Two golfers have scored the ever-elusive hole-in-one this year at Whittlesea Golf Club in Humevale.
Baden Bolingas, 21, and John Simmonds, 59, both won trophies for their aces on the eighth hole, a par three, a month apart.
While Mr Bolingas has a long golfing career ahead of him, Mr Simmonds (pictured) was thrilled he’d finally filled his scorecard with a ‘1’ after playing the game for 46 years.
“I never thought I’d hit a hole-in-one, so when I saw where the ball had landed I was elated. I knew I had hit a good shot but didn’t dare to dream of my first ace,” he said.
Since records at the 78-year-old club began in 1965, there have been 164 holes-in-one, with at least one every year since 1979.
Whittlesea Golf Club’s Kim Johnson said July was the second-most-productive month “for achieving those elusive holes-in-one”, with 19 in the past 50 years.
