By Steve Hubrecht
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A Radium resident hit the shot of a lifetime on the golf course recently, then turned around and did it all over again the very next day.
Frances Jamieson is an avid golfer, but all the same she told the Pioneer she never expected to get a hole-in-one. Well, on Sunday, Aug. 29 she did, on the fourth hole (a par three) on The Springs course in Radium. As if that wasn’t enough, she got a hole-in-one on the same course on Monday, Aug. 30, this time on the fourteenth hole (also a par three).
“I thought I’d never get a hole-in-one, but clearly it happens. No skill required, just luck,” Jamieson told the Pioneer, joking “maybe it’s just a matter of practicing until you’re 85.” (Jamieson turned 85 this summer).
Jamieson hit the ball close to the green for the first hole-in-one, on the fourth hole, but wasn’t initially clear on just how close. “We saw it bounce, and we weren’t exactly sure where it was, or if it may have gone in the hole, until we got right up to it. Then we saw it in the hole and, of course, got excited,” she said.
The second hole-in-one, on the fourteenth hole, came after Jamieson shot her ball up on the bank to the left of the green. “It came off the bank and then slowly rolled down 15 or 20 feet into the hole, I couldn’t believe it,” she said.
As custom dictates, Jamieson bought drinks for the group both ahead of her and behind her, following both her holes-in-one. As part of tradition, The Springs gave Jamieson the flags from both the fourth and fourteenth holes to keep. Jamieson and her husband live on The Springs course, and have played there many times, but she noted that never has she had back-to-back games quite as memorable as she did on Aug. 29 and 30.
many times, but she noted that never has she had back-to-back games quite as memorable as she did on Aug. 29 and 30.
