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His 8th Hole in One is Something to SHOUT About!
Scott Bess is a long, long time friend of mine. We started playing golf together when we were about 15 or 16 years old. Scott was #1 on my Hickman High School golf team and was a big part of the team winning 3 state titles in a row. My senior year we won the title by 13 strokes, beating Tom Watson’s team by 27 strokes, they were favored to win. Yes, it was that Tom Watson. Scott finished 2nd in the state behind Tom, Jeff Smith and I finished tied for 7th and Tom Dersham, finished 12th in the state. We pretty much lapped everyone that year.
Scott was also the only golfer to beat Tom in the Missouri State Amateur tournament that Tom started winning when he was about 17 or 18 years old. Watson won 5 out of 6 years, only being beaten by Scott.
After college Scott turned pro and has been playing and working in the golf industry his whole life. And he is funny.
He sent this to me today and I couldn’t resist posting it:
“I was thinking to myself the other day that it had been so long since I had a hole-in-one, that I couldn’t remember the last one. Â Somebody asked me how many I had and I said 6, then later remembered another to make 7. Â To be clear, I was thinking that almost every day in the paper somebody has one at a nearby course, and I was feeling left out.
So, today I played Old Hawthorne, a new course in Columbia, and started the round with two lost balls and an 8 on the first hole. Â Then, on the second hole, in between clubs but not in the mood to be gentle, I hit a seven iron that appeared to go right into the hole. Â And so it did!
That’s fun enough, but the best is coming: I called Mary (my wife) to tell her the news and she listened patiently to the above and then said: “Is that all you called for?” Â Then one of the others in the group called his wife to tell her what he saw (he has never had a hole-in-one) and she said: “Is this his first one? Â When she was told it was number 8, she said “So, what’s the big deal?” Â Then I went into the pro shop and one of the assistants said “damn, that’s the first one on that hole, and I missed by just an inch the other day.”
In short, I guess I need to keep my hole-in-one stories to myself, but I had to tell somebody! Â S”
Can’t wait for your 9th one!
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