By David Fleet
Editor
Goodrich — In May, Corey Batterbee, a 2013 Goodrich High School graduate connected on a hole-in-one at Goodrich County Club.
Batterbee, 27, was golfing with some friends on the par 3, 196 yard, 12th hole. Batterbee selected a 5 wood for the shot.
“After I hit the ball, my buddy Ryan said, ‘dude I think that went in,’” recalled Batterbee. “There was no way, it went over (the green) so we drove up to the green, and we didn’t see it and that’s when I started panicking. I walked toward the hole and picked up the ball, could not even believe it.”
The ball left a divot about a foot from the hole, before going in, said Batterbee.
“It was a very straight drive when it left my club, I knew it was a good shot, but I thought it was too long,” he said. “I mean who really thinks they are going to get a hole-in-one ever.”
It was the first hole-in-one for Batterbee who introduced to golf by his mother, Robyn and played Flint Junior Golf as a youth.