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**viagradiscounttt** · 08-19-2009, 07:58 PM

You are right about a HIO for the average hacker being a lucky shot, with some help from skill, and/or talent. Example, I took a a good friend golfing, who had never golfed before. First hole was a par 3, and he aced it. No golf skills, but a very good baseball player. The rest of the round he shot another 124 strokes. There are some touring golf pros who do not have a HIO. Lot's of skill, and talent there, just not lucky enough as yet. I know a guy who plays "Natural Golf", and has 4 aces, and is a 6 hdcpr. I think skill, and talent helps to get the ball flying in the right direction, but after that a certain degree of luck has to take over. Holly Grail? Yes, I would put a HIO right up there in the #2 position, right behind a "59".

I read an article recently that debated whether a hole-in-one was truly the Holy Grail of golfers. The author pointed out that not only did brand new golfers, but also lousy golfers, politicians, celebrities, just about anybody could get a hole-in-one. Your ball could take several bounces and rebounds and still go in. Blind and elderly golfers get them. The estimate was 150,000 per year. It's a goal all golfers can aspire to and often achieve without any real skill or talent. With that in mind - do you still consider a hole-in-one to be the Holy Grail of golf?

08-19-2009, 07:58 PM	#10
viagradiscounttt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 521 Senior Member	You are right about a HIO for the average hacker being a lucky shot, with some help from skill, and/or talent. Example, I took a a good friend golfing, who had never golfed before. First hole was a par 3, and he aced it. No golf skills, but a very good baseball player. The rest of the round he shot another 124 strokes. There are some touring golf pros who do not have a HIO. Lot's of skill, and talent there, just not lucky enough as yet. I know a guy who plays "Natural Golf", and has 4 aces, and is a 6 hdcpr. I think skill, and talent helps to get the ball flying in the right direction, but after that a certain degree of luck has to take over. Holly Grail? Yes, I would put a HIO right up there in the #2 position, right behind a "59". I read an article recently that debated whether a hole-in-one was truly the Holy Grail of golfers. The author pointed out that not only did brand new golfers, but also lousy golfers, politicians, celebrities, just about anybody could get a hole-in-one. Your ball could take several bounces and rebounds and still go in. Blind and elderly golfers get them. The estimate was 150,000 per year. It's a goal all golfers can aspire to and often achieve without any real skill or talent. With that in mind - do you still consider a hole-in-one to be the Holy Grail of golf?
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