Father, son both make hole in ones on Father's Day

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Collecting a hole-in-one on Father's Day is about as good as it gets for a golfing dad, unless his son gets one, too, right afterward.

That's exactly what happened to scenario played out for 57-yard-old Lonnie Whitener and his 13-year-old son, Zach, on Sunday at River Pointe Golf Club in Richmond.

Playing the par-3 sixth hole at about 115 yards, Whitener used a gap wedge to launch a shot right at the pin. It clanked off the flagstick and went straight into the cup, much to the delight of the group that had just exited the green as well as the group behind Whitener waiting on the No. 6 tee for its turn to hit.

Whitener was ecstatic, of course, but it wasn't anything compared to what he soon would be feeling soon.

After the celebration started to die died down, son Zach, playing the hole at 100 yards, launched his 6-iron shot at the green. The ball landed on the putting surface short of the hole and started to roll. Zach started to walk away back toward the cart, but his dad didn't take his eyes off the ball as it rolled right into the cup.

Then the celebration really got loud.

"It was the best Father's Day a dad could ask for," said Lonnie Whitener, who owns a landscaping company.

Calculating the odds of such a feat is nearly impossible. A little Some research on the topic failed to reveal another father-son tandem accomplishing the feat together on any day, much less on Father's Day.

Witnesses included Forest Dugat, Pete Lerma and local golf professional Lance Lopez, who were playing in the group behind the Whiteners.

And to make it even more special, the elder Whitener, who got his second career ace (both coming at River Pointe), also recorded his lowest round ever on Sunday at 75.

"This was something else," he said. "We'll remember this forever. Now I can tell anyone, 'Give me your best golf story, and I'll one-up you.' "