{"id":133368,"date":"2025-09-12T23:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T23:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/133368\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T23:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T23:57:09","slug":"golfer-aged-9-hit-hole-in-one-at-historic-isle-of-wight-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/133368\/","title":{"rendered":"Golfer aged 9 hit hole in one at historic Isle of Wight club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Theo Parsons achieved the ultimate golfing feat on August 18.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Broadlea Primary School pupil, coached by PGA professional, Chris Reed\u00a0since 2021, had his place in the club&#8217;s history confirmed this week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Theo started playing golf at the age of four and became a member of the club in September last year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He has been playing regularly on the course ever since.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Theo hit the &#8216;ace&#8217; on the second hole \u2014\u00a0a par three, spanning 145 yards, using a 6-iron.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Many golfers go through their entire lives without ever getting a hole-in-one, but Theo has already achieved the sport\u2019s hardest feat at such a tender age.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The remarkable achievement was witnessed by his parents, Gary and Annabel, both club members, during a pleasant summer\u00a0evening round.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The family couldn&#8217;t believe their eyes as they watched the ball roll\u00a0into the hole.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In their excitement, they all ran to retrieve it, forgetting their clubs in the process.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Theo, a fourth-generation member of the club, has been described as having developed a keen passion for golf over the past 18 months \u2014 practising and playing several times a week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On top of his hole-in-one, he also managed to achieve a personal best score on the front nine, shooting 40.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  His great-grandparents were also dedicated members of the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Theo Parsons achieved the ultimate golfing feat on August 18. The Broadlea Primary School pupil, coached by PGA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-133368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}