hole in one double eagle

[6bmike]

- Way to go Collin! -

[Yoda]

Love to get these private messages:

Lynn i just want to say thanks again for all the help with the swing i have never played so well lately i just got a hole in one on a par 4 saturday and about a week before that i holed out from 195 and just today i hit the pin. I have never had this much confidence in a while i am making around 6-8 birdies in a round now i am thinking about gettin in the nationwide event in chattanoga on the 15th of october

Collin's Uncle Paul Neeman -- quarterfinalist in this year's Missouri Amateur -- called Sunday and told me the news about the ace on the par 4.

The hole normally plays just over 300 yards as a dogleg right around water. On this particular day, the tees were up, and the wind was favoring. So, Collin let fly a screaming 3-wood directly over water that playing companion Uncle Paul says "never left the flag."

Great stuff, Collin.

Congratuations!



P.S. If you do enter and make the qualifier for the Chattanooga Classic, I'll be at Black Creek to watch you play. Meanwhile, realize that the professional tours are the 'Land of the Meateaters.' Of the few players that earn cards, only the best survive. And it is that excellence that we, the general public, pay to see.