I'm no golfer, so is this a big deal?

Question

And what is an 'Ace'?

Boy, 11, Fires Ace In Just His 3rd Time Golfing

BISMARCK, N.D. - Golfing for just the third time, 11-year-old Allan Saylor was whacking the ball around with a friend, not even keeping score. A hole-in-one? No big deal. The sixth-grader fired the ace Wednesday on the 150-yard, par-3 sixth hole at the neighboring Mandan Municipal Golf Course, using a driver borrowed from his buddy.

He said the shot felt good at contact.

"It was a pretty low shot, a pretty flat drive," he recalled. "It probably rolled about 10 feet and the rest of it was in the air. It was probably one of my farthest shots."

Allan, whose favorite hobbies have been pheasant hunting and football, said he let out a "whoop" and high-fived his friend, 11-year-old Ethan Luck, when he saw the ball disappear in the hole. But the boys didn't think much more about it.

They were milling about the clubhouse waiting for a ride home when golf pro Patrick Wingard asked about their day at the course.

A group playing a hole ahead of the boys also witnessed the ace. The talk of it had just begun to spread when Allan and his friend finished up.

"I don't think they really thought it was a big deal," Wingard said. "I asked him if he knew what he just did, and he said, 'Not really.'"

Allan was mum about his hole-in-one when he got home, and never told his mom, Karen, about it.

"I didn't even know what a hole-in-one was," she said. "We're not golf people."

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Answer 1

i live right in front of a golf course, and i don't know what the h**l they were talking about, except when they said hole in one.

Answer 2

My daughter, who is now 15 and an avid golfer, had a hole in one when she was 11 on a 110 yard par 3 hole.  Big deal for her, big deal for us, but honestly outside of our neighborhood, not a big deal.  She did this on the 8th hole and when she got to the 9th tee, she said, that was fun, I want to do that again on this hole.  

Answer 3

Hey, I'm in Denver, CO & it made national news even on my cellaphone where I also receive news updates as well as breaking news.

How many adults have aced a hole on their 3rd time golfing, ever? Yes, it's big news! For ANYONE who aces a hole, trust me, it's big news! For the person who did it especially!

Answer 4

It's a big deal to avid golfers.  I've been playing almost a decade and have never had one.  I've been close, but that only counts with horsehoes and grenades.  Luck is needed sometimes when you play golf.  I would like to have that kid's luck just once.  I'll bet he'll play golf more often after all the attention he is getting.    

Answer 5

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Answer 6

It's not a big deal at all.  Much like that time I killed that 800# elk with a rubber band.  Just chance, that's all.

Answer 7

So lucky.. i say, without any skill about 1 ina million chance of that  

Answer 8

That's a pretty cool story.  Good for him for not bragging all over about it, even after he was told what he did was special.  We could use a lot more kids like him IMO.