Lyn Parry, 74, has achieved a outstanding {golfing} feat, having fun with no fewer than THREE holes-in-one in a month – on the estimated odds of 1.95 trillion to at least one!
Lyn, who started {golfing} on the age of 58, made her first hole-in-one roughly 10 years in the past, and had one other just some years later, each at her house membership Downes Crediton – on the thirteenth and summer season eleventh holes.
However 2025 has proved her most memorable {golfing} yr up to now, after an astonishing 31 days in Devon.
She defined: “The primary one (pic under) was on the day of our membership AGM, the third gap at Downes Crediton. It was a sunny afternoon and the greens had simply been sanded, so I didn’t see it go in. I knew it was shut and after I couldn’t see it, I used to be considering ‘don’t inform me it’s gone off the again!’. However no, it was within the gap!
“As a result of it was the AGM, I used to be extremely popular because it meant everybody coming in was getting a free drink!”
Simply 16 days later (Thursday 16 October), she was at it once more…
“This time it was our Women Day, and we did see the ball go in, on the thirteenth,” revealed Lyn (second ace pictured under).
“All of us checked out one another saying, ‘Has that actually simply gone within the gap?!’ There was a bit of little bit of leaping up and down and {a photograph} after that one, and so it was drinks all spherical once more!”
Some folks go a complete lifetime of golf with out having fun with an ace, and on Thursday 30 October, Lyn remarkably celebrated her FIFTH ace – and THIRD in a month (pictured at high of launch). However this newest one got here away from Downes Crediton…
She admitted: “It was a social spherical with three pals at Tiverton Golf Membership and on their twelfth gap, I hit one and thought ‘that felt good!’. I noticed it land simply on the backside of the little financial institution on the fitting, and thought it is likely to be shut. However I advised myself it doesn’t occur in threes, that’s simply foolish. Then there it was, within the gap!
“Sadly after the spherical it was darkish and no person needed to remain round and the women requested if we may save the celebrations for one more day, so we didn’t go in – which is a bit naughty isn’t it?!”
It isn’t simply the aces that Lyn has to shout about this yr. Her Handicap Index® was 19.4 in Could, however the summer season of 2025 has exceeded expectations.
She added: “The gratifying factor is that my handicap has come down by almost seven pictures – and I’m previous! It reveals that you would be able to by no means be too previous! It’ll most likely go up once more quickly as a result of it’s exhausting, but it surely’s been an incredible yr!”
Requested about her objectives within the recreation, Lyn mentioned: “Let’s face it, I’m most likely not going to get any higher. The holes-in-one have simply come alongside a bit like buses, but it surely’s only for me about having enjoyable. We now have a very good membership, a very good ambiance, everybody’s very pleasant and I simply wish to take pleasure in my golf at Crediton for so long as I can.
“You’re by no means too previous. The great thing about golf is that it’s for all ages – I performed with a 15-year-old boy on Saturday in a contest, he performed rather well and had an incredible temperament – it’s nice the folks you get to fulfill and play alongside. My solely remorse is that I didn’t play after I was youthful, as I might need been even higher!”
Earlier than she heads off for a ladies’ golf journey to Trevose, Cornwall, Lyn added: “Golf’s all the time appealed to me. My late husband used to play and was a very good golfer and I used to get fed up of listening to golf discuss on a regular basis!
“So, I believed I’ve received to get into this and see what it’s like. It’s an incredible social recreation and also you study numerous self-discipline actually, because it’s you towards the course, and the course normally wins!
“I’ve made loads of friendships by golf and I believe my message to girls and ladies is that it’s not only for the lads. Ladies can obtain simply as a lot, so give it a go!”
