• One typically blames fate for other accidents, but inexplicably feels personally responsible when he makes a hole in one.
• It's unfortunate to get a hole-in-one when you have skipped out on work because your name gets in the paper.
• But it is good to get a hole-in-one when you have squeezed in morning golf and have to run to an appointment immediately following the conclusion of the round!
• There is a tradition that you owe your partners in the bar a drink following your achievement. However, everyone you know thinks you owe them a drink too, in spite of the fact they were no where near the place.
• Your list of friends grows exponentially when word of your good fortune gets out.
• So why is it that you owe everyone who ever knew you a drink when you get a hole-in-one? One good friend and sage observes that it should be like most other celebrations where someone should be buying you a drink!!
• You may be surprised to find out that someone might actually just charge your account for their drink just to make sure they don't miss out!
• I was really clear about what happened with my hole-in-one insurance when someone else gets one "Ka-ching".. But when I get one, the information about the benefits became mysteriously unavailable! "Ka-thunk"
• The odds of an amateur getting a hole in one on a par 3 according to Golf Digest has been put at 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 40,000, depending on the source. I estimate that I have played some 600 rounds in my 20 years of golf.  Presumably there are 4 opportunities for a hole in one on each round, so I  have had 2400 opportunities for a hole in one. Since I have had two, it looks like I have seriously beat the odds!!! I must be really good, or really lucky (and I think you know the answer to that one!)
• The tradition of buying everyone a drink after a hole-in-one not surprisingly traced back to Scotland. Here is what one historian says about it:
  "Scotland is historically a very shrewd country. No matter the happy occasion the Scots have always held that any benefactor has to buy drinks for all. Even in small villages areas where there used to be no telephones the whole population would find out and cash in on their free drink. You announce an engagement - free drinks - and then you are forced into bankruptcy the same day. When a Scot plays a round of golf and gets a hole in one, they don't even stop at the 19th hole, they go straight to a bankruptcy trustee. But even then, they will always go back to celebrate!  It's a good thing for hole in one insurance. This custom also led to the non
  rule; that only players playing at the time allowed free drink. Lots of mulligans on this one."

So that's the story. It sure is fun!! Belly up to the bar boys! (Except for one of you who will remain unnamed!)