For all you amateur hackers out there who dream about nailing that perfect shot and writing a “1” on your scorecard, prepare yourself for another devastating blow to your golfing ego. You’ve heard the stories of kids hitting a hole-in-one and old men knocking down an ace, but you’ve never ever heard of a miracle shot story like Sheila Drummond’s. And that’s because she’s the first completely blind female to ever hit a hole-in-one!
Drummond made history on the fourth hole (144-yard, par-3) at the Mahoning Valley Country Club in Lehighton, PA, and the United States Blind Golfers Association have been unable to find any record of another totally blind chick hitting a hole-in-one. The 53-year-old lost her sight 26 years ago to diabetes, but like the superhero Daredevil, it appears to have only enhanced her other senses.
They were saying, ‘It’s a great shot,’ and then I heard it hit the pin,” Drummond said.
Golf Digest published in 1999 that the odds of an amateur sinking a hole-in-one are “1 in 12,750.” They also went on to say, “That number, no doubt rises, for a blind golfer.” Geez, thanks for that bit of blatant obviousness. But what we really want to know is the odds of hitting a one-shotter for non-blind, able-bodied, sports writing hackers like us. Unfortunately, we’ve got a feeling that this broad has better odds of sinking a second no-looker before we even come within ten feet of the hole!
Links:
[CBS4Denver.com]: Blind Woman Hits Historic Hole-In-One