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Local golfer aces 18th hole on once-in-a-lifetime shot

August 4, 2021   ·   0 Comments

Most avid golfers spend a lifetime hoping for that one swing on a par three that sees the ball drop into the cup on the first shot.

For Alliston rookie golfer Patrick Lout, he got the ace after just two seasons on the links.

Patrick got a hole-in-one on the 18th hole at the Shelburne Golf & Country club on Monday July 26, when he teed off with his six iron, and watched as the backspin on the ball brought it back toward the hole.

The 18th hole at Shelburne is a 155 yard par three.

The hole-in-one was witnessed by his playing partners, his dad, JD, and Michael Gilmartin.

Several club members who were watching from the club house also witnessed the event.

He’s only been playing the sport for a couple of seasons.

“I’ve only been playing for two years, but on and off,” Patrick said. “I played hockey growing up, so golf was like the off-season sport, but I never really played. I just went to the driving range with my dad. Two years ago, before COVID, my brother invited us to go out and he had an extra set of clubs and that’s what I ended up using. Last year I bought a set of clubs for a hundred bucks on Marketplace and those are the clubs I used on Monday.”

Patrick said that while he was pretty happy about the shot, at the time he didn’t realize what a big deal it was to ace the hole.

“I didn’t realize how big of a feat it was,” Patrick explained. “At first, I thought ‘awesome!’ My dad was way more excited than I was. Then I started getting messages from people saying they had been playing for 50 years and never came close.”

Describing the shot, Patrick said he used a six iron to drop the ball on the green.

“Dad went first, then my uncle went, and I asked what clubs they used,” he explained. “I decided to club up a little bit because there was wind and I used the six iron. On the swing it felt pretty good, then in landed and they were saying ‘nice shot.’ The shot landed far left on the green, but the way it started to spin, it started going toward the hole, then it disappeared. Two guys ran down from the bushes by the club house with their hands in the air and they verified that it was in the hole.”

Word got around the club house pretty fast and members congratulated him on what is a pretty rare occurrence.

By Brian Lockhart
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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