| This weekend, another old person became famous in sport. Elsie McLean is a 102 year old woman from California who got into the Guinness World Records book this weekend, and it's not just because of her old age. She's the oldest golfer who made a hole-in-one on a regulation course - quite a sports accomplishment, considering her senior age.
Elsie was playing golf this weekend and she thought she has lost her ball on the par-3. She could not see exactly where it landed after the swing because it was a 100 yard hole and the green field had slopes. McLean was screaming to friends "Where's my ball?" after she teed off.
What a surprise it was when her partners found the ball and it was in the cup. Elsie just could not believe it at first. My Lord, she said, can this really be happening? Everybody wants a hole-in-one, and I get it now when I am 102 years old - this is an absolute miracle, added McLean, who had her first ace in life, and she had to wait for it over a century.
McLean has beaten the age record at Deerfield Country Club in Florida, previously held by Harold Stilson of 101 years old in 2001.
Elsie has already become a national old people celebrity because of her unusual record. She will be featured in sports magazines and will appear on the Jay Leno show later in
April. As she said about herself "for an old lady in sport, I still hit the ball good enough."
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102-year-old woman made a hole-in-one from 100-yards. That's a problem with senior citizens - they can still make a hole-in-one, but not the
other way around.
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