It could be described as an item on a "bucket list" - but in the case of veteran Hastings golfer Bill Nutsford it was more of a "cup" list.
Like the 18 of them spread across the greens at the Hawke's Bay Golf Club's course at Bridge Pa.
Mr Nutsford is a sprightly 81-year-old who likes nothing more than to pack up the clubs and head out for a few rounds of golf every week.
While the rounds with mates are pretty relaxed, he has long harboured one ambition - to complete a round with a score which equalled, or was lower, than his age.
He said as the years added up the score got higher and appeared more achievable.
"But of course it's a two-way thing because with age you slow up a bit - so the score looks easier but it gets harder."
But last Monday he did it - bagging a 79, which delighted him and his playing chum Bert Selles.
"So I got the first part of my bucket list," he said with a laugh.
The first part?
Oh yes, the competitive streak in Mr Nutsford doesn't stop there.
"Now I want to get a hole in one - I've been close a couple of times but haven't got one yet."
He has been playing at the Hawke's Bay Golf Club at Bridge Pa for the past four years, but before that, and during a round at the Hastings club, he was denied by a ball in the way.
After a mate teed off at the eighth hole and watched his ball pull up just short of the hole Mr Nutsford light-heartedly asked him to mark the spot and move the ball out of the way just in case his following drive was on target.
Which it was ...but his ball which trickled toward the hole struck his mate's ball and was deflected off course.
"It would have gone in - hole in one," he said.
"But we didn't expect that to happen so I wasn't too worried ... just one of those things."
There is also a third golfing wish on his list and that is to reduce his 16 handicap down to single figures, as it was "a few years ago."
He started playing about 40 years ago when he was living in Gore - before moving to Hawke's Bay in 1977.
Every Monday he tees off during veterans day, where they all put a few coins in the kitty and winners can walk away with three or four dollars.
No, he laughed, it was far from a professional competition.
"Just a bit of fun."
He also pops out on Wednesdays and Fridays to play a round with mates, as he will continue to do as there are still a couple of things on that list he has yet to cross off.