![]() "It was something special," Fitzgerald said. The odds of making the aces on the same hole in consecutive rounds are 1 in 5.7 million, said director of golf Shawn Ward in an email. Still, Fitzgerald missed a third ace by just five feet. So when Fitzgerald got to the hole on Saturday, he said the pin was "in an impossible spot." They asked for everyone to hold their applause, then announced he had done it again in the first round.Īfter he was done Friday, Fitzgerald said he had joked with Moe Kent, one of Hideout's owners, that the hole was too easy. I'm now known as the 'Hole-In-One Guy.'"īefore Saturday's round, the tournament official announced that Fitzgerald had made a hole-in-one during the practice round. We walked up there and sure enough, it was in there. The caddie said 'I can't see the ball.' It could've rolled off the side or anything. The hole was 105 yards, and again a little downwind, so Fitzgerald used a 52-degree wedge. FitzSimons warned the competing twosome in the group and their caddie that Fitzgerald had aced the hole in the practice round. Phil FitzSimons, approached the hole late in the day. Two days later during the tournament, Fitzgerald, who was a guest of Hideout member Dr. It hit the pin and it just stayed in the hole. We walked up, and there was a dent on the left-hand side of the cup. "We heard it hit the flag, but we couldn't see it. "It was downwind a little bit and I pulled out a pitching wedge," he said. "I've had two holes-in-one in my life, and I get them back-to-back at this course, which is one of my favorites to play."ĭuring the practice round on March 9, Fitzgerald made a hole-in-one from 120 yards with a pitching wedge on No. "I've been playing golf for probably 55 years," said Fitzgerald, who retired from the municipal bond investment business at the end of 2015. Jim Fitzgerald, a 67-year-old retiree from Chicago, was playing in Hideout Golf Club's 17th annual Member-Guest last week. ![]() Leave it to Southwest Florida for more out-of-the-ordinary holes-in-one.
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