Hole in One!

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011. The day that will forever be known as the day I shot a hole-in-one! Kinda crazy cuz I had just witnessed my uncle's hole-in-one less than a month ago in Taiwan. I never realized what a big deal it was until then. A while back, I was golfing with a guy from Florida who shot a hole-in-one. I believe it was his 3rd. His brother had also had one before. He was excited but not like pissing his pants or anything. Bought me a drink at the end of the round.

So I wasn't even all that excited when I saw my uncle's (that's what she said). That and the fact that I wasn't in a very good mood cuz I was playing like total ass. It was a perfect shot too cuz the tee box was elevated, and every one could see the ball land on the green and slowly roll into the hole. I guess out there a hole-in-one is a huge deal. I think his phone was ringing non-stop the rest of the day. When you get one, you're obligated to do a ton of stuff. First, you tip all the caddies in your group. You also give the ppl golfing in your group money. I think you're also supposed to give money to anybody around who saw your hole-in-one. THEN, you're supposed to treat all your golfing buddies to dinner, drinks all night and take them on a golf outing somewhere nice. Golfing buddies consists of whomever you usually golf with, usually a group of 20-some ppl. Golfing buddies throw in $1k each, so it's not too bad. You do all this cuz it's supposedly very good luck and, if you don't do all these things, you'll end up having bad luck. If you don't tell ppl cuz you don't wanna spend all this money, but they end up finding out, it's death by bunga bunga.

Fortunately for me, I'm not a FOB. I also usually golf by myself, so I don't hafta give anyone any money or buy anyone any drinks. But that also means it's not nearly as exciting. I always play at the Fairmont Southampton Princess, which is a par 3 course, cuz we're members and I can walk for free during twilight. I started off on the back 9 cuz there was a group of slow ass, fat ladies putzing around the first tee. 10th hole was 120-some yards. I bust out the 9-iron and somehow overshoot the hole by over 10 yards. Usually my 9 goes around 120. 12th hole is 125 yards. No choice but to go with the 9 again, figured I'd swing a lil lighter. Ball goes pretty straight, but it looks like I overshoot the green again. Shit, in the rough again. I walk to the rough and look for my ball. I drop another ball cuz I can't find it. I go to grab my ball from the hole after I putt it in...and there's my first ball!

Takes me a minute to realize what just happened. Unfortunately, there's no one around to celebrate with. There's a guy riding a lawnmower, but he's not even paying attention. It's too bad he wasn't paying attention to my hole-in-one. There's a couple coming up on the previous tee box, but I decide not to say anything. Figured it looks shady that I'm chipping and putting and then all of a sudden announce that I got a hole-in-one. It's also too bad that the green was elevated, so I couldn't see my ball go in the hole. Anyways, I'm way too excited to continue playing golf. I think I doubled and tripled bogey'd the next two holes. I also forget to stash away my hole-in-one ball and proceed to lose it off the 14th tee.

I do also add a birdie and 2 pars, but do not have a final score cuz I skipped 3 holes. There was a group of old guys who spent most of the time looking for their balls, as well as another group of ladies who prolly coulda kicked the ball further than their drives. Maybe I'll hang my certificate up when I get it. Maybe this will be a great year for me. Exciting stuff!