Whitney R Hewatt

Elated to finally land my first hole-in-one, I’ve waited 50yrs for this! Windy day with potential storms, I almost walked in and stopped playing as radar was showing a storm coming. When I got off the 9th the storms bypassed us and cleared so I went on to the back with my buddies (one of whom also had a HIO last week!) I’ve been playing competitively since I was a teen and I’ve hit in from the fairway multiple times but never in a par 3. With it being so windy, the 17th at Tartan Fields GC is known for hiding winds so you either keep it low if in your face or take extra, over water to a very narrow green similar to 12th at Miurfield, and Augusta, it’s a hard green to hit with no wind, no room for error. Flag was getable, it was far right portion of the green next to the only real bailout, 147 wind in my face, my 7 is about 152 normally so I tried to hit a slight fade and did it just right, hit 1’ in front and dunked! Been waiting a long time for this, I’ve been quite close and now finally have the achievement!