Last month Kelvin Heights man George Shaw scored an ace on the course’s seventh hole while playing with his Frankton Masters buddies in the Wednesday night "twilight golf" comp. Last Wednesday night, one of those buddies, long-time local Tom Butters, got an ace of his own — with Mr Shaw looking on. Mr Butters said when his four-strong playing group reached the seventh, they proceeded to give Mr Shaw some ribbing about the prospects of him repeating his heroics. Mr Butters had always used an eight-iron on the hole, but decided to use a seven for the first time because of a brisk head wind. It was his first ace in the 20 years he had played the game, although he had come close a couple of times.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 31, 2021 15:33 UTC