Hole-in-one Dad of two nets £1m

CliffyBiro · 22 Sep 2009 at 09:57

Wasn't sure if this was suited for GD or Sports so played it safe in here.

Awesome story:

THIS is the moment an amateur golfer went wild after scooping a cool $1million in a hole-in-one competition.
Restaurant manager Jason Hargett ran out on to the fairway and collapsed as a crowd behind him cheered his incredible 150 yard shot-of-a lifetime.

The 35-year-old only entered a "get a hole-in-one, win $1 million!" on a par three charity contest in Utah, US, at the last minute.

And with organisers estimating the odds of anyone doing it at one in 45,000, Jason thought he had no chance.

But to everyone's amazement the lucky dad-of-two hit a wonder shot using a nine-iron to walk away with the prize.

Jason said he didn't feel any pressure when he made the shot because no-one expected him to get it in.

He added: "You go up, and it's not something you expect to make. It feels good to be a millionaire!"

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2647778/Hole-in-one-nets-dad-of-two-1m.html

Tom0 · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:04

Hahaha what a shot, awesome.

bledd · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:08

Have to love things like this

MonkeyNews · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:13

Great shot from the dad of two

antijoke · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:18

Awesome.

ScarySquirrel · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:18

I do hope he isn't expected to donate it back to the charity.

Awesome video though, what an amazing feeling that must have been!

Participant · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:20

150 yd. 9 iron?! Blimey, powah.

georges · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:27

does this mean the charity has lost money?

Sukh · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:27

Its not 150 carry and straight into the hole though, its probably 120 carry and then bounced rolled into the hole

y2viks · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:31

Fantastic

ScarySquirrel · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:32

Sukh said:
Its not 150 carry and straight into the hole though, its probably 120 carry and then bounced rolled into the hole

Did you watch the video?

The ball landed behind the hole and rolled BACKWARDS into it, not forwards.

Rotty · 22 Sep 2009 at 11:00

who estimated those odds ? they want a bullet

Viper² · 22 Sep 2009 at 11:20

Rotty said:
who estimated those odds ? they want a bullet

45,000/1 lol. Probably about 100 times that.

And there's a sweary in the video.

kefkef · 22 Sep 2009 at 11:30

You get lucky in the US with the rules of golf. If that competition was run over here, you would have to make the choice of losing your amateur status for at least 2 years (meaning you cant enter any club competitions etc) and playing off a scratch handicap with a professional status or giving all the money to chairty. In the US they made a provision for amateur golfers to be allowed to play in hole-in-one competitions without losing their amateur status.

Nice shot though. Been close a few times (about 2-3 inches) but never actually scored one in 2.5yrs of golf.

Sukh · 22 Sep 2009 at 11:34

ScarySquirrel said:
Did you watch the video?

The ball landed behind the hole and rolled BACKWARDS into it, not forwards.

Lol, sorry nope I didn't even open the link, just saw the distance and club.

Edit: having watched it, it looks like it bounced before the green and the green is sloped back to front and hence rolled up the green around and down?

deano_deano · 22 Sep 2009 at 12:04

What a lucky guy. I hope he's a nice bloke that deserves the luck.

Rotty · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:00

Viper² said:
45,000/1 lol. Probably about 100 times that.

And there's a sweary in the video.

nothing like it, odds are much lower than you would think

davetrace1 · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:35

this is probz fake, the sun make up so much bull crap

Viper² · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:42

Rotty said:
nothing like it, odds are much lower than you would think

How exactly?

Mr_White · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:43

"get a hole-in-one, win $1 million!"

So he's actually won £627k, not £1m

Sun fail!