Posted on: Thursday, June 30, 2005
HOLES IN ONE
Confusion reigns after ace
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George Wong
April 13, 2004
Ala Wai Golf Course
Hole No. 2, 120 yards, 7-iron
When George Wong finally dropped his first hole-in-one, his golf group was puzzled.
Wong, who has golfed at Ala Wai for 10 years, was accustomed to collecting his ball from the water, the rough, or the sand on his drives — not the bottom of the cup.
"Where's my ball?" yelled Wong, a 60-year-old from Honolulu. "(Normally) it just goes all over the place. The guys I play with, I'm the worst of them."
His buddies thought that his ball might have dropped in, but the group that just putted out ahead had given no indication. In fact, they stood by the flag without making a sound.
"We were kind of confused," Wong said.
Wong walked up to the green to find that the group, tourists from Japan, had quietly pulled the flag out and were waiting for him to collect his ball from the hole. Once he did, they bowed, and Wong returned the favor.
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