SDGA-Honolulu: Student makes world record ace
Feb 8, 2007
It was not supposed to happen - and it will probably never happen again - but Bret Melson, a student of San Diego Golf Academy of Hawaii, made a World Record Hole in One on a 448yd Par 4 at the Ko’olau Golf Club, located in Oahu, Hawaii. This golf course, which is the home course of the SDGA Hawaii Campus, is notorious for being "The toughest golf course in the world" and this hole happens to be rated by the club as the "toughest hole".
Bret Melson is the first person ever to ace this hole! The course is set in a tropical rainforest setting with no roll or bounce on the fairways and has bragging rights as The Toughest in the Nation! With a slope rating of 158 and a course rating of 74.4 from the gold tees, there is not much room for argument. The deep hardpan bunkers, sloping fairways, deep ravines and thick jungle all around make it a golfers nightmare, one every golfer should challenge at least once in their lifetime.
The Par 4 crosses two ravines, in a C shaped setup. Bret decided to setup to cross the rainforest in One, as he has done many times in the past. While teeing up he turned to his golf partners and informed them that he was hitting a Callaway HX- Tour ball with a blue dot that he had applied himself. Using a TaylorMade 360XD Driver he went for it.
Bret turned to his golf partners and said "That's on the green" and Robert exclaimed "That's the best I've ever seen you hit the ball since you've been here at SDGA". Once everyone made it down to the green, the search began for the Callaway ball with the little blue dot. After fifteen minutes of searching the rain began to fall and it was time to give up the search, Bret turned to Robert and asked "Should we go back and check the hole?" Robert looked back at Bret with an expression that said, "You have got to be kidding me!"
Robert trudged back down to the green with the rain now pouring down all around and umbrella held high, He looked into the hole and then turned to Bret with a look of total astonishment just as he reached down into the hole and picked up the little white ball with the Blue Dot and a new World Record was set.
SDGA would like to recognize and congratulate Melson on his victory, and wish him the best of luck in the future.