Last Thursday it happened. I have been played hundreds of rounds with a good friend of mine. He has had three aces. I have witnessed two of them. He regularly asks me when I am going to get mine.

The eight hole at Golf Club of Florissant plays at 160 yards from a tee that is 100 feet above the green. One the ball was airborne its line never left the flagstick. When it reached the green I could no longer see it and thought I had hit it over the green. My friend said, "I think it went in the hole."

When we arrived at the green he ran from the cart and confirmed the ball was sitting at the bottom of the cup. I use a Sharpie to mark my ball with a capital E. Seeing my Titleist 1 with my E looking up at me from the hole was strange. I had joined "the club".