During Masters week, I booked a 9:20 AM 18-hole tee time at the local course (Flatirons) in Boulder, CO and it was discounted because the greens had just been aerated. The time was chosen so I could watch the final pairings at home on Masters Sunday. On hole #3, my drive went a little right and my 2nd second shot angle had a small gap through some trees. I made it through and ultimately got a nice up-and-down for par. On hole #4, a Par 3, I filled up my water bottle and ate part of a protein bar while my playing partners hit their tee shot. Unfortunately no one hit the green. Hole #4 from the blue tees measured 184 yds to the center, but my range finder laser had the front pin at 176 yds. The shot was into the wind so I chose to hit my 7 iron, which goes roughly 185 yds without wind. When I hit the tee shot, it felt like a pure sweet spot hit. As I was eyeing the ball in the air, it looked on line with the pin. It landed, bounced once and disappeared! At first I thought the ball rolled past the pin onto the lower shelf (front of the green is higher than the middle), but one of the playing partners said "did that go in?!". I put my 7 iron back in the bag and raced my push cart to the green. Couldn't see a ball anywhere on the green and slowly approached the pin. There was a ball mark about 1 foot short of the pin. Then, I saw it, my ball was in the hole!! I screamed out of joy and even the people on the next tee box knew what it meant: my first hole in one! Lots of congratulations, photos, and videos. I'm surprised I even hit a good tee shot on the next hole, because of how much I was shaking with adrenaline. So glad I upgraded from 25 year old blades to the fitted Titleist T250 irons. Happy camper over here!