This is a story about a golfer getting a hole in one on the wrong hole. With a slice of all things. I thought nothing good comes from a slice. I have come close a couple of times and seen other people come close as well. The par 4- 14th hole at the Country Cub of Missouri with a real narrow tree lined shoot to hit through. I have seen many balls ricochet off of the trees and bound onto the par 3- 15th green. I must admit I’ve done it a few times myself. And I’ve seen guys close to holing it out. But this has to be pretty rare.

“A Devon golfer got a hole-in-one – on the wrong hole.

Clive Seymour, 72, sliced his drive on the first hole at Hele Park in Newton Abbot, Devon, reports the Daily Mirror.

It swerved onto the green of the fourth hole – and dropped in the cup.

Three stunned golfers approaching the fourth green watched as his ball landed ahead of them.

Clive, who has a handicap of 24, said: “I’m afraid slicing is one of my problems.

“I really got hold of the drive but it went to the left, flew over some saplings and to the left of a big oak tree.

“I didn’t see where it disappeared but three lads on the fourth said it went straight in the hole.

“You could have knocked me down with a feather.”

Retired carpenter Clive, of Paignton, added: “People are saying I’ve scored the world’s first hole-in-the-wrong-one.”

Club director Duncan Arnold said: “It was unconventional, but still impressive. A hole in one – at any hole – is still a dream for many golfers.”

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