Even At Age 91, Hole-In-One Not Complete Surprise

Hoolie White doesn’t remember who was president when he shot his first hole-in-one. It was either Franklin Roosevelt or Harry Truman.

Bill Clinton was definitely in office for the second.

“It was the same hole as the first one,” said White, 91, who last month mimicked his mastery of the No. 6 hole at the Anson Golf Club, a tidy nine-hole course he’s roamed since it opened in 1938.

White still owns a sizzling course record of 29 on the par-36 layout. The lifelong resident plays every weekday.

On April 28, White addressed the par-3, 139-yard sixth hole with his trusty 5-wood. Once the ball struck the green, White and partners Caffey Welch and Kenneth Herndon watched it roll toward the cup.

“Kenneth said, ‘Hurry ball,”’ White said, “and then the danged thing went in the hole.”

The three were awestruck.

“He wasn’t the most surprised one there,” Welch said Tuesday, while accompanying White on his regular midday round. “Because I was there.”