This short article should appeal to golfers who have had holes-in-one or aspire to that event. According to Golf Digest (1990), the estimated probability of making a hole-in-one for a male professional golfer is 1 in 2,970. I suppose that for the rest of us, the probabilities would be less. The reason for this discourse is that on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at the River Park Golf Center, yours truly scored a hole-in-one on the Par 3 number 3 hole. The distance is 119 yards. The ball went perfectly straight and hit in front of the green and then disappeared. My partner, Dr. John Slater, told me that he cold not see the ball anywhere and we both then began to look around the edges of the green but my ball was not to be found. John then remarked to me that “maybe it went into the cup”.--in a joking manner of course. I never thought about that possibility but decided to take a look. At my astonishment, there was the ball, sitting securely at the bottom of the cup. I made a yell like “how about that” and rejoiced over the moment. This reaffirmed my will to keep playing golf even after thinking about quitting this most frustrating game. I do not want to bore you with past golfing experiences but after trying the traditional golf swing, then the Heard Super Swing and currently, the Natural Golf Swing, maybe I can learn to break 100 consistently. Tennis is still easier for me and it takes a less time.

Gary E. Marsella

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