{"id":130442,"date":"2025-09-03T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/130442\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:34:05","slug":"massillon-golfer-hole-in-one-wins-him-a-brand-new-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/130442\/","title":{"rendered":"Massillon golfer hole-in-one wins him a brand new car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GREEN \u2012 A Massillon golfer had a great day on the green last month \u2014 and he&#8217;s got a new set of wheels to show for it.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Dodson, the chief financial officer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shoemakerrigging.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shoemaker Rigging &amp; Transport<\/a>, hit a hole-in-one at the Green Area Chamber golf outing Aug. 1 at Raintree Golf &amp; Event Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serraautopark.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.serraautopark.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Serra Auto Park<\/a> put up a 2025 Chevy Blazer EV as the prize for getting a hole-in-one on No. 16, a 144-yard par 3. Dodson knocked it in with an 8 iron.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scott nailed a once-in-a-lifetime hole-in-one! He was literally floored by the win,&#8221; the Green auto dealership said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=10234703432660826&amp;id=1049166659&amp;rdid=uF5xWHCl8H7J6VLY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> post while sharing a photo of Dodson lying on the green.<\/p>\n<p>Dodson said this was the first time he had ever hit a hole-in-one, and it was amazing to pair that accomplishment with a new vehicle. He picked up the Chevy Blazer EV on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was nice to have all sorts of witnesses,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was very crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It kind of became a reality very quickly.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Dodson said he&#8217;s been playing in the outing for a few years, and he&#8217;s never done nearly as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year, I pulled up to the hole and knew it was the car hole and just swung the club, and it worked out well,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dodson said he was initially shocked to see the ball go in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I heard a lot of people screaming,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I sat down initially, and it kind of became a reality very quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dodson said the prize was a two-year lease on the car, but he decided he wanted to own the car, so his prize became money down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It drives very well,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I really like it a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREEN \u2012 A Massillon golfer had a great day on the green last month \u2014 and he&#8217;s got&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[82585,16126,1302,82584,13680,13715,25275,427,57235,82588,2854,10957,82589,3729,983,78316,3,24896,82587,79224,63356,6632,13470,13471,5573,3930,37967,82586,13690,99,29823,13692,13533],"class_list":["post-130442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-akron","tag-alternative","tag-cars","tag-carts","tag-chevrolet","tag-content","tag-equipment","tag-golf","tag-golf-carts","tag-golf-equipment","tag-green","tag-hybrid","tag-hybrid-u0026-alternative-vehicles","tag-local","tag-local-news","tag-massillon","tag-news","tag-oh","tag-oh-content-sharing-stark-u0026-akron","tag-outdoor","tag-outdoor-recreation","tag-outdoors","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-positive","tag-recreation","tag-recreational","tag-recreational-sports","tag-sharing","tag-sports","tag-stark","tag-u0026","tag-vehicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}