HOLES IN ONE
Ex-UH Wahine coach Goo acing retirement

"I got physically abused by the guys," Vince Goo said of the treatment he received after his first ace. "There were high fives, hard slaps, headlocks." Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser

Retirement has paid off for Vince Goo, and he's still on the University of Hawai'i payroll as Rainbow Wahine basketball coach until next month.

For the first time in his passionate 33-year-old golf career, Goo got a hole in one. Playing from Oahu Country Club's back tees, Goo hit his 7-iron 198 yards with a howling wind. It landed on the apron, rolled about 12 feet and disappeared.

"We mobbed him," said Rainbow Wahine volleyball coach Dave Shoji, who was playing with Goo and was the first to call in the ace. "He was trying to be cool."

"I got physically abused by the guys," confirmed Goo, also playing with Paul Bellanca and Glenn Shea. "There were high fives, hard slaps, headlocks."

Having Shoji as a witness was particularly satisfying for Goo. Shoji had his first hole in one while playing in front of Goo at a benefit tournament. Shoji's second came on the same OCC 11th hole.

"The closest I ever got before was two strokes away," Goo joked. "I missed a lot of holes in one by two strokes."

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