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08-04-2001, 10:54 PM
......of the cup. Golf is easy, for some.
3-year-old makes hole-in-one at California course
July 31, 2001
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) -- Three-year-old Jake Paine swung his Snoopy driver and watched his golf ball soar 40 yards in the air, roll 25 feet and drop into the sixth hole at Lake Forest Golf and Practice Course.
``Daddy, I got a hole-in-one!'' the little boy told his father, Bill, after the ball dropped in Monday.
The feat was logged by the course, assistant starter Jeff McDonald said.
Jake's shot may be a record. The Guinness Sports Record Book published in 1997 said the youngest person to get a hole-in-one was 5.
Jake, of Rancho Santa Margarita, called it a ``Tiger shot,'' referring to his hero, Tiger Woods, who got his first hole-in-one when he was 6.
The youngster, who got a special permit to play golf a year ago, ended up shooting 48 on the nine-hole, par-29 course.
When asked to repeat the feat later that day, Jake -- who has never had a lesson -- stepped up to the tee and dropped the ball only a few feet from the cup.
As he left the course for the day, Jake yawned and told his dad, ``I'm sleepy. I can have more Tiger shots tomorrow.''
3-year-old makes hole-in-one at California course
July 31, 2001
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) -- Three-year-old Jake Paine swung his Snoopy driver and watched his golf ball soar 40 yards in the air, roll 25 feet and drop into the sixth hole at Lake Forest Golf and Practice Course.
``Daddy, I got a hole-in-one!'' the little boy told his father, Bill, after the ball dropped in Monday.
The feat was logged by the course, assistant starter Jeff McDonald said.
Jake's shot may be a record. The Guinness Sports Record Book published in 1997 said the youngest person to get a hole-in-one was 5.
Jake, of Rancho Santa Margarita, called it a ``Tiger shot,'' referring to his hero, Tiger Woods, who got his first hole-in-one when he was 6.
The youngster, who got a special permit to play golf a year ago, ended up shooting 48 on the nine-hole, par-29 course.
When asked to repeat the feat later that day, Jake -- who has never had a lesson -- stepped up to the tee and dropped the ball only a few feet from the cup.
As he left the course for the day, Jake yawned and told his dad, ``I'm sleepy. I can have more Tiger shots tomorrow.''