The second hole of BallenIsles Country Club’s South Course will always be a special place for members Lori Garon and Lisa Hoberman as the ladies recently made history there – collecting an incredible two holes-in-one while playing in the same group. The odds of a single hole-in-one for an amateur are 12,500 to 1, the odds of TWO players from the same foursome acing the same hole are an astounding 1 in 17 million.
On May 6, Garon and Hoberman were playing the South Course at the Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., club with friends Susan Sack and Suzanne Sussman when they approached the 97-yard, par-3, second hole. Just prior to Garon hitting her shot, Hoberman mentioned to the group that her husband Larry had made a hole-in-one on the hole in December 2024. Garon stepped up after hearing that and lo and behold, made a hole-in-one. Hoberman, who was the last to hit, watched her ball land on the green and roll straight into the hole, for the second ace. That’s right, two balls in the hole waiting to be retrieved.
While all the story telling and action was going on near the tee, at the greenside, a longtime BallenIsles Country Club maintenance crew associate, Estequer Renoit, was working nearby and had paused to watch the ladies hit. Renoit, who had set the hole location earlier that morning, witnessed both of the holes-in-one and was aghast to what he witnessed and waited to be there to celebrate with the ladies.
The aces were the first for both Garon and Hoberman. Garon has been a member of BallenIsles Country Club since December 2014, and Hoberman since March 2015. The two regularly play together but have never experienced anything like this before.
With three 18-hole championship golf courses – South, North and East – BallenIsles Country Club averages approximately three holes-in-one per month. According to the club’s golf staff, this is the first time in recent history that two golfers in the same foursome have made aces.
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