Kyle and Barbara Ewing are quite a match. Kyle made his ace on June 17, 2008 on Hole #4 at the Sweetwater Golf Club in Haines City, Florida. She just couldn’t bare to have him be the only hole-in-one acemaker in the family. Just 3 days later, on June 20 at the same course, she hit her hole-in-one on Hole #1. Must be some magic out there in Sweetwater! Congratulations Kyle and Barbara.
It was an amazing day, not a cloud in the sky and a warm day for Texas on the first day of the year. I was up for my first shot of the day, in fact the first time I have ever tried to play golf in a couple of months. I wasn’t even taking playing seriously, for me this was a day to get away with friends and relax. I didn’t even aim and they all laughed at me when I swung and missed the ball, I was so embarassed. The next time I swung, I tried a bit harder and actually hit the ball. My friends all chuckled at my swing, but not for long. You should have seen the look in their eyes and on their face when the ball dropped directly from the sky into the golf hole without even touching the ground first….what an amazing hole-in-one it was!!! My first, I love golf!
Please see our press release about our exciting prizes being offered for our bonus prizes in 2009.
A hole-in-one in golf is a rare treat to the many golfers that call golf their favorite game and one of the hardest to accomplish of any sport. The hole-in-one statisic of an average golfer making a hole-in-one is 1 in 12,5000, for a PGA Touring pro the odds increase to 1 in 2,500. Many golfers can play a life time without one, then there are some like Mancil Davis who garner more than their fair share. A golfer with a club will wack a little white ball sending it on the exact distance to a little bitty hole, it is remarkable. It’s a great emotional experience when one happens for a golfer, its moment the they will remember for a life time.
Golf tournaments have long been a favorite way for charities to raise much needed funds. Golfers are typically in an above average income bracket and willing to support charities while playing their favorite game. Back in the early 1980’s, John Everhart, the founder of National Hole-In-One Association, put insurance and golf together and it was a prefect match! With long odds, large prizes and the chance to win big, hole-in-one insurance was born.
Hole-in-one insurance has proven to be a vital tool for many golf tournaments because it adds excitement for all players no matter their skill. Many golf stories have been created by the use of this promotional tool, “I missed the big cash by only 2 feet!” Of course, for some, that distance gets shorter over time, but for many hole-in-one contest winners, the prize is just half the story. For the tournament directors, sponsors and their clients, the option to buy hole in one insurance coverage is a cost effective option which takes only a few minutes to purchase but greatly increases participation and media attention. With the relatively low cost for insuring prizes and the large cost of having to pay out for a large prize even though the odds are long, they do happen. Hole-in-one insurance makes economic sense. There are tens of thousands insured golf tournaments across the United States…the world each year, and the vast majority of them rather pay a small premium rather than take that chance. To put this in perspective, in over 25 years, National Hole-In-One Association has paid out over fifty million in cash and prizes, it makes good sense to let us take the risk.
I had the pleasure to speak with the King this morning, he’s keeping a hectic schedule. His Million Dollar Shootout trailer is packed and heading to California as we speak for the Optimist Business and Professional Club of Conejo Valley. Mancil will be flying in next week as the Celebrity Golfer to emcee the event. The final round of the event of Feb. 22 will provide 25 shooters the chance to play for one of the 19 prize holes. These prizes range from $10,000 to $1,000,000 insured by National Hole-in-one Association.
National Hole-In-One Association has insured a wide variety of prizes in its 28 year history.
To name just a few of our memorable prizes that we have covered:
A Golf Weekend with the Boston Red Sox.
2 tickets to Paris on the Concord
10,000 shares of a company’s stock.
Limo service to and from work for one year.
1936 Roadster valued at $86,000
Semi-Rig Tractor trailer
Swarovski jewelry
Bakery Truck
Hearse
A case of rare whiskey
Round trip and tickets to the Super bowl.
Patek Philippe Grand Complications Collection
Porche 911 Carrera
Ferrari, Bentley, Maserati, His and Hers Rolls Royce
Rolex President
50 ft Sail boat
A private Rock Concert for 2,000 of your closest friends
Zebra-the winner had to promised to feed it for its life!
Numerous vacations including trips around the world and rentals of an island!
And just about every make and car ever produced!
When it comes to prizes and coverages for those prizes, no one does it better than National Hole-in-one Assocation!