I was playing golf with my brother and dad. My dad lasered the flag at 147 yards. For me, that’s in between a 9i and a 8i. There’s trouble behind the green so I decided to go with a 9 because it’s safer to lay up. My dad goes first and hits an awesome shot. Sticks it about 7 feet from the hole. Now it’s my turn. I have one swing thought and that’s my hip turn on my downswing. I do my pre-shot routine and BOOM. Seriously one of the best shots I’ve ever hit. A slight draw with a beautiful ball flight. I see it roll by my dad’s ball. He goes “that’s going right at it.” Then we both lose sight of it. I thought there was a possibility of it going it considering how great the shot felt but didn’t want to get my hopes up. We get up to the green and there’s only one ball on the green; my dad’s. I start to take out a wedge because I thought I went over. As I’m headed to the green I asked my dad, “can you check in the hole?” He does and sure enough… it’s in! I drop my clubs and we both celebrate! I run up and see that blue Titleist ball in the hole and I couldn’t be happier! Of course we had to take a few photos.

Hole in One #3 147 yards, 9iron, hole #15 at Riverbend Golf Club. 7/7/26