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GATINEAU — Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

More profitable, too.

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Take, for example, the two teams that held the 8:50 a.m. tee time in the GolfTEC B Division of the Ottawa Sun Scramble on Wednesday at Le Sorcier.

With fellow Rideau View member Kyle Keffer as his partner, Phil Cordeau scored a hole-in-one on the 138-yard 12th hole.

“It landed 14 inches in front of the pin, and bounced right in,” Cordeau said, making the deduction from his ball mark. “One-hopper.”

Traditionally, Cordeau would have celebrated the ace by buying a round for his foursome, if not everybody in the clubhouse.

That can get quite costly.

Meantime, playing in the group with Cordeau and Keffer were Patrick Henry and Joshua Bogues, best friends from West Carleton who do most of their golfing at The Marshes.

On No. 7, the 192-yard closest-to-the-pin hole, Bogues hit a brutal tee shot.

“Shanked ’er in the forest,” he said. “I turned around to apologize to my partner. Like, sorry Pat, sorry, so sorry. And he’s like: ‘WTF!’