First Hole-in-One and Yes, We Will Count Your Clubs April 27th!!
It was mid-morning March 23rd coming up to the eighth hole, par 3 at Morris Williams and Grady Morris was thinking,"I should use my new hybrid and try hard to get my ball on the green." That is a nice goal for one of the harder par 3's on the ASGA senior circuit. He did just that and looked away jubilantly as one of his foursome then said something like "the ball disappeared in the hole." Yes, he did not see it go in. He was playing with Karen Walsh, Joe Noon and his regular golfing partner Robert Sebring. Grady said Karen was just as excited as he was about witnessing such an accomplishment.
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For the records and many of you that have not made your first hole-in-one, do not fail to sign up for the new pot that will be at Lions again next week. The picture shows Shawn Higgins (at left), our Event and Hole-In-One Chair, handing Grady over $300 from the pool that had been accumulating for a year or more. We have had a new winner, in less than a month, so don't procrastinate. We have also had a handful that made a hole-in-one and had not signed up. Once you have signed up, your name will show up on the website under Member Programs, Hole-in-One entries, so sign up when you see the box at Lions and your name is not currently on the website.
Now one more amazing thing about Grady--he only took up golf about 10 years ago after he reached the age of 62 and first played in an ASGA event at Bluebonnet in February of 2012. This was his first hole-in-one and even one of the new stars of the PGA, Bryson DeChambeau, took approximately 23 years to make his very first. Bryson was at the Masters and he got a piece of crystal. Grady can buy his own crystal or perhaps another hybrid with his winnings. Congrats Grady! For getting the ball on the green with your new club and of course that is a must in getting the ball in the hole in only one stroke.
One of our ASGA rules is that you can have in your bag as many clubs as you like normally. However, mark your calendar for a fun event that Shawn Higgins has scheduled at Morris Williams for April 27th. We are bringing back the Four-Club Individual at the request of several of you and most recently R.H. Harris. Joe Noon really loves it and when last played he scored what was then his lowest gross as a senior regardless of the number of clubs. I told him he should play only 4 all the time. There will be more details to come, but remember to sign up for this fun event and that day leave all your clubs at home that are not the 4 you wish to play in the event. Yes, we will count your clubs on April 27th.
This News has been brought to you on behalf of the ASGA Board of Directors and The Austin Senior Golf League,
Travis McWhorter
President
