A Hole-In-One Christmas Message

Dec. 16, 2008 - PRLog -- National Hole-In-One Association has been collecting hole-in-one stories for nearly thirty years.  This story came to us back in 1989, we'd like to share with you during this holiday season.

Dear Sirs,
I am not sure if this qualifies as an unusual "hole-in-one", but I would like to share my experience.

As a Catholic Priest, I have often heard the joke about the priest who got a hole-in-one and couldn't tell anyone because it was on Saturday and he was supposed to be hearing confessions and sneaked out to play golf instead.  My hole-in-one is somewhat akin to that story!

I am the Catholic Chaplain at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center  in Los Angeles.  Every Sunday I celebrate Mass  (have services) for the patients and staff at 12 noon.  However, on Sunday September 24, 1989 I decided to play in the Club Championship at Mountain View Golf Course.

Even though I had told the staff weeks in advace that I would not be present for Mass, I felt a little guilty.  Every time I hit a bad shot, I just KNEW God was telling me I should be attending to my duties.  Then  I would hit a good shot and I HOPED He was saying it was really alright!  I played the entire round with a sort of  He loves me, He loves me not" feeling.  Finally on the very last hole, a 130 yard par three, I got the hole-in-one.

I guess the answer was "HE LOVES ME"

Catholic Chaplain
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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