Geoff
This post is not about putting, but I think worthy of posting. I don't know, but I would think the other guy in their foursome that didn't get a hole-in-one might feel left out.
Larry
April 18, 2005
Golf Scene: How about back-to-back-to-back aces?
By JIM SEIMAS
SENTINEL STAFF WRITER
Stockton, CA
Not sure, but 27 trillion-to-one odds sounds like a once in a lifetime occurrence — at best.
That’s the number holeinone.com attached to three holes-in-one falling in a 10-minute span on the same course in Melbourne, Australia, last August.
Apparently it’s not just a once-in-a-lifetime deal.
The feat was reportedly accomplished at Antelope Greens Golf Course in Sacramento on Wednesday. Same hole. Same foursome. Three straight swings.
This amazing occurrence brings both awe and skepticism, reported Steve Pajak of the Sacramento Bee. News of the triple-ace traveled fast, reaching the "Today" show, and drew calls from representatives from David Letterman and Jay Leno.
Dave Schumacher didn’t get an ace, but was witness to Bob Fleming, 55, Marc Arcuri, 52, and Dan Condie, 46, accomplishing the unbelievable feat on the 115-yard, 15th hole of the par-58 course.
Fleming, who carries a 1.7 index and has been on the amateur scene for decades, was the third-place finisher at the 1998 Santa Cruz City Amateur. Arcuri figures his index is 5.
"If it was your average Joe coming in, I’d say you guys are full of it," Pete Ames, the course’s assistant manager, told the Bee’s Pajak. "But I happen to know these guys and have played a lot of golf with them. I’m 100 percent positive about it."
Naysayers or not, Fleming said he’ll relish the trio’s historic aces forever. "It happened. I was there," he told the Bee.
Larry Stanley
www.theputtingedge.com