Ace a hole at the summer outing and win big. One perfect shot and the whole pot is yours.
The year is 2037. The Brian Wells gang has been kicked out of every golf course with lodging in the state of Ohio. The boys finally convince Caleb Halliwell — now Assistant to the Assistant Head Pro at Westfield Country Club — to sneak them onto the course one more time.
The boys are buzzin'. Most of the group is in their late 40s, divorced, a little huskier, but in general more mature and wise in their old age. Friday morning arrives and the day is going beautifully. That is, until Aaron Haney steps to the tee box on the 121-yard, par-3 13th hole at Westfield South. Driver in hand, ready to nuke one.
He swings. The drive is a beaut. Everyone watches in amazement. "It's going to go in," somebody mutters, more than a little drunk (probably Dustin). Though the shot's been jinxed, it doesn't matter — the golf gods are with Aaron today, and the ball drops. Aaron jumps in the lake on the premises. The group celebrates, thrilled that Aaron will be buying out the clubhouse bar for the rest of the night.
Then it hits everyone: what's the Hole in One fund at? Mike checks the balance. "$700,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Aaron cashes in, buys himself a neon-green house and a Lambo, and the night devolves into the kind of debauchery that adds one more course to the list they're banned from for life.
Started in 2020 with a small annual fee, the Hole in One fund gets invested and rolled over year after year until somebody actually aces one.
Only holes-in-one made during one of the four rounds at the Battle for the Bronze Lady summer outing are eligible for the fund. Aces at the Winter Cup, Ryder Cup, Ironman, or any other round don't qualify — no exceptions.
No — you have to be current on yearly dues to be eligible for the full fund. Pay only your dues for one season, and you're only eligible for the funds collected that year, not the principal and interest built up in prior years. Fall behind and want back in? Catch up on what you owe and you're eligible for the whole pot again.
If more than one guy makes a hole-in-one during the same Bronze Lady weekend, the pot gets split evenly between them.
Before we tee off Friday morning — no exceptions, no controversy. Funds are collected and tracked by Mike Dillon. Pay him by PayPal or cash.
Pay MikeThe Hole in One Fund Tracker shows who's contributed each year and how the fund is invested.
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