"The Drinks Are On Me"

I’ve been playing golf on and off since I was in college. I’ve never had a hole-in-one in my entire life – not even at the Wendy’s Chili Open, where the holes are about 12 yards long.

On January 10^th, 2008, Leo Fiyalko hit a hole-in-one at the Cove Cay Country Club in Clearwater, Florida. He dunked a 5-iron from 110 yards out on the par-3 fifth hole.

Leo Fiyalko is 92 years old. And he’s blind.

Now I really must complain here. There is a certain amount of unfairness in play in this situation, and Mr. Fiyalko has completely ignored any semblance of a pecking order. The order, to wit, should be:

1. No one who is 92 should hit their FIRST hole-in-one before me/
2. No one who is blind should hit their FIRST hole-in-one before me.
3. No one who hits a 5-iron from 110 yards out should hit their first hole-in-one before me.

Other than that I’m happy for the old guy.