The Still Aceless Thread

[fixyurdivot 16,643]

Another long time friend and I are still ace-less after decades of playing the game.  Like so many, we've been very close but close just dosen't count.  We started sharing pictures of our latest "close encounters" to commiserate with one another.  I thought it would be fun to start a larger therapy group here on MGS. 

I'll start off with my most recent.  Hole #17 at Desert Hills GC in Yuma, AZ.  Playing at 140 yards to the front flag, 8i. 

Looking back at the tee

 

 

[GolfSpy MPR 12,187]

Love this thread idea, and I'll definitely be contributing.

[Tom the Golf Nut 7,767]

I'm in.. I had a trophy picked out. You know the kind where you insert the actual ball in it. But I'm sure that company is out of business by now!  I've been waiting 30 years to purchase it... and counting.....

[GolfSpy MPR 12,187]

I don't have the decades-long chase that some of you have. I've only been playing regularly for about 8 years now.

What I do have is an 8-year-old who constantly reminds me that he has an ace, and that he got his when he was 5. So that's my burden.

[pulledabill 2,708]

Started golfing when I was im grade school and at age 53 still looking. I did take about 10 years off so maybe thats the problem. lol...Scared it and hit a few sticks along the way. Last year when we started playing those foam inserts, I thought I had an ace only to find the ball a foot above the stick....hmm..to this day I believe without the foam, I had an ace.  Back to playing and maybe more par 3 three courses should be on my agenda. 

Good luck to all of us.

[Shapotomous 4,841]

7 minutes ago, GolfSpy MPR said:

I don't have the decades-long chase that some of you have. I've only been playing regularly for about 8 years now.

What I do have is an 8-year-old who constantly reminds me that he has an ace, and that he got his when he was 5. So that's my burden.

I don't know of any 8 year olds that I don't like....... but I think I could make an exception!!   

Been playing since the 70's....many, many close calls... sticks hit, lip outs, tap in birdies.....but no H I O's.

I am glad to join this therapy thread!!  

[pulledabill 2,708]

Maybe I should stuff a $100 bill in my bag so Im ready to buy drinks. Im good at spending $100s  

[Tom the Golf Nut 7,767]

I think this thread could be the longest in MGS history!

[ParFore74x 1,088]

Oh this thread will be so awesome.

Like so many others, I’ve been oh so close. . It’s one of the things about this game that I love though. 

[TR1PTIK 3,492]

I'll play. Not my first brush with an ace, but certainly the closest. #8 at Carthage Municipal Golf Course in Carthage, MO. Forget what the yardage was on that particular day, but it normally plays ~200 yards. Pin was at the front, greens freshly aerated, and playing into the wind if I recall correctly. Hit my 3 Hybrid low and up the right side of the green and watched it roll left towards the hole before stopping here...    

 

 

Think it goes in if the greens weren't punched???

[GolfSpy MPR 12,187]

At the end of the season, the winner of this thread is the guy whose ball finished closest to the hole without a hole in one.

[pulledabill 2,708]

A little research found that 40% of aces are made with a 7, 8, or 9i.  

Titleist account for 45% of all aces.  

Average years of playing is 24 years. 

Average hdcp is a 14. 

3500/1 to make an ace. 

[fixyurdivot 16,643]

1 hour ago, GolfSpy MPR said:

I don't have the decades-long chase that some of you have. I've only been playing regularly for about 8 years now.

What I do have is an 8-year-old who constantly reminds me that he has an ace, and that he got his when he was 5. So that's my burden.

Poor Kirke, robbed early of a lifelong chase for the ace .  If he checks off the albatross before his 13th B-day, we'll have to start a MGS GoFundMe until he gets his own sponsors.

[MattF 14,156]

8" is the closest for me 2 seasons ago but I think this year I'll be a major contributor to this thread. 

[Tom the Golf Nut 7,767]

So not to depress anyone other than myself...… I play between 50 to 75 rounds a year. So lets use 50.

50 rounds times 4 par three's is 200 attempts a year. 200 times 30 years is 6,000. For three years I played a work league on a par three course in CT. We played nine holes after work.  A real par three course not a pitch and putt. So add 5 holes times 20 rounds, times three years is 300.  So I have tried 6,300 times to get a hole in one.   I stink at this part of the game! 

On a positive note... This will be the year!

[Tom the Golf Nut 7,767]

27 minutes ago, GolfSpy MPR said:

At the end of the season, the winner of this thread is the guy whose ball finished closest to the hole without a hole in one.

Great so now I need to add a tape measure in my bag. But I know the day I finally get one it will be early Sunday morning and playing by myself and no witnesses. That will be the ultimate kick in the pants. But at least I'll know I finally did it.  

[CRW 223]

I don't have any pictures, but I'm aceless and have been playing around 7 years now.  It took my dad about 30 years to get his one and only ace.

[THEZIPR23 6,382]

I have been playing since 1995 and have had just about every imaginable situation occur except for the ball to end up in the hole. But here is the worst, my Dad, who got me into the game, never made a hole in 1, technically. Short par 3, pin in front, hits PW directly at the hole, flies about 3 feet short and spins off the the front of the green. Pissed knowing he can hit the shot he drops another ball flies it 10 feet past the hole it spins and goes in center cut! OUCH!! He tragically passed away at 50 so that was/is the only hole in one in the family. I wasn't playing with him and the time but my FIL, who never had one either, did the same thing when I was playing with him about 15 years ago. 

I play a lot of golf by myself, I am fully confident that one day I will make an ace, but I also know that it will come playing by myself with no one within 400 yards. 

So my family tree of aces will have 2 aces that were on second shots and 1 who made his with no witnesses. Such a tragedy. 

[Siamese Moose 731]

52 minutes ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Great so now I need to add a tape measure in my bag. But I know the day I finally get one it will be early Sunday morning and playing by myself and no witnesses. That will be the ultimate kick in the pants. But at least I'll know I finally did it.  

It would probably be a jinx, but you could use a Sharpie to put 6" marks on your putter shaft in lieu of a tape measure. 

I have two close calls: the first was in my league, about 160 yards, ball came up one revolution short. The second one I didn't see, but it had to be close. Uphill, so the surface of the green was not visible, 180ish. Got there and my ball mark was a few inches in front of the pin, the ball was a few inches behind, and a straight line between them went through the center of the cup.

I have to admit, I've probably used up my luck. I have three albatrosses, but I would give all three for an ace. 

[Shapotomous 4,841]

1 hour ago, fixyurdivot said:

Poor Kirke, robbed early of a lifelong chase for the ace .  If he checks off the albatross before his 13th B-day, we'll have to start a MGS GoFundMe until he gets his own sponsors.

Just to make us feel better I think his dad needs to be handing him the snow shovel and kicking him out the door to fund his own 8 yo hole in one self!! They are in Michigan after all.  And he could even be muttering "Hows that H I O feel now punk" as he hands him the shovel!