Galway golfer is a classy driver after hole in one lands a new car!
A 30-year-old Galway man who needed a new car after starting a job just four days previously was the toast of Loughrea Golf Club last Saturday when he registered a hole in one to walk away with a brand new Mini Cooper worth €18,000.
Padraig Hynes, from Bullaun, could not believe his luck when his shot on the 17th took a back-spin and landed in the hole towards the end of a three day Am-Am in support of the Killimordaly Hurling Club.
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He knew it was a good shot as soon as he hit the seven iron and the roars from his team could be heard all over the course when they raced to the green to see where the ball had landed.
A member of Loughrea Golf Club, Padraig plays off five, but used to play off three a couple of years ago until a shoulder injury kept him off the course for some time.
Amazingly, he came within just three inches of the flag at the same hole only two weeks earlier.
He was playing with his father, Pat Hynes, friend Eamon Cleary, and neighbour John Manicle when he landed his unbelievable shot on the 154 yard penultimate hole.
“I pitched it about six or seven feet past the hole and it spun back, but I couldn’t see it,” he said. “I knew it was a good shot. I told the lads that I thought it had gone very close. Then John said he thought it had gone in the hole. We started running.
“I said it was the nicest seven iron I ever hit. As we got closer to the green, I saw there was no ball on the green. Then we started roaring and shouting and lads came over from the 18th tee. It’s been a crazy week. It really hasn’t sunk in yet.”
See full story in this week’s Connacht Tribune.