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n. 1 (context golf English) A hole that is completed by sinking the ball in a single shot or attempt, with one hit. 2 (context by extension idiomatic English) Any rare, wonderful, or remarkable accomplishment.
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In golf, a hole in one or hole-in-one (also known as an ace, mostly in American English) is when a ball hit from a tee shot finishes in the cup. This awards the player a score of one for the hole. Holes in one most commonly occur on par 3 holes, the shortest distance holes on a standard size golf course. Longer hitters have also accomplished this feat on longer holes, though nearly all par 4 and par 5 holes are too long for golfers to reach in a single shot. While well known outside of golf and often requiring a well hit shot and significant power, holes in one are considered to also contain an element of luck. As such, they are more common and considered less impressive than other hole accomplishments such as completing a par 5 in two shots (an albatross). As of October 2008, a condor (four under par) hole-in-one on a par 5 hole had been recorded on four occasions, aided by thin air at high altitude, or by cutting the corner on a doglegged or horseshoe-shaped hole.
Holes-in-one ("aces") are also recorded in the sport of disc golf, in which a round plastic disc is thrown toward a metal basket-shaped target.
"Hole in One" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, Only Fools and Horses. It was the third episode of series 4, and was first broadcast on 7 March 1985. In the episode, Del decides to sue the brewery after Uncle Albert falls down the Nag's Head cellar.
A hole in one is a golf shot where a player hits the ball directly from the tee into the cup with one shot.
Hole in one may also refer to:
- A Hole in One, a 2004 film with Michelle Williams and Meat Loaf, set in the 1950s with lobotomy in the plot
- Hole in One (2010 film), a 2010 comedy film with golf in the plot
- "Hole in One" (Only Fools and Horses), an episode of BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses
- "Hole in One" (The Price Is Right), a segment game from the American TV series The Price Is Right
Hole in One: American Pie Plays Golf (also known as ParFection: The Golf Movie) is a 2010 comedy movie starring Steve Talley. It is about a cool under graduate boy who gets tricked by some surgeons and they operate on him, giving him a set of breasts. Now, he has to earn money through golf for the reverse surgery. The movie was released by Universal Studios via Universal Pictures and launched in the United Kingdom on September 12, 2010. With a wide release in an additional 65 territories and countries. It is awaiting a US Domestic release. Universal 'Tagged' the movie as 'American Pie Plays Golf' and so many people have mistaken for it being an American Pie movie because Steve Talley, who appeared in American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and American Pie Presents: Beta House stars in it. Further evidence shows that Steve Talley is called 'Eric Keller' in Hole in One and is called 'Dwight Stifler' in the American Pie movie Franchise series which shows the distinct differences between the movies. Box Office figures report $1,600,000 GBP in London England. Universal release Hole in One in a total of 65 countries. No other figures reported.
Usage examples of "hole in one".
It was inspiring: I tore the metal tie-rods loose from their moorings and then punched a hole in one of the wooden panels with my fist.
Blakeley was wrecked, or robbed, or whatever it was, with a button missing and a hole in one sock, she'll retire to the Old Ladies' Home.
Ragnor hung there, a foot from the ground, a scorched hole in one side of his furry leather tunic (and in the skin underneath), and his legs lifeless below him.
It appeared dangerously thin in places and had an obvious hole in one section.
He held out a fat cylinder with a hole in one end, studded with buttons.
Then he saw that the blinding flash of force had eaten a hole in one inner wall of the corridor but had done no other damage.
A high stone wall ran round the castle and Peter's shot had torn a gaping hole in one side of it.