Hole in one poll

[Deleted Member 1156]

It's not just spending a few quid though is it.
Various figures up to £600 have been mentioned.

Choosing to get the beers in with your mates is completely different from being bullied into spending more (for many) than a week's gross wage on strangers just because a ball fell into a hole.

Yes indeed and I think the sensible compromise in those situations is to put a bottle on the bar. I think in a lot of cases it's not so much about the drink itself but the gesture. Personally I hate whisky but I won't take offence if someone has put a bottle on the bar because you can't please everyone.

 

[Old Colner]

I have been fortunate enough to have had two, both on the same hole at my course (7th), neither of them a good shot either.

 

[Ethan]

Nope. Holed out with a 6 iron from the fairway twice, several full wedges, and it a number of par-3 tee shots which ended up right behind the hole, but still waiting. Well, not really caring either way, to be fair.

 

[Orikoru]

I'm shocked that the numbers are around 50-50. I always thought the majority would never get one.

I don't have one, I came close once, on a fairly short par 3 with a green sloping back-to-front, hitting 9 iron about a yard past the flag and it rolled back down, missing the cup by an inch on one side and stopped about 6 inches below it. I don't expect to ever get one to be honest, that'll be the closest I ever get.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

It's not just spending a few quid though is it.
Various figures up to £600 have been mentioned.

Choosing to get the beers in with your mates is completely different from being bullied into spending more (for many) than a week's gross wage on strangers just because a ball fell into a hole.

£600 is utter madness I agree but I doubt he was bullied into doing it. I'd also be very confident that those sort of figures happen 1 in every 100000 hole in one's.

For all we know he may well be a very wealthy man were £600 to him is £60 to us. Its all relative.

What I would say is Golf has been built upon traditions and I'm more than happy to continue those traditions. I think it keeps the history of the game going.

If I were to have another 1 at my club I'd be more than happy to either stand a round upto £250 (my insurance cover) and or buy a bottle.

Let's be honest a hole in one isn't "just a ball that's fell in a hole" it's a fantastic achievement for an amateur golfer.

 

[Curls]

I'm shocked that the numbers are around 50-50. I always thought the majority would never get one.

I don't have one, I came close once, on a fairly short par 3 with a green sloping back-to-front, hitting 9 iron about a yard past the flag and it rolled back down, missing the cup by an inch on one side and stopped about 6 inches below it. I don't expect to ever get one to be honest, that'll be the closest I ever get.

To be fair the sample here is not representative of a national random sample of golfers. Here we have nutjobs, die hards and lots of good golfers. Not that you have to be low handicap to get one, or even hit a good shot judging by some of the above!

I’d wager there’s far more golf played, and more good golf played, by the GM forum sample than average.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

£600 is utter madness I agree but I doubt he was bullied into doing it. I'd also be very confident that those sort of figures happen 1 in every 100000 hole in one's.

For all we know he may well be a very wealthy man were £600 to him is £60 to us. Its all relative.

What I would say is Golf has been built upon traditions and I'm more than happy to continue those traditions. I think it keeps the history of the game going.

If I were to have another 1 at my club I'd be more than happy to either stand a round upto £250 (my insurance cover) and or buy a bottle.

Let's be honest a hole in one isn't "just a ball that's fell in a hole" it's a fantastic achievement for an amateur golfer.

Charity day up Northumberland in August this year, bloke got a hole-in-one, prize was £25,000, he refused to ring the bell.

He really took some stick, people thought he was joking, didn’t even buy a bottle of whisky for the bar, nothing.

 

[Bigfoot]

I'm shocked that the numbers are around 50-50. I always thought the majority would never get one.

I wonder if the 50/50 result at the moment of posting is more because forum members are more likely to play regularly. Overall, golfers don't get out as much as us, so the percentage of GM forum members that have a HIO is higher than the general golfing public?

 

[Imurg]

Fragger has just been for a stroll around what used to be our club, Aylesbury Park.
Thanks to HS2 it closed nearly 2 years ago.
This is the 12th hole, scene of my 2nd Hole in One......

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Did he actually win £25K? ?

Absolutely, here’s the press cutting from the Northern Golfer magazine.

 

[clubchamp98]

Lol, that's shocking, can't defend that one ??
Let's hope he bunged some into the charity.

I thought the rules prevented ams winning sums like this.
Or is there a way around it?

 

[Orikoru]

Absolutely, here’s the press cutting from the Northern Golfer magazine.
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As I've said on here before, in a packed clubhouse I would really struggle financially to buy everyone a drink. But even I have to admit if I'd just won 25 grand I would definitely be buying for everyone. Possibly two drinks each!

 

[Smiffy]

Fragger has just been for a stroll around what used to be our club, Aylesbury Park.
Thanks to HS2 it closed nearly 2 years ago.
This is the 12th hole, scene of my 2nd Hole in One......
View attachment 34534

I could swear that was Sweetwoods park ???

 

[JustOne]

Was playing golf with my brother.... got to a par 3 then out of the trees walked my Dad ~ weird.
He'd heard we were playing and had walked round the course to find us

167yds, 6-iron, 2yds of fade and the first shot my Dad ever saw me hit was a hole-in-one.

 

[Crow]

Was playing golf with my brother.... got to a par 3 then out of the trees walked my Dad ~ weird.
He'd heard we were playing and had walked round the course to find us

167yds, 6-iron, 2yds of fade and the first shot my Dad ever saw me hit was a hole-in-one.

Me and my Dad started at the same time so mine was probably an air shot.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Where did the tradition of the player holing out having to buy a round for everyone come from? It seems grossly unfair imo that you play the hole perfectly and are then forced to shell out for doing so. I've always thought the concept seemed the wrong way round. Of course should the 40 years of hurt end then of course I'll buy the drinks. Hopefully it'll be a quiet day

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Was playing golf with my brother.... got to a par 3 then out of the trees walked my Dad ~ weird.
He'd heard we were playing and had walked round the course to find us

167yds, 6-iron, 2yds of fade and the first shot my Dad ever saw me hit was a hole-in-one.

That is a quality story James! ?

 

[clubchamp98]

The rules changed a couple (?) of years ago, we can keep hole in one prizes now.

Ok thanks , havnt threatened one for a while so not up on am status.
Is that for prize money as well.?

 

[clubchamp98]

Where did the tradition of the player holing out having to buy a round for everyone come from? It seems grossly unfair imo that you play the hole perfectly and are then forced to shell out for doing so. I've always thought the concept seemed the wrong way round. Of course should the 40 years of hurt end then of course I'll buy the drinks. Hopefully it'll be a quiet day

Probably when only Gentleman played the game and were quite able to pay the bar bill.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I thought the rules prevented ams winning sums like this.
Or is there a way around it?

There was a very well publicised story a few years ago about a journalist that won a Lamborghini for a HIO and he lost his amateur status.