Aaron Lee Lombardi

Well first off, isn't every hole in one special? I think I could be safe in saying most hole in ones come from par 3s and what makes mine special is that it was a par 4. To clarify it was not a small par 4 and it was pulled off in december (55° slight left to right wind maybe 4mph) when ball flight / distance are shortened. So the 7th hole is a â"blind driveâ" meaning your driving the ball uphill if you hit it well it will crest at around 200 to 225 yard marker. At that point it's down hill from there. I hit my callaway epic driver fairly well or so I thought. It was heading right to left with a slight fade (I'm left handed). Prior to driving we sent 1 from our group up to the hill to see if the green was cleared not knowing or even entertaining the idea that we could reach them. After my drive we drove the cart to my playing partner george's second shot, I got out, grabbed a few clubs because I had no idea what second shot I would have. As I crested the hill a big burly guy (6'0 I'm only 5'8â" said â"who hit that ball? â" I sheepishly apologized because I thought I hit into the 8th tee box which was located right of hill and protected by trees. He said ; â"no it didn't hit us but it was rocketing toward the holeâ". Oddly he vaguely pointed me toward the green some 100 yards further than where we were conversing. The other 3 went about their play and made it up on to the green or thereabouts (I remember randy having trouble in the left side bunker but all except me were near the green. Well after searching for this ball by trees and the driving range net etc. , I gave up on the ball and dropped where I thought it could be. I chipped in with my 7i from about 60 yards coming to about 15' feet of the hole. As I was assessing my line for the putt, bill hit his putt and sinked a nice 5' for par and as he was picking his ball out of the hole he said; â"who's ball is this? â" he proceeds to pull my ball out of the hole with my distinctive markings (I had a skull and cross bones on my titleist ball). Well first off - I accused george and the other two of pranking me. Bill who retrieved the ball from the hole was a complete stranger that george and I were coupled with and his friend randy. So even though I questioned them throughly about a possible collusion they swore adamantly that it was a true ace. So needless to say my head was spinning and could not really process the feat. The 8th hole was very difficult for me to concentrate and I was lucky to drill my 5i down the fairway and equally as lucky to escape the 8th with the double bogey with my head still full of â"what just happened? â"