For most, a hole in one is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
And then there’s Curt Hocker, who nearly made it a daily occurrence recording five aces during one week, including two in one day.
“I don’t know what to think,” the 22-year-old Illinois amateur golfer told the press ”After each one I say it’s over, and it keeps happening.”
Hocker recorded all five holes in one at the El Paso Golf Club, where he works in the pro shop. He said he’s glad his club membership comes with “hole-in-one insurance” — which calls for the club, and not the golfer, to pay for the traditional drinks for everyone in the clubhouse after an ace is made.
“I think the golf course is getting mad at me for all the drinks,” Hocker said.
Friends and family, 15 of whom have witnessed Hocker’s strokes of luck while playing with him, are equally mystified.
“It’s incomprehensible this kind of luck could happen, but it does happen,” said El Paso pro Steve Fulton. “There are other things in life that have been just as weird and eerie that have happened. What are the odds?”
November 16, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Impressive. I think he should stop being such a spencer though and get the drinks in himself.