Florida teen golfer makes rare par-4 hole-in-one among two aces. And there's more
A 14-year-old golfer from Jacksonville, Florida, made two hole-in-ones, including a rare par-4 ace, and found golf transformed his life.
Josiah Foster doesn’t expect a tee shot to go in the hole every time he plays golf. But lately, the hole sure keeps getting in the way. On March 26, the 14-year-old Jacksonville, Florida, resident made his second hole-in-one at the Hidden Hills Country Club, using a pitching wedge from 120 yards to knock a TaylorMade ball to the back-left pin.
His first was two years ago at the Brentwood Golf Club. Less than three weeks later, on April 14, Foster struck again, from more than double the distance, with the longest club in his bag, for the rarest of aces: On a par-4 hole. He launched his Titleist GT2 driver at a Kirkland ball from 267 yards on the 17th hole at the Jacksonville Beach Golf Club and watched it land on the green.
He didn't see it go into the hole and, like most golfers, initially thought the worst. He and playing partner Robert Holmes started looking behind the green because Foster had flushed it, with a slight wind to their back. “I thought the ball was probably going to go over the green because it hit [the green] midway,” he said.
“We checked the back side, checked the front, checked every other place and then checked the hole and it was there. ” There it was, nestled in the cup. Here’s how much Foster is beating the odds: The National Hole In One Registry estimates a 10-handicap player (Foster is a 10.
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