August 2020
Walt Griffin aced the 6th hole on Bonita Pass while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble
January 7, 2019
Herb Scull aced the 102-yard 6th hole on Sweetgum while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble.
May 31, 2018
Walt Griffin aced the 137-yard 3rd hole on Pensacola while playing with the neighborhood men's Thursday group. It was Walt's 3rd hole-in-one. Drink requests were phoned in by absentee golfers in Disney and Wisconsin...
May 17, 2018
Judy Goldenbaum scored her first Hole-in-One on the 4th hole at Escambia while playing with the Neighborhood Ladies Thursday group. Too bad it wasn't on a Monday...
January 29, 2018
Herb Scull scored his second ace on Sweeetgum #4 using a gap wedge while playing in the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble. Just another day in Herb's golfing career...
January 8, 2018
Diane Thomas scored a Hole-in-One on the eighth hole of Volusia while playing in the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble.
June 19, 2017
Joan Ritch scored a Hole-in-One on the first hole of Truman while playing in the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble.
March 26, 2017
Alan Galatte scored his first-ever Hole-in-One on the 164 yard Kilimanjaro #6. Alan claims that the Ace was not financially rewarding. Our sympathy goes out to him....
March 24, 2017
Louise Moore scored a Hole-in -One on the 104 yard Southern Star #7, while playing with friends. Too bad it wasn't on a Monday....
February 27, 2017
Suzie Orchowski scored a Hole -in-One on Palmetto #2 while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble. she offered to buy everyone a Villages cocktail (with extra lemon), however most had already left....
February 9, 2017
Diane Thomas scored a Hole-in-One on Bonifay-Fort Walton #2 while playing with the Ladies Championship group. Following the round, she treated everyone to a Villages cocktail.
September 19, 2016
Phil Thomas scored a Hole-in-One on Escambia#9, while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble. It was Phil's 2nd hole in one. Unfortunately , prior commitments prevented him from joining the group at lunch to celebrate. Rumor had it that he also complained about the number of $1 bills that were included in the prize pool....
March 5, 2016
John Maynard scored his second hole-in-one in 6 months as he aced #8 on Tequesta. Apparently there was no pool money and it ended up costing him $100+. We really feel sorry for ya, John....
February 11, 2016
Gloria Gray scored a Hole-in-one on Sweetgum #1 while playing with the ladies Thursday group. Rumor is that she wasn't sure she was going to play that day due to the weather....
October 29, 2015
John Maynard had a Hole-in-One on the 99- yard 4th hole on Osprey while playing with the Heights Thursday Men's group.
It was John's first ace, and he was able to drive his own cart home after the celebration...
August 9 2015
Ron Kelly eagled the par -4 8th hole on Pensacola (also known for the Pivik post), hitting a 7-iron 135 yards on his 2nd shot.
August 6, 2015
Paul Turner had a Hole-in-One on the 7th hole on Hacienda Oaks while playing with the Heights Thursday Men's group. As you can see further below, it was his 2nd Ace in two years. And 2nd time buying drinks....
July 13, 2015
Mayra Thompson had a Hole-in-One on the 78-yard 2nd hole on Southern Star while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble. It was said that the celebration could be heard on Redfish Run.
May 21, 2015
Larry Brewster and Rich Wallace both eagled the 6th hole on Pensacola. Unfortunately they cancelled each other out for a skin, so the only prize was their name in the Daily Sun.
May 6, 2015
Bruce Smith had a Hole-in-One on the 104 yard 8th hole at Spruce Creek. It was his 2nd career Hole-in-One.
May 4, 2015
Herb Scull scored a Hole-in-One at the 89 yard Mangrove #3, while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble.
It was Herb's first Ace in the 48 years he has been playing golf.
March 24 2015
Bill Goldenbaum had a hole-in-one on the 127-yard 4th hole on El Santiago. He bought coffee for all following the round....
January 2015
Gus Laemmrich had a hole-in-one on the 104-yard 6th hole at Calusa (Belle Glade). Approximately 24 golfers (and some Gus-groupies) were treated to several rounds of spirits at the Belle Glade CC bar.
During the same round, Dave Bryant eagled the par-5 hole #1 at Calusa (Belle Glade)
February 2014
Pete Wipfli had a hole-in-one on the 106-yard 4th hole at Palmetto. Too bad it wasn't on a Monday.....but he did buy a round for his golfing partners.
January 2014
Frank Miller eagled the par-5 hole #5 on Monarch Golf Course in Leesburg. Unfortunately they weren't playing for skins.....
January 2014
Don Snipes had a hole-in-one on #8 at Bonita Pass on Jan 20 during the Monday outing, winning the first hole-in-one pool that had begun that day.
September 2013
Phil Thomas had a hole-in-one on the 132-yard 7th hole at Hawk Hollow in East Lansing, Michigan. Since he was already packed to return to Florida, I think it would be appropriate for him to buy a round on Monday.
July 2013
Bruce Smith was featured in an article about the history of The Battle of Gettysburg. Click here to read the article http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/news/villages/article_8508abdc-e395-11e2-9496-001a4bcf887a.html
June 2013
Herb Scull shot an albatross up North. No, not the winged, flying kind.... It was a
460 yard par 5. He hit his tee shot over a lake and his second shot was 208 yds to the flag (as measured with a rangefinder). When he and Lynne approached the green they thought he may have gone over, but there it was sitting in the hole.
What's an Albatross? Click here http://www.scottishgolfhistory.net/bogey_par.htm#Albatross
June 2013
At Cane Garden, Paul Turner had a Hole-in-One and also SHOT HIS AGE, although the score remains a mystery. There is a rumor that it was slightly over 70...Here is the info from the Daily Sun ...
Walt Griffin aced the 6th hole on Bonita Pass while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble
January 7, 2019
Herb Scull aced the 102-yard 6th hole on Sweetgum while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble.
May 31, 2018
Walt Griffin aced the 137-yard 3rd hole on Pensacola while playing with the neighborhood men's Thursday group. It was Walt's 3rd hole-in-one. Drink requests were phoned in by absentee golfers in Disney and Wisconsin...
May 17, 2018
Judy Goldenbaum scored her first Hole-in-One on the 4th hole at Escambia while playing with the Neighborhood Ladies Thursday group. Too bad it wasn't on a Monday...
January 29, 2018
Herb Scull scored his second ace on Sweeetgum #4 using a gap wedge while playing in the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble. Just another day in Herb's golfing career...
January 8, 2018
Diane Thomas scored a Hole-in-One on the eighth hole of Volusia while playing in the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble.
June 19, 2017
Joan Ritch scored a Hole-in-One on the first hole of Truman while playing in the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble.
March 26, 2017
Alan Galatte scored his first-ever Hole-in-One on the 164 yard Kilimanjaro #6. Alan claims that the Ace was not financially rewarding. Our sympathy goes out to him....
March 24, 2017
Louise Moore scored a Hole-in -One on the 104 yard Southern Star #7, while playing with friends. Too bad it wasn't on a Monday....
February 27, 2017
Suzie Orchowski scored a Hole -in-One on Palmetto #2 while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble. she offered to buy everyone a Villages cocktail (with extra lemon), however most had already left....
February 9, 2017
Diane Thomas scored a Hole-in-One on Bonifay-Fort Walton #2 while playing with the Ladies Championship group. Following the round, she treated everyone to a Villages cocktail.
September 19, 2016
Phil Thomas scored a Hole-in-One on Escambia#9, while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble. It was Phil's 2nd hole in one. Unfortunately , prior commitments prevented him from joining the group at lunch to celebrate. Rumor had it that he also complained about the number of $1 bills that were included in the prize pool....
March 5, 2016
John Maynard scored his second hole-in-one in 6 months as he aced #8 on Tequesta. Apparently there was no pool money and it ended up costing him $100+. We really feel sorry for ya, John....
February 11, 2016
Gloria Gray scored a Hole-in-one on Sweetgum #1 while playing with the ladies Thursday group. Rumor is that she wasn't sure she was going to play that day due to the weather....
October 29, 2015
John Maynard had a Hole-in-One on the 99- yard 4th hole on Osprey while playing with the Heights Thursday Men's group.
It was John's first ace, and he was able to drive his own cart home after the celebration...
August 9 2015
Ron Kelly eagled the par -4 8th hole on Pensacola (also known for the Pivik post), hitting a 7-iron 135 yards on his 2nd shot.
August 6, 2015
Paul Turner had a Hole-in-One on the 7th hole on Hacienda Oaks while playing with the Heights Thursday Men's group. As you can see further below, it was his 2nd Ace in two years. And 2nd time buying drinks....
July 13, 2015
Mayra Thompson had a Hole-in-One on the 78-yard 2nd hole on Southern Star while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble. It was said that the celebration could be heard on Redfish Run.
May 21, 2015
Larry Brewster and Rich Wallace both eagled the 6th hole on Pensacola. Unfortunately they cancelled each other out for a skin, so the only prize was their name in the Daily Sun.
May 6, 2015
Bruce Smith had a Hole-in-One on the 104 yard 8th hole at Spruce Creek. It was his 2nd career Hole-in-One.
May 4, 2015
Herb Scull scored a Hole-in-One at the 89 yard Mangrove #3, while playing with the Buttonwood Heights Mixed Scramble.
It was Herb's first Ace in the 48 years he has been playing golf.
March 24 2015
Bill Goldenbaum had a hole-in-one on the 127-yard 4th hole on El Santiago. He bought coffee for all following the round....
January 2015
Gus Laemmrich had a hole-in-one on the 104-yard 6th hole at Calusa (Belle Glade). Approximately 24 golfers (and some Gus-groupies) were treated to several rounds of spirits at the Belle Glade CC bar.
During the same round, Dave Bryant eagled the par-5 hole #1 at Calusa (Belle Glade)
February 2014
Pete Wipfli had a hole-in-one on the 106-yard 4th hole at Palmetto. Too bad it wasn't on a Monday.....but he did buy a round for his golfing partners.
January 2014
Frank Miller eagled the par-5 hole #5 on Monarch Golf Course in Leesburg. Unfortunately they weren't playing for skins.....
January 2014
Don Snipes had a hole-in-one on #8 at Bonita Pass on Jan 20 during the Monday outing, winning the first hole-in-one pool that had begun that day.
September 2013
Phil Thomas had a hole-in-one on the 132-yard 7th hole at Hawk Hollow in East Lansing, Michigan. Since he was already packed to return to Florida, I think it would be appropriate for him to buy a round on Monday.
July 2013
Bruce Smith was featured in an article about the history of The Battle of Gettysburg. Click here to read the article http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/news/villages/article_8508abdc-e395-11e2-9496-001a4bcf887a.html
June 2013
Herb Scull shot an albatross up North. No, not the winged, flying kind.... It was a
460 yard par 5. He hit his tee shot over a lake and his second shot was 208 yds to the flag (as measured with a rangefinder). When he and Lynne approached the green they thought he may have gone over, but there it was sitting in the hole.
What's an Albatross? Click here http://www.scottishgolfhistory.net/bogey_par.htm#Albatross
June 2013
At Cane Garden, Paul Turner had a Hole-in-One and also SHOT HIS AGE, although the score remains a mystery. There is a rumor that it was slightly over 70...Here is the info from the Daily Sun ...
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