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He's a swinging sensation


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  • | 11:00 p.m. December 22, 2014
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+ He’s a swinging sensation
When Gus Andreone, 103, teed it up at the Lakes Course of Sarasota’s Palm-Aire Country Club, he expected to shoot under his age — he usually does.

What he didn’t count on was scoring a hole-in-one on the par-3 14th hole, which has a reputation for being one of the most difficult to par on the course.

Andreone threaded his driver 113 yards up the hill and into the hole, the ball barely brushing the flagstick.
Andreone, who plays golf about three days a week, usually with Palm-Aire’s men’s golf groups, was recently recognized for being the oldest card-carrying member of the PGA.

“If you stay fit and stay in rhythm, there’s no reason anyone can’t continue to enjoy golf for a long, long time,” Andreone says.

 

 

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