Remember the Florida man who made three aces in five days? Well he made another
James Wolklin did it again. And then he spread the wealth of his ace-ness to others.
Wolklin, 68, made his 12th career hole-in-one — two months after making three of them in five days — on Easter Sunday at Heritage Bay Golf & Country Club in Naples, Florida. He used an 8-iron on the 142-yard No. 6. His wife, Cheryl, and Bob and Catherine Balser witnessed it.
“How crazy?” Wolkin said Tuesday. “Just doing a couples golf, Easter Sunday, and luckily enough it comes another hole that I didn’t have yet — each one’s been on another hole.
“Good shot, right-to-left draw, but it bounced a little bit left of the pin. Then the undulation of the green brought it back right, and right into the hole. It was just another big roar. People can’t believe it.”
It’s his fourth at Heritage Bay, and as he said, all four are on different holes. From Feb. 12-16, he aced No. 13 on the Cypress Course, No. 21 on the Oak Course, and No. 26 on the Oak Course on the 27-hole layout.
“Now everybody rubs my shoulders or rubs my clubs for luck,” Wolklin said. “One guy rubbed my shoulder, and he makes a hole-in-one the next day.”
Last Monday, Wolklin visited Doreen Formale and she asked if he was the “ace guy.” He said he was. The next day, Formale made one on No. 6 at Heritage Bay.
Then last Wednesday, Wolklin was playing with Tim Johnson, and he gave him some words of encouragement on No. 8.
“I said ‘Let’s see you knock this in,'” Wolklin told him.
Johnson promptly knocked it in the hole for an ace.
Wolklin said four people he’s encountered have gone on to make one.
