I have been playing golf since I was 13, and I have witnessed nine hole in ones during the last 56 years. Finally while playing in my golf club tournament in Coram, NY, on a 170 yard par 3 using my 5 hybrid and a yellow Titleist NXT Tour S ball it was my turn. I hit the ball straight at the elevated green, the ball landed short of the green and ran up the hill. I lost sight of the ball and thought it would run over the green. When I walked around the green I couldn't find my ball. Finally, one of my playing partners said "did you look in the hole?". What a shock! There it was at the bottom of the cup.