New golfer scores hole-in-one after five weeks

EWGA Press Release

New golfer Colette Hogan (pictured) scored a hole-in-one just FIVE WEEKS after taking up the game.

She was inspired to play by her fiancé, Mark Forrest, a six-handicap member at Fishwick Hall Golf Club in Preston. He’s never had a hole in one – in a golfing career of almost 20 years – but he witnessed Colette’s shot every inch of the way on the 119-yard 18th hole at his home course.

Colette, who used a three-wood, said: “He went white in the face and told me that he thought the ball went into the cup. I thought he was winding me up. We walked up the footpath and I realised that the ball was out of sight and my heart started to beat a lot. I dropped the trolley down and ran to the flag. I looked down into the hole and the ball was there. I shrieked!”

The couple are both deaf gol fers and Mark has represented the English Deaf Golf Association in world championships and other events. Colette has caddied for him over the last two years and has recently had her first golf lesson.

She’s joined a society, Teeside Deaf Golf, and hopes to become a member at Fishwick Hall. Colette has also recently become the women’s officer for the EDGA: www.englishdeafgolfassociation.com