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Thought the golf players on the forum might like this:
http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20100810/SPORTS/8100309
Rogers, Camper Hit Back-To-Back Aces
By PHIL HICKS
Sports Editor
Buddy Camper and his brother-in-law Wayne Rogers have played on more than 350 golf courses in 12 countries.
But they were involved in an extraordinary circumstance on Sunday at the Hide-A-Way Lake Club Course.
Rogers, of Gilroy, Calif., and Camper, of Hideaway, hit back-to-back aces on the 157-yard No. 5 hole on the East Course. Both used 7-irons.
Golf Digest places the odds of that happening at 17,000,000 to one.
"We've been golfing some 45 years and we haven't had a hole-in-one," said Camper, 66. "We've been close, but this was the first time."
Added Rogers, 63, "It seems like a dream."
But it was reality. It took just two swings -- albeit two different types of shots -- for two holes-in-one.
Rogers hit first.
"I was playing pretty well until I hit on No. 5," said Rogers, who has a residence at Hideaway as well. "I stepped up and bladed it. It didn't get three feet in the air. We were laughing at it. Then it took one skip off the water and I didn't think it would make it over the barrier in front of the green, but it hit a pile of rocks and went some 100 feet in the air. It then landed on the edge of the green and it started to roll. It probably rolled for about 10 seconds and went into the cup.
"We were like two kids -- yelling and screaming."
Then it was Camper's turn. He hit a classic golf shot.
"I hit a pretty good shot and it hit on the green," Camper said. "It rolled up on the green and into the hole. We couldn't believe it."
It was all witnessed by Tyler attorney Bill Cornelius.
"He and I compete and raze each other," Camper laughed. "He thought I did mine so his moment of glory wouldn't last that long."
Camper added, "My game had fallen a bit and I got a recent lesson from (pro) Kenny Huff. He gave me a couple of pointers and it really helped me."
Camper and his wife, Pat; and Rogers and his wife, Karen, all graduated from Grand Saline High School in the 1960s.
"We started playing at the old Van Municipal Golf Course, which is long gone by now," Camper said.
Camper worked in the newspaper and magazine business in East Texas, while Rogers started his own company in the Silicone Valley.
They later sold their companies and got interested in finance.
They co-founded the APM Foundation -- Asset Planning Ministries -- a non-profit financing organization.
According to their website, they agreed to develop a stewardship ministry, teaching Christians how to become debt free and how to grow, protect and use the assets God has entrusted to them. The two families would personally fund the ministry through a Foundation Trust.
They would work with Christians of all ages, regardless of their financial situation. They would teach everything from how to get out of debt to doing full stewardship planning. Funds generated by linking Christians with companies could be used to support missions and Kingdom projects.
Using Biblical principles, APM missionaries teach that God has created each of us for a purpose. They noted their goal is to discover our purpose in life and use God's financial gifts as a tool to achieve it.
The ministry has been endorsed enthusiastically by churches and members and has provided tens of thousands for Christian missions and missionaries throughout the world.
Rogers said they have built schools and healthcare facilities as well.
The two have played the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, along with Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass, Pinehurst No. 2 and many others.
But a grand feat was accomplished close to their hometown.
http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20100810/SPORTS/8100309
Rogers, Camper Hit Back-To-Back Aces
By PHIL HICKS
Sports Editor
Buddy Camper and his brother-in-law Wayne Rogers have played on more than 350 golf courses in 12 countries.
But they were involved in an extraordinary circumstance on Sunday at the Hide-A-Way Lake Club Course.
Rogers, of Gilroy, Calif., and Camper, of Hideaway, hit back-to-back aces on the 157-yard No. 5 hole on the East Course. Both used 7-irons.
Golf Digest places the odds of that happening at 17,000,000 to one.
"We've been golfing some 45 years and we haven't had a hole-in-one," said Camper, 66. "We've been close, but this was the first time."
Added Rogers, 63, "It seems like a dream."
But it was reality. It took just two swings -- albeit two different types of shots -- for two holes-in-one.
Rogers hit first.
"I was playing pretty well until I hit on No. 5," said Rogers, who has a residence at Hideaway as well. "I stepped up and bladed it. It didn't get three feet in the air. We were laughing at it. Then it took one skip off the water and I didn't think it would make it over the barrier in front of the green, but it hit a pile of rocks and went some 100 feet in the air. It then landed on the edge of the green and it started to roll. It probably rolled for about 10 seconds and went into the cup.
"We were like two kids -- yelling and screaming."
Then it was Camper's turn. He hit a classic golf shot.
"I hit a pretty good shot and it hit on the green," Camper said. "It rolled up on the green and into the hole. We couldn't believe it."
It was all witnessed by Tyler attorney Bill Cornelius.
"He and I compete and raze each other," Camper laughed. "He thought I did mine so his moment of glory wouldn't last that long."
Camper added, "My game had fallen a bit and I got a recent lesson from (pro) Kenny Huff. He gave me a couple of pointers and it really helped me."
Camper and his wife, Pat; and Rogers and his wife, Karen, all graduated from Grand Saline High School in the 1960s.
"We started playing at the old Van Municipal Golf Course, which is long gone by now," Camper said.
Camper worked in the newspaper and magazine business in East Texas, while Rogers started his own company in the Silicone Valley.
They later sold their companies and got interested in finance.
They co-founded the APM Foundation -- Asset Planning Ministries -- a non-profit financing organization.
According to their website, they agreed to develop a stewardship ministry, teaching Christians how to become debt free and how to grow, protect and use the assets God has entrusted to them. The two families would personally fund the ministry through a Foundation Trust.
They would work with Christians of all ages, regardless of their financial situation. They would teach everything from how to get out of debt to doing full stewardship planning. Funds generated by linking Christians with companies could be used to support missions and Kingdom projects.
Using Biblical principles, APM missionaries teach that God has created each of us for a purpose. They noted their goal is to discover our purpose in life and use God's financial gifts as a tool to achieve it.
The ministry has been endorsed enthusiastically by churches and members and has provided tens of thousands for Christian missions and missionaries throughout the world.
Rogers said they have built schools and healthcare facilities as well.
The two have played the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, along with Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass, Pinehurst No. 2 and many others.
But a grand feat was accomplished close to their hometown.
