournament, lightning struck! Our group was on the 16th hole at Cameron Park Country Club in CA, I was the last to tee off. Flag was about 133 out. I was hitting my 9 iron. After teeing off, I watched to make sure it was going to land safely on the green. Once I saw it land beyond the flag and safely on the green, I turned to walk off the tee box. That's when the unthinkable happened! I started to hear an uproar of screaming, hooting, yelling, etc. It was sounding something like "It went in".... "HOLE IN ONE"... etc. Trying to understand what all the fuss was about; I turned back to look at the green and didn't see my ball anywhere. It took a few thoughts to comprehend what had just happened!! My first Hole in One!