100th Winner of Boss Watch After Recording a Hole-in-One

Milford on Sea golfer Alan Clark, 71, has received a limited-edition BOSS watch after scoring a hole-in-one during a recent competition at his club and becoming the 100th recipient of the reward.

Clark scored his ace on the 140-yard, par-three 11th, at his club, New Forest - which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year - and the 18-handicapper was rewarded with membership of the exclusive BOSS Watches H1 Club and a specially-commissioned, commemorative timepiece.

Clark, who retired from his job in the financial sector in 1997 and took up golf in the same year, said: "I had just messed up the previous hole, a par-five, where I took a nine - so with a one on the 11th I'd played the two holes to my handicap.

"Normally you'd do it six and four but the nine and one had the same effect," he laughed.

"The pin was at the back of the green and I hit a seven iron. We saw it land in front of the green and roll on and my playing partner said ‘that's quite close'. But then we lost sight of the ball. When we walked on to the green there was no sign of it and I thought it must have run through over the back. However, when we could not find it we looked in the hole and there it was.

"It was my first hole-in-one in a competition - the other time was on holiday in South Carolina. I was quite pleased and my partner said it was like watching a dance round a maypole," he smiled.

The luxury German brand, BOSS Watches, has pledged to reward club golfers with an exclusive watch for every hole-in-one recorded during a club competition between April 15 and October 31 this year. And, with nearly 4,000 holes-in-one recorded annually, BOSS Watches could feasibly be giving away £1m-worth in 2013.

Astonishingly, Clark's ace was the 100th achieved by golfers in club competitions, all within just 18 days of the launch of the BOSS Watches H1 Club.

Hole in One Facts

• Nearly 4,000 aces were recorded in the UK during 2012.
• The odds of a professional golfer making a hole-in-one on a par-three are around 2,500 to 1.
• Ann Bache defied the odds at 167,000,000 to 1 to make a double hole in one in 2012 at Edgbaston Golf Club
• Teenage Dan O’Connor made history in 2012 will he aced the historic 10th hole at Belfry Brabazon.
• In July 2012, two amateur golfers defied odds of 17 million to 1 by scoring holes-in-one on the same hole while playing in the same foursome, at the Portland Country Club, Maine.
• The oldest golfer known to have made a hole-in-one is 102-year-old Elsie McLean, who holed out with a driver on the 100-yard fourth hole at Bidwell Park, in Chico, California, in 2007.

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