Back when I first started this blog (June 2005), Jennifer Mario was really the only active female golf blogging voice out there. Musey was around but not very active. Recently, Jen has been busy working on other projects, like her book about Michelle Wie, and her blog posts have been dwindling away. I really enjoy her writing and I wish her feed would light up with fresh material more often. The infrequency of her posts leaves me hanging on every word when she finally does write one. Her entry this month was no exception.
See, Jen and her family went to Hawaii where she not only rubbed elbows with Alice Cooper (might want to wash that elbow, Jen), she recorded her first hole-in-one! Huge congrats to her on that!
In our subsequent comment exchange, she mentioned my two aces which got me thinking about a reader question I had awhile back. I forget the reader’s name – he asked me instead of The Goose so he received an email response instead of a blog post.
The question was something about whether in tournament play if someone gets a hole-in-one, do they also win the “closest to the pin” prize? My answer: Yeah, you can’t really get any closer to the pin than that.
I actually saw that happen in one of our club’s tournaments. A guy made an ace, won the $50 KP (why do they call it KP instead of CP for closest to the pin?) and also won $100 which our club gives to anyone who makes a hole-in-one. As many people know, it is customary for anyone making a hole-in-one to buy drinks for all at the clubhouse afterwards. This guy honored that tradition and his bar tab exceeded his prize earnings by over $100. People joked that if it hadn’t been his first ace, he might have been tempted to pull the ball out of the hole, place it an inch away and just get out of there with his $50. After all, we’re a club that was founded at and sponsored by a bar! He knew it wouldn’t be cheap!
August 19, 2007 at 12:15 am
hi nice post, i enjoyed it
August 19, 2007 at 11:08 am
I’ve heard that some people take out insurance against the bar bill – could be a good move! Just heard of an ace this week at the Wales Ladies European Championship by Georgina Simpson. Hope she did her bit.
I’ve had 2 holes in one, though not in competition and never with many people around to celebrate. Probably a good thing, though I wouldn’t turn down another!
AliB
September 11, 2007 at 2:00 am
Aw shucks, Golf Chick, you’ve got me all choked up.
I’ll try to write more, I just bin busy! Also, I don’t rub elbows with Alice Cooper all that often, and what else is there to write about?
You can check out my latest post, some advice for Tiger as he begins his new career in golf course design. His first US course will be in my North Carolinian backyard, so it seemed appropriate.