On the Napier green for 68 years, and 11 holes in one

From left Lesley Jones, Janice Roberts and the ball, pin and cup from hole-in-one No 11, Jo Free, Lis Stringer and Lynda Ellingham. Photo / Kay Glenny

Evergreen Napier golfer Janice Roberts may be taking it a bit easier on the golf course these days, mainly nine-holes at a time, and three days a week – at the age of 80.

But it hasn't stopped her adding yet another notch to her list of holes-in-one which may now be a national women's record, claiming her 11th at the Napier Golf Club's Waiohiki course on Friday.

Having started the round at 8.30am in a threesome with clubmates Kay Glenny and Lesley Jones, it was straight down the middle with hybrid set's 7-wood, onto the green and into the cup at lucky No 7, the hole where six of the other aces have happened over the years.

Two others have come on the 138-metres 11th, and the other two on the 152-metres 15th, all dating back to a bit of a flourish when she got two holes-in-one in 1999, something she matched in 2008.

The excitement doesn't wane, and the news spread quickly enough for usual 18-holes match partners Jo Free, Lis

It was with Stringer that she won the 2015 New Zealand Women's Autumn Foursome at Waiohiki,

She first played at the age of 11, she said after one of her other aces in 2013, and has now been playing for 68 years.

Scoring holes-in-one can be a costly business, with shouts at the bar continuing despite the number of times, and Roberts said, as she celebrated at a friend's home early Friday evening she'd be shouting the Wednesday golfers next week.

In the meantime, a search will go on to establish whether any other woman has shot 11 holes-in-one, or more, Roberts having traded shots Marton golfer Jenny Ritchie, but now thought to have surged ahead..

There are many tales of prowess on the fairways and greens, but one has it that Californian golfer Norman Manley is said to have claimed 59 over the 15 years from 1964 to 1979.

One genius has calculated holes-in-one happen about once in every 3500 rounds around the World.