Saturdays are for ...
aces?!? That seems to be the case for Calgary’s Brendan Weiland, a smooth-swinging member at Springbank Links Golf Club. Weiland achieved a rare feat on the first Saturday of July, with two hole-in-one celebrations in the same round. The 23-year-old buried his tee-ball on No.
5 and then skipped the putting portion once again on No. 10. Fast-forward a week, to this past Saturday, and Weiland notched another ace on No.
10. “It’s just crazy,” he said. While Weiland is a plus-handicap, proof that he hits plenty of good shots, nobody expects to card three 1s in an eight-day span.
A modest sort, he’s clearly a tad uncomfortable with all the talk about his string of superb shots. (His career hole-in-one count has now been boosted to six.) Weiland’s recent roll started with an awesome eight-iron on the 156-yard fifth hole at his home club, which requires a confident crank across a deep ravine.
He nailed his next about an hour later, taking advantage of a tailwind and completing No. 10 with a nifty nine-iron that covered 165 yards. “I’d just been in the clubhouse and told them, ‘Yeah, I just made a 1 on No.
5,’” said Weiland, who lives in the northwest corner of the city. “And then I get on the tee and make another one. It was like, ‘No way!’ Seeing that second one go in, it was ridiculous.
It didn’t feel real. “During the week, I played a few times and everyone was asking me, ‘Oh, how many did you have today?’ I’d say, ‘I .
