Aces

May 4, 2013 Bastrop State Park Golf Course, Hole 8

Pictured above are my brother John and me (in red). The very next day John would collect his first lifetime hole in one on his home course in Dallas Texas. This leaves me as the last of four brothers and our dad as not making an Ace.

I have seen two aces in my life, both from my other brother Eric. The first when he was about 10 years old and the other when he was 50. I believe he has a few others in between.

We as a family group celebrate all milestones such as holes in one. When I got word from John of his first I  gave him the congratulations he was due. He told me he regretted leaving me as the last without.

I have had close calls. In the past year on #13 of Roy Kizer GC here in Austin, my shot finished a mere inch away. On the day of the above picture I had a shot from about 170 yards out on the first hole, a par 4, stop about 2 inches out. So I still have game.

A fear I have is that I will ace a hole on a little 9 hole course I sometimes go to. It has 6 par 3's, all decent length but this significantly increases one's chances over a regular course. Or that I will score one without having a witness.

On the radio recently I heard talk of a golfer getting his first ace at the age of 75, and then seven holes later he had his second!

Gotta keep giving myself chances.