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Some golfers play a lifetime without ever making a hole-in-one.
Hunter Kirch, a sixth grader at Dunsmuir Elementary School, made the first hole-in-one in the history of the Siskiyou Jr. Golf program Aug. 11 on the 13th hole at the Mount Shasta Resort.
And he only took up the game in earnest about two months ago.
“I was putting my club away and everybody was yelling, ‘It’s going in the hole, it’s going in the hole,’” Hunter said of the experience. “I turned around and saw it go in the hole. I was just so excited. I didn’t believe that I actually made a hole-in-one.”
One of 85 youngsters in this year’s Siskiyou Jr. Golf program, Hunter used a driver on the 113 yard hole.
He was being accompanied, as he usually is when he plays golf, by his grandfather, Tom Beck.
Thirteen, apparently, is a special number for Hunter. He turned 11 on July 13, made his ace on the 13th hole, which was 113 yards long.
Overall, the hole-in-one contributed to a very good scoring day for Hunter, who shot 17 for his four holes, well below his average in the low 30s.
“It’s impressive that someone got a hole-in-one in the four-hole division. That’s incredible,” said Resort assistant pro Sean McGaughey, who was himself a Siskiyou Jr. golfer for many years.
Though he didn’t mention it while being interviewed for this story, Hunter suffers from Legg-Calve-Perthes syndrome, a degenerative disease of the hip joint.
He was diagnosed at age 7 and is often in pain because of the condition, according to his mother, Lisa Kirch, who said she appreciates that the Jr. Golf program and the Resort are allowing Hunter to ride in a cart while he plays golf.
Hunter wasn’t sure if he was going to play golf Aug. 11 because of the way he was feeling, his mom said, adding that, “He took a couple Tylenol and said, ‘I’m going.’ Nothing keeps him down.”
Some golfers play a lifetime without ever making a hole-in-one.
Hunter Kirch, a sixth grader at Dunsmuir Elementary School, made the first hole-in-one in the history of the Siskiyou Jr. Golf program Aug. 11 on the 13th hole at the Mount Shasta Resort.
And he only took up the game in earnest about two months ago.
“I was putting my club away and everybody was yelling, ‘It’s going in the hole, it’s going in the hole,’” Hunter said of the experience. “I turned around and saw it go in the hole. I was just so excited. I didn’t believe that I actually made a hole-in-one.”
One of 85 youngsters in this year’s Siskiyou Jr. Golf program, Hunter used a driver on the 113 yard hole.
He was being accompanied, as he usually is when he plays golf, by his grandfather, Tom Beck.
Thirteen, apparently, is a special number for Hunter. He turned 11 on July 13, made his ace on the 13th hole, which was 113 yards long.
Overall, the hole-in-one contributed to a very good scoring day for Hunter, who shot 17 for his four holes, well below his average in the low 30s.
“It’s impressive that someone got a hole-in-one in the four-hole division. That’s incredible,” said Resort assistant pro Sean McGaughey, who was himself a Siskiyou Jr. golfer for many years.
Though he didn’t mention it while being interviewed for this story, Hunter suffers from Legg-Calve-Perthes syndrome, a degenerative disease of the hip joint.
He was diagnosed at age 7 and is often in pain because of the condition, according to his mother, Lisa Kirch, who said she appreciates that the Jr. Golf program and the Resort are allowing Hunter to ride in a cart while he plays golf.
Hunter wasn’t sure if he was going to play golf Aug. 11 because of the way he was feeling, his mom said, adding that, “He took a couple Tylenol and said, ‘I’m going.’ Nothing keeps him down.”
