Any time a golfer makes a hole in one it’s memorable.

What Austin Stone of Port Neches did Friday in sinking his first ace was beyond memorable. Stone’s hole in one Friday at Bayou Din, you see, was also a double eagle/albatross.
Playing in the Sabine District Transportation Scramble, Stone pulled out his driver on the 274-yard, par 4, 16th hole, took a rip and knocked the ball into the cup. Seconds later his team of Jay Stone, Mark Byers and Kirt Gaspard were jumping up and down and celebrating over being able to pencil in a 1 on their scorecard. …

Jon Williams of Nederland joined the hole-in-one fraternity at Babe Zaharias Friday when he sank his 8-iron tee shot from 130 yards on No. 2. It was Williams’ first ace. Witnesses were Charles Leard, Craig Fontenot and Billy Thillet.

The hole in one helped that team win the front 9 at minus-7 in the Friday Game at Zaharias. On the back, there was a three-way tie at minus-4 between teams captained by Gary Whitfill, Roddy Weatherly and Bill Hanley. …

Braden Bailey, after shooting four rounds in the 60s and finishing tied for second at the 101st Southwestern Amateur in Scottsdale, Ariz., last week, is headed to SEC country for top amateur events the next two weeks.
Bailey, starting today, is playing in Greystone Amateur in Birmingham, Ala. Next week, he’ll be teeing it up in the Dogwood Invitational in Atlanta. He finished his first season at Baylor ranked among the nation’s top 10 freshman. Golfstat had Bailey ranked No. 68 among college players while Golfweek had him at 118.
Prior to last week’s strong showing in Arizona, he was listed as No. 147 in World Amateur ratings. …

Port Neches-Groves senior-to-be Karlei Hamler rebounded from a struggling first round to finish second in her age group in the Waco-based Starburst Junior Classic. Hemler opened with an 82 at Cottonwood Valley in Waco, rebounded with a sizzling 67 at Squaw Valley Golf Club in Glen Rose, then closed with a 79 at Wildflower Country Club in Temple for a 54-hole total of 228. …

Jace Benoit of Sulphur, La., won the top division — Boys Gold — in the opening event on the Golden Triangle Beltway Junior Tour last Wednesday at Bayou Din. Benoit fired a two-over par 73 to win by nine shots over Brendan Marley of Nederland. Other flight winners were Micah Depew of Beaumont (86 in Boys Silver), Shelby Seymour of China (84 in Girls Diamond) and Skylar Smith of South Lake (110 in Girls Platinum). …

Eight winners were crowned Monday in the Little Linksters Division of the Bruce Lietzke Junior Tour tournament at Idylwild Golf Club. Those winners included Alessandro Rojas of League City (42 in boys 11-12, nine-hole red tees), Lincoln Parks of Orange (37 in boys 9-10, nine-hole modified tees), Ricardo Cardenas of Beaumont (24 in Boys 9-10, five-hole modified) and Camryn Nelson of Little Cypress (38 Co-ed 6-8, nine-hole modified).
Other winners were Joe Bry of Buna (34 in co-ed 6-8, five-hole modified), Annabel Cardenas of Beaumont (28 in girls 11-12, nine-hole red), Brooke Deebs of Lumberton (51 in girls 9-10, nine-hole Modified) and Claire Ren of Beaumont (29 in girls 9-10, five-hole modified). …

The Super Saturday Game at The Babe was played in a best two ball format. On the front, there was a tie at minus-8 between the foursome of Mike Lansford, Harrell Guidry, James Shipley and Jay Hampson and the team of Hanley, Paul Flores, Bill Hammond and Joe Vanderweg.
On the back, the Lansford team, the Hanley team and the foursome of Earl Richard, Cap Hollier, Tom Lawton and Mike Hollier tied at minus 5. …

The Thursday Senior Game at Zaharias was played in a two man 9/9 best ball, scramble format. Lansford-Jim Huebel won First Flight with a 62, Joe Gongora-Gerald Huebel took Second Flight with a 66, Harry Green-Mark Petry prevailed in Third Flight with a 64 and Jack Anderson-Paul Bourgeois claimed Fourth Flight with a 71. Closest to the pin winners were Rick Pritchett (No. 2), Green (No. 7), Carl Certa (No. 12) and Gerald Huebel (No.15). …

The foursome of Gongora, Bill Hammond, Roger Koch and Jobie Irvine won the Babe Zaharias DogFight with 17 points. Closest to the pin winners were Guidry (No. 2), Hollier (No. 7), Joe Sublett (No.12) and Gongora (No. 15).

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