It’s known as an ace in the world of golf, and it’s one of the rarest feats in that sport.
But OVS sophomore Kaden Skillern this week pulled off to what most golfers is unimaginable — he sunk a hole-in-one.
Kaden was practicing with his OVS teammates Tuesday at the Ojai Valley Inn when he made his miraculous shot. Teeing off with his pitching wedge, 110 yards from the third hole, Kaden hit a ball that landed less than six inches away from the cup, and then proceeded to roll backwards into the hole.
Ojai Valley Inn golf pro Jeff Johnson, who works with the OVS players, started shouting, and Kaden couldn’t even begin to imagine what he accomplished.
“At first I thought he was joking,” said Kaden when he heard Johnson shouting about the hole-in-one to the other OVS players. “It was unbelievable.”
According to Golf Digest, an amateur golfer’s chance of sinking a hole-in-one is 12,500-to-1, meaning most golfers will go their entire lives without scoring one.
“It’s a phenomenal accomplishment,” said OVS golf coach Carl Cooper, who himself has come close on several occasions to sinking a hole-in-one. “Almost doesn’t count. It’s either a hole-in-one or it’s not.”