Notable Hole-In-One

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30100, 6 April 1963, Page 9

Notable Hole-In-One

A hole in one with a difference was scored by A. V. Beattie at Hanmer Springs recently; the hole in one was an albatross, reducing the scoring of ones at short holes to the commonplace. What is more, Beattie played his perfect shot at one of the most famous holes on Canterbury courses—the “Wrecker,** the fourth at Hanmer. After even one playing of the course the ’‘Wrecker” has given golfers nightmares. On the line to the hole there is a vast gully thick with

I some of the most horrid j and impenetrable of i nature’s works; there is ' seldom even a nominal 5 search for a ball hit ; there. So the fairway ' goes to the left, and ; tile dog-leg is to the J right 5 The hole is 242 yards I long, and there is a ' temptation to try to J drive the gully. But it ' is a huge gully, and be- j tween it and the green ? is a considerable growth ' of manukas. The trees J are 80 yards from the J green. Moreover, there ; is a shallow drain along j the front of the green, s But Beattie, who used ' to be the policeman at j • Hanmer Springs, to a s ; powerfully-built man, ' ! and although he to a * ! member of the Canter- ; ! bury Veterans* Golf } ; Club, he to on a hand!- J > cap of 5. He hit his j < drive straight and true ! < and the ball carried the ' > gully and the trees, 5 ! jumped the ditch, and J ! rolled into the eup. J I The “Golfer’s Hand- J ! booh** records few 5 J cases of holes in one at ; ! bogey-4 holes; Beat- J > tie’s perfect shot is be- j « UevOd to bo the first 1 » hole-in-one st the * ! “Wrecker.”