Gran, 64, scores hole in one
A 64-year-old grandmother, who has been playing golf for the past 16 years, has achieved a rare feat – a hole in one – while playing in a competition at the Mount Edgecombe Golf Course last week.
Thyna Subramoney was playing in a ladies’ medal competition when she achieved this at the par 3 hole 15.
“The green is situated over a dam and it is not easy to get the ball over the water, let alone on to the green,” she said.
“But on Wednesday, I took a seven iron and just hit what I felt was a smooth shot. I was worried whether it would get over the water, but when it dropped on the green, I leaned down to pick up my tee.
“As I was picking up my tee, my two colleagues, Carol Hubert and Vanessa Colby, started shouting: ‘It’s going into the hole, it’s going into the hole. Thyna, you have a hole in one!’
“I was over the moon as they congratulated and gave me the high five.”
Subramoney said she never thought that at her age she would achieve such a feat. She said golfers only heard of other golfers and professionals scoring a hole in one.
She joined the Mount Edgecombe Golf Club as a bunny or new entrant in golf in 2000.
“I have been playing golf for the past 16 years and have come very close over the years to scoring a hole in one. Achieving this feat just after my 64th birthday is a fantastic feeling,” she said.
During prize presentation at the end of the competition, she had to buy drinks for her fellow members.
“My fellow players and the club members in general were really thrilled at my achievement.”
Subramoney has won a number of competitions at the club, and also when playing in charity tournaments and in the Wild Coast and Mercury Million tournaments over the past 10 years.
She finished as the “Best Lady Golfer” in the Wild Coast Sun tournament in 2015.
Carol Hubert, the club captain who played alongside Subramoney when the hole in one was achieved, said she would be presented with a special certificate.
She said Subramoney was the second woman out of a total of 13 players who scored holes in one since January this year. The other woman was 83-year-old Winnie Everett who achieved the feat two months ago on the Mount Edgecombe Course Two.
“Thyna’s achievement was really great because she had to hit the ball over the dam and then on to the green. We are proud of Thyna. I know the feeling, because I too scored a hole in one two years ago at the Durban Royal Golf Course.”