Jason’s hole-in-one

Jason Carmichael on Feb. 26, got his very first hole-in-one. In doing so, Jason joins the elite two percent of amateur golfers who have holed out in one on a three par. Jason’s three par was the Little River Inn’s hole number nine.

He used a hybrid club, looked like a good shot, he was not sure where it ended up so when he approached the green and did not see his ball he thought — uh-oh, what happened? Jason finally looked in the hole and there was his ball lying peacefully in the bottom of the cup.

Following hole-in-one tradition, Jason asked the Pro-Shop to keep a list of free drinks fellow golfers consumed. He of course picked up the tab as his reward for the hole-inone. Jason wasn’t finished. He was playing in the Stableford format and came in as the first individual winner with 35 Stableford points.

A hole-in-one nets you eight Stableford points, a nice perk. Jason then drew Jim Corsar and with Jim’s points the two won first place team. Congratulations Jason you’re on your way now.

Coming in second, as team winners that windy Friday, was the old dynamic duo of Butch Carlstadt

and John Johansen. Butch also placed second individual winner, only one point behind Jason. Johnny Jo Johansen, after a prolonged hiatus from golf, played two days of Stableford golf that week, and one of the ways you knew John was back was the scattering of sharpened broken tees lying on some of the tee boxes. John carries a little pencil sharpener with him, which he uses to put points on the broken tees. He leaves them on the tee for anyone who wants to use them.

The day before Jason’s hole-in-one another local golfer hit a ball also from the ninth tee and it went in the hole. The ball was hit from the tee and it went in the hole. Some of you might know this local golfer goes by the name Jim McDannold. You might have seen him at the Pro Shop. Jim’s hole-in-one sadly was not a hole-in-one. The ball that Jim hit and went in the hole was his provisional.

When a golfer hits from a tee and it is doubtful that ball will be found another, a provisional, ball is hit. If the original ball is found it will be played if not the provisional ball is played and will cost the player a penalty stroke. Jim’s provisional hole-in-one ball became a par. Not bad, Jim. I hope Brooks Sheifer, your playing partner that day, was duly impressed.