First Ace in 4 years
By Ricky M On 10 September 2012
This is my first Hole-In-One. My friend Charles and I arrived at Whispering Pines (West Course) NC for our 0730 tee time. It was a little chilly and windy than usual (we were wearing golf shorts). I started off with bogeys for the first four holes. We came to the fifth tee which is a Par 3 (170 yds) with a down hill slope guarded by a leftside bunker. I do not carry many long irons in my bag (longest is a 5 iron)which consist of PING i20s plus three PING i20 Hybrids (17,20, and 23). So, I pulled my #23 hybrid and teed up my Titleist NXT Extreme golf ball which has been discontinued by Ttleist but are sold at Lostballs.com. I lined up squared to the pin and hit a fade shot that went to the left of the bunker and the ball drifted and landed on the left side of the green (about 15 ft from the pin)and rolled to the cup. My friend Charles said I had made a Hole-In-One. I was in awe but could not see if the ball was in the cup or not. So, after his shot, we got in the cart and went to the hole and there it was resting nicely in the cup. I took a picture near the flag and posted it on Facebook (sharing it with all my friends). I am so elated, golf is a fun game and it has become so much more now. Team Ttleist please bring back the NXT Extreme (2 piece)for high handicappers (mines is 16 - 54 years old)golfers with slow swing speeds. I have tried the Titeist Velosity and NXT, these balls doesn't do it for me (they are good for driving and fairways but not around the green). The NXT Extreme does it all, so, unfortunately, I am playing with AAAAA used golf balls (most with logos which I got the Hole-In-One with).