Rather than hide the evidence, Whanganui golfer Lindsay Anderson snapped this shot of his ace at Belmont with his phone on Saturday.
Rather than hide the evidence, Whanganui golfer Lindsay Anderson snapped this shot of his ace at Belmont with his phone on Saturday.
Losing three fingers and a thumb has improved the accuracy of Whanganui golfer Lindsay Anderson.
The retired businessman slotted the second hole-in-one of his long golfing career at the Belmont course on Saturday.
"My first was at Belmont in 2016 on the 12th hole and now this one on the9th," Anderson said.
"Funny enough I coudn't get one when I had all my fingers, but have now scored two since losing them. Obviously it has improved my accuracy."
Anderson, a longtime Wanganui Golf Club member, used a 9 iron to hit the sweat spot and then watch as the ball hit the green, roll toward the pin and drop into the hole.
"I was playing in just the normal Saturday competition and in a four that included a guy who has just moved here from up north. We all watched it drop. Thankfully I got lucky. The pin was behind the bunker and quite hard to putt to if you're not on the right side."I was also a bit lucky the bar wasn't too full, although I did fork out a few dollars,' Anderson said.
The ace was the sixth hole-in-one in the greater Whanganui region since the last official one on the same hole by John Maslin at the beginning of last month.
