Some things in life just aren't fair.... they just aren't fair. I have been a serious golfer for about 16 years. I have trained, practiced, played, and taken lessons. I have worked very hard to improve my game. There's that one thing that eluded me this whole time, a hole in one. I've come close... oh, I've come close... inches, but I just can't seem to feel that emotion of knowing that with one swing of the club you were able to achieve greatness on the course. Sure, I've holed out from 170 yards on a par 4, I've made birdie, I've saved par, I've chipped in from the rough and the bunker, but no, no hole in one for me.
I'm getting to my point, I just wanted to set up my anger for the years of practice I've had and still have no hole in one.
Yesterday, August 18th, 2010. I was playing at San Juan Hills in San Juan Capistrano with a friend. We were playing behind a group of four. On the back nine, hole number 14. One of the members of this foursome, who had only been playing for a few months was on the tee. The hole, par 3, 117 yards away. The club in his hand, a 7 iron. We are on an elevated tee, hitting down onto the green. There is a lake to the left, and the hill to the right. He hits a shot that is barely off the ground, sailing harder than it should be towards a hill side bunker where someone has left the rake sitting on the hill. The ball hits the rake on the fly, hard. It then travels back toward the green where it hits the flag stick and drops in the hole. A HOLE IN ONE! Are you kidding me? This is just not right. The luckiest miss hit I've ever seen. And I've had some lucky miss hits.
The man rejoiced and his own playing partners celebrated his accomplishment but at the same time couldn't understand how or why this man was able to get such a lucky shot. I simply stood in shock and awe.
You'd think my story ends there, but NO, there's more.
The 18th hole, 145 yard par 3. The same man who just four hole earlier had been the recipient of his first hole in one shot, stood on the tee again, this time, with a 6 iron. He takes his swing and the ball gets maybe, maybe, a foot off the ground. It is hit hard and makes it way towards the green where it rolls up, makes the turn, heads towards the hole and drops in for his SECOND HOLE IN ONE OF THE DAY! I mean are you freaking kidding me? Are you seriously telling me that this man who has one of the worst swings I've ever seen, get two hole in one shots in one day? How is this fair? How is this just?
This is just not right! I am upset. I am hurt. But at the same time, I am determined. I am ready to play. I am ready to take my game back onto the course and try to get that thing... that feeling.. that one amazing shot. I will have my hole in one before I die... I will.
This may seem trivial to a lot of you, and I agree it is. But, I love the game, and when you play, this is what you're trying to do all the time, so yeah, I want it. I want it bad. It's my time. It's my turn.
Until Next Time
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