{"id":99020,"date":"2025-08-28T16:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/99020\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T16:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:19:14","slug":"pannal-great-grandad-golfer-gets-remarkable-hole-in-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/99020\/","title":{"rendered":"Pannal great-grandad golfer gets remarkable hole-in-one"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Wednesday, 27 August 2025 10:40\n <\/p>\n

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\n Jack Ponsford (left) with golf partner George Bruce celebrating his hole-in-one.<\/p>\n

\n A 93-year-old great-grandad has achieved a remarkable hole-in-one in Pannal – and it could be a British record.\n <\/p>\n

Jack Ponsford recorded the feat on the 135-yard third hole at Pannal Golf Club last month whilst playing alongside 97-year-old golf partner George Bruce.<\/p>\n

It was Jack\u2019s first ever hole-in-one – and due to his age it could make him a record-breaker.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s thought that the record for Britain\u2019s oldest golfer to get an ace is 92-year-old Derek Johnson.<\/p>\n

Pannal Golf Club congratulated Jack via social media, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cA huge congratulations to Jack Ponsford aged 93 for getting his first ever hole-in-one on the third hole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEven more remarkable was that it was witnessed by his playing partner and friend, George Bruce aged 97!<\/p>\n

\u201cCould this be a world record for the oldest pairing involved in a hole in 1?! Fantastic achievement and another reason we love golf!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jack has been playing golf locally since moving to the area in 1985.<\/p>\n

He currently plays twice a week and often played with his wife before she passed away in 2018.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

\u201cTo get a hole in one was a lifetime achievement. A lot of people never see one.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll my friends and family were excited. It really was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, 27 August 2025 10:40 Jack Ponsford (left) with golf partner George Bruce celebrating his hole-in-one. A 93-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[15335,5904,15331,15333,15336,15341,15337,15338,2186,15332,101,15339,15340,56,54,55,15334],"class_list":["post-99020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-boroughbridge","tag-golf","tag-harrogate","tag-knaresborough","tag-masham","tag-nick-hancock","tag-otley","tag-pannal","tag-radio","tag-ripon","tag-sports","tag-stray","tag-strayfm","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wetherby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99020","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=99020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}