Barbara and John Pagana each made holes-in-one on hole No. 12 of the Ryder Course at the Port St. Lucie, Fla., club, the seventh and sixteenth of their careers, respectively.
Barbara Pagana made the seventh hole-in-one of her career on hole No. 12 at the Ryder Course at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla. An hour later on the same hole, Barbara’s husband, John, used an 8-iron from 140 yards to register his 16th career ace, PGA.com reported.
“It’s the most remarkable thing that I have seen in my 44 years in golf,” said Paul Rudeen, the PGA Director of Instruction at Ocean Edge Resort & Club in Brewster, Mass., who witnessed the aces. “Barb was struggling with proper weight shift before her tee shot, and I told her not to hang too long on her left side. The next thing you know she hit the ball, and it went into the hole.
“When we got to No. 12, Barb and I watched John one-hop his ball into the hole. I was getting really excited and John took it all in stride. It was just unbelievable.”
Barbara Pagana celebrated her 66th birthday a day earlier and it was just over a week since she wrapped up her sixth consecutive Ladies Club Championship at PGA Golf Club. She shot a 71 Friday, PGA.com reported.
“It’s exciting any time you get a hole-in-one, no matter how many you have,” said Barbara. “Once we got to the clubhouse we decided to buy drinks for PGA Golf Club members. We haven’t seen the tab yet!”
John Pagana was a longtime tennis player before taking up golf at age 38. “I knew that I would never get to see my wife if I couldn’t play golf. Today was so special. I can’t answer why we have been so blessed with holes-in-one. The Lord takes you where your heart is. For us, it is being outside and enjoying this game.”
The Pagana holes-in-one are the second aces by a husband-wife duo at PGA Golf Club in the past year. However, Marie and Pete Della Rosa of Port St. Lucie, posted their first aces a month, from May to June 2014, on the respective fifth holes of the Ryder and Wanamaker Courses, PGA.com reported.
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