iStockphoto
You can play golf your entire life without recording a hole-in-one, and if you’ve spent years trying to check off that elusive achievement to not avail, you’re going to be very, very jealous of a seven-year-old who managed to sink an ace in the first round he ever played.
Based on the statistics compiled by the PGA of America, the average golfer has a 1-in-12,500 chance of making a hole-in-one whenever they step up to the tee box on a par-3.
Those odds improve to 1-in-3,000 when you’re talking about a player on the PGA Tour, but that really just shows skill can only do so much when it comes to experiencing what most people would consider the ultimate golf achievement.
2024 has been a big year in the hole-in-one department thanks to some of the wild stories we’ve been treated to courtesy of a 13-year-old who got two aces in the same round and a guy who somehow holed out from the tee on back-to-back par-4s while defying the 1-in-36 trillion odds against him.
Now, we can add a new entry to the log courtesy of what transpired at Ross-on-Wye Golf Club in Gorsley, England earlier this week.
According to England Golf, seven-year-old Walter Hall has been learning the ins and outs of the sport while taking part in the junior training program overseen by his father Tim, who works as the head pro at the club.
On Sunday, Walter got the chance to hit the course for the first round of his life for nine holes where the primary mission was to get a feel for the difference between the links and the range.
However, things took a very unexpected turn when he teed off on the 111-yard par-3 7th, as his dad and two other witnesses were standing by to watch him hit a “perfect” shot that made its way toward the pin before dropping into the hole for an ace.
It would be pretty tough for a seven-year-old to buy a round of drinks at the clubhouse after the round, but Walter was still able to celebrate with the pizza party that was thrown in his honor.
Must be nice.