the 19th hole
Three aces all in a day’s work
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T’S not the first time it’s happened and it
won’t be the last, but it is an extraordinary
feat when three golfers playing in
different groups on the same day score a
hole-in-one on the same hole.
The eight marker’s ball landed a metre past
the hole and spun back into the cup.
Ian Leech, Stephen Wright and Daryl Docherty
defied the odds when they aced the 122m par3 eighth hole at City Golf Club, Toowoomba
during a recent Saturday competition.
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hief ‘addicted
to golf’
The eight-handicapper used a nine-iron to
score his hole-in-one.
WHAT do you call a man or woman who
steals almost $10,000 worth of golf clubs
and other golfing paraphernalia from a
pro shop?
Not to be outdone Daryl, who was in the
afternoon field, made it ace number three for
the day.
The short eighth hole doesn’t have a lot of
protection although players have to hit over
a creek to a two-tiered green, which has a
bunker short right.
Playing in the morning field, Ian, who plays
off a 17 handicap, got the ball rolling when
his well-struck six-iron found the cup, which
was on the front of the green.
City Golf Club golf operations manager
Andrew Webb said a tree on the right could
come into play.
“The ball went past the pin up the hill, then
rolled back down the hill and kept rolling and
rolling slowly then went in,” he said.
“The best shot for right-handers is to hit a
fade on this hole,” he said.
Stephen Wright, also in the morning field,
used his trusty eight-iron to score his ace.
In addition to bragging rights, the golfers
received a bottle of Scotch and a $50 club
Give up?
A golf addict. Seriously.
Police in the US state of Washington
arrested a suspect who stole $US9200
worth of clubs and other gear from Gold
Mountain Golf Club.
ACES: Ian Leech, Stephen Wright and Daryl
Docherty scored a hole-in-one at the same hole
on the same day.
Detectives nabbed him after he was
trying to sell the equipment online.
voucher and will have their names added to
the honourboard.
According to the local police chief Steve
Strachan, robberies of this nature were
often the result of addictions.
There were 220 players in the field.
FOOTNOTE: City Golf Club is home to the
Queensland PGA Championship.
However, this was the first one police
had seen “that looks like golf addiction”.
What next? Someone picks up your golf
ball and when confronted says, “Sorry mate,
I’m a golf addict addicted to golf balls”.
Top shot lands Ryley victory
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His next shot was through a small gap in
the trees.
HE late Seve Ballesteros, a master at
playing miracle shots from difficult
positions, would have been proud of a
pressure shot Ryley Martin (Buderim) played
to help him win the Central Queensland 54hole Junior Open Championship at Capricorn
Resort in Central Queensland.
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oms dressing
down
It didn’t faze him and he executed it
perfectly and watched as the ball finished
within tap-in range of the hole.
As they say, fortune favours the brave.
THE Poms have finally twigged.
Meanwhile, Blake, who was in the centre of
the fairway off the tee, saw his approach shot
finish up in light rough.
In a sudden-death playoff with Childers Golf
Club’s Blake Dowling, Ryley ݅́