Honor roll
Holes in one
77 aces reported on the researched Marin courses: Mill Valley 72, Belvedere 1, Fort Baker 1, San Rafael GC / Marin G&CC 3. Most aces: Cress Smith, Newman (Newt) Page, Unnamed golfer (2 each). No golfer has been found with aces on two different Marin courses.
| Player | Course | Hole | Club used | Date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Clark | MVMill Valley | 4 | 1922-09-15 | Club professional; part of a round of 29; "the first hole-in-one ever made on the local links"; makers sent him a steel-shafted driver and a dozen balls | MVR19220916.2.35, MVR19221021.2.29 | |
| Channing B. Cornell | SRSan Rafael GC / Marin G&CC | 5 | mashie | 1925-08 | Marin G&CC. Foursome Cornell & Paul Jones v Tom McCaughen & Allan McDonald; McCaughen birdied 2 but lost the hole to Cornell's ace; 5th is a par 3 (135 yds in 1938). Date 'recently' before 1 Sep 1925. | LAEVEX19250901.1.23, LAEVEX19250901.1.25 |
| Maurice A. Gale | BVBelvedere | 4 | 1926-02-21 | Club director; "a clean pitch directly into the cup"; witnesses E. H. Dawson, Mr. Sinnicks and one other; joined the "Hole in One Club" | MVR19260227.2.36 | |
| Harold Bunn | MVMill Valley | 8 · 176 yds | mid-mashie | 1927-07-28 | First ace on the Mill Valley course since its opening seven years earlier (per the Chronicle); witnessed by Mrs. Bunn, [?]dgson and pro Ed Bedecarrax | NB:SFC19270730p25 14F3473AE3995E49 |
| George Clarkson | FBFort Baker | 7 | 1931-08-23 | Union League Club golfer, playing with H. Gladstone; "the first and only ace ever made on the Fort Baker course" (Fort Baker Officers' course); Chronicle OCR gives the hole as "20-yard" | SFC19310830-p67, 2149048268 | |
| Sid Heller | MVMill Valley | 2 | 1933-04 | Tamalpais High No. 1 golfer; made during Easter vacation; the Chronicle called it one of the longest aces recorded in California | MVR19330519.2.47, TPN19330512.2.13 | |
| Floyd Spence | SRSan Rafael GC / Marin G&CC | 5 | 1935-04 | Marin G&CC. From an IJ "20 years ago" column of 6 Apr 1955, so c. Apr 1935 (approximate). Conflicts with the 1938 report of no ace there "in five years". | IJ19550406.1 | |
| William David | MVMill Valley | 4 | 1937-06-20 | Of the Redwood Empire Theatre circuit; "Sunday" (reported in Marin Week brief) | MVR19370625.2.81 | |
| Howard Sparrow | SRSan Rafael GC / Marin G&CC | 5 · 135 yds | 1938-04-23 | Marin G&CC; of Ross; club to honor him with a hole-in-one cup; 'the first hole in one at the San Rafael club in five years' (so one c.1933, not yet found). Yards OCR 'J 35'. Date = 'last Saturday' before 29 Apr 1938. | SN19380429.2.76 | |
| Bob Lovett | MVMill Valley | 4 · 134 yds | 1939-06-04 | Opening (dedication) tournament of the municipal course; witnesses John Palacio, John Ross, Cy Donaldson; called one of not more than four aces in the course's history | MVR19390606.2.42 | |
| Jack Varney | MVMill Valley | 4 · 134 yds | 1940-07 | Holed on the first bounce "this week"; witness Oliver Sollom (reported 1940-07-12) | MVR19400712.2.5 | |
| Ray Polacchi | MVMill Valley | 4 · 140 yds | 7-iron | 1940-08-17 | Witnesses Elmer Zimmerman, Wynant Van Zandt, H. Flanagan | MVR19400820.2.76 |
| Leo Fenton | MVMill Valley | 2 · 176 yds | 6-iron | 1941-06-03 | Reported; made "this weekend" while qualifying for the city match-play championship; witnesses Roy Kibbee, Oliver Wassel | MVR19410603.2.58 |
| D. Terzitch | MVMill Valley | 14 · 167 yds | 1942-06-10 | Of Larkspur; playing with Dell Taylor, Bill Raudio, Cave Daggett; first ace since John Foge became pro | MVR19420612.2.31 | |
| Ralph Scherzer | MVMill Valley | · 134 yds | 1942-07-24 | Playing with Ben Langton and Henry O'Flynn; distance per pro John Foge | MVR19420728.2.53 | |
| Joe Sousa | MVMill Valley | 5 | 1942-11-01 | In a six-some with John Campagna, Harry Flanagan, Wynant Van Zandt, W. Bushnell, Al Nelson | MVR19421103.2.19 | |
| Al Nelson Jr. | MVMill Valley | 5 · 175 yds | 1943-09-26 | Age 13 | MVR19430930.2.16 | |
| W. G. Meanry | MVMill Valley | 7 · 134 yds | 4-iron | 1943-10-24 | Of San Francisco; on his second time round; foursome Mr. Fuller, L. Thomas, C. C. Hissman; per scorecard on file | MVR19431111.2.46 |
| Bill Higuera | MVMill Valley | 11 | 5-wood | 1946-06-02 | Of San Anselmo; the "lower second hole" (No. 11); first ace in several years; a Feb. 1948 item credits him with an ace on the 176-yd 2nd "last year", taken here as the same ace | MVR19460606.2.32, MVR19480213.2.70 |
| Harry Kurtz | MVMill Valley | 2 · 176 yds | 1947 | Of Mill Valley; mentioned in Feb. 1948 as made "last year"; no contemporary report found | MVR19480213.2.70 | |
| Bill Walvoord | MVMill Valley | 5 · 135 yds | 7-iron | 1948-02 | "Last week" (reported 1948-02-13); first ace of 1948 and on the new 5th hole opened 1947; certified by George Ryan; club trophy | MVR19480213.2.70 |
| Wally Mays | MVMill Valley | 6 · 352 yds | 1948-07-25 | Marin County Amateur championship; an ace on a par-4, "the first recorded time in the club's history" | MVR19480727.2.87 | |
| Don Whitney | MVMill Valley | 7 · 134 yds | 7-iron | 1948-09-12 | Age 14, the week he won the club junior title; blind-bogey sweepstakes | MVR19480914.2.74 |
| Bill Mason | MVMill Valley | 5 | 1948-10-15 | Reported; made in "the last tournament" and not reported at the time | MVR19481015.2.18 | |
| Cress Smith (2) | MVMill Valley | 5 · 134 yds | 9-iron | 1948-11-14 | Of Corte Madera; his first ace; witnesses Mel Schallock, Bill Mason, Bob Lovett | MVR19481119.2.49, MVR19481123.2.55 |
| Ray Palmer | MVMill Valley | 5 | 5-iron | 1948-11-17 | Tamalpais High instructor; three days after Cress Smith on the same hole; witnesses Cle Graves, Charles Doll, Rock Owen | MVR19481123.2.55 |
| Maynard Boulden | MVMill Valley | 5 · 134 yds | 8-iron | 1949-04-10 | Healdsburg player in an inter-club match (Mill Valley won 44-19); the Healdsburg papers give 145 yards and a driver | MVR19490412.2.27, HTES19490415.2.20, GP19490422.2.20 |
| A. E. Poarch | MVMill Valley | 2 | 2-iron | 1949-08-28 | Lives in a new house overlooking the 2nd green; playing with his wife Eve | MVR19490902.2.34 |
| Earl Blennerhassett | MVMill Valley | 7 · 134 yds | 6-iron | 1949-09-11 | Playing with Ben Petrini | MVR19490916.2.84 |
| Harry E. Flanagan | MVMill Valley | 2 · 176 yds | 3-wood | 1949-12-13 | His first ace after 30 years of golf | MVR19491216.2.75 |
| Bob Russell | MVMill Valley | 5 | 1950-01-03 | Reported in a "Notes on My Cuff" column | MVR19500103.2.2 | |
| Glenn Cavalli | MVMill Valley | 2 | 1950-04-20 | Tam High student; playing with Carl Rissman and John Osborne | MVR19500425.2.22 | |
| Wynant Van Zandt | MVMill Valley | 5 · 135 yds | 6-iron | 1951-07-10 | Reported ("recently"); first ace of 1951; foursome Harry Flanagan, Charles McCrum, Otto Barner | MVR19510710.2.42 |
| Bud Fisher | MVMill Valley | 7 · 134 yds | 1952-03-23 | Club pro; his second career ace (the first, "a few years ago", place not stated); with Al Almcrantz and Ronald Gable | MVR19520327.2.70 | |
| Bill Rees | MVMill Valley | 7 | 1953-08-21 | Reported; an earlier ace on the 7th (date not given) qualified him for the "acers" flight of the Record's 1953 hole-in-one contest | MVR19530821.2.41, MVR19530818.2.14 | |
| Dick Hartford | MVMill Valley | 7 · 134 yds | 6-iron | 1953-11-22 | Of Sausalito; Turkey Shoot tournament; first ace in 20 years; witnesses Si Malone, Charlie Price, Cress Smith (one report gives 135 yds) | MVR19531124.2.32, MVR19531201.2.16 |
| Mrs. Richard Wallace | MVMill Valley | 5 | 5-iron | 1954-05-03 | Of Hayward; Pacific Women's Golf Association play day (86 players) | MVR19540506.2.28 |
| Roberts (initials garbled: "I'. G.") | MVMill Valley | 9 · 248 yds | 1954-11-04 | Reported; a par-4 ace by a San Rafael NWP train dispatcher; "Thursday" in OCR; initials unreadable | MVR19541104.2.74 | |
| Mrs. George Prydz | MVMill Valley | 5 · 152 yds | 3-iron | 1955-02-25 | Less than a year of golf; twosome with Mrs. Andy Lax | MVR19550303.2.71 |
| Cress Smith (2) | MVMill Valley | 5 · 135 yds | 8-iron | 1956-06-03 | Marin County championship qualifying; "the fourth time he holed a tee shot"; witnesses Bob Lovett, Ken Wick, Jim Scribner | IJ19560604.1 |
| Jim Scribner | MVMill Valley | 1956-06-04 | Reported; he "recently clubbed a hole in one at the Mill Valley course"; date and hole not given | IJ19560604.1 | ||
| Joe Crowley | MVMill Valley | 1 · 225 yds | 1956-06-10 | Marin County Amateur championship, fourth flight; an I-J caption gives 255 yards | MVR19560614.2.113, IJ19560611.1, IJ19560611.3, IJ19560612.3 | |
| Marcia Lee | MVMill Valley | 8 · 134 yds | 4-iron | 1956-10-04 | Of Sausalito; her first ace, during the women's club championships; witnesses Mrs. Mark Smith, Mrs. L. Eldridge | IJ19561009.1 |
| Unnamed father (father-son pair) | MVMill Valley | 1956-10-12 | Reported; "father and son each made a hole in one on the same round" on the Mill Valley course (wire story); names not in the files on disk | GP19561012.2.44 | ||
| Unnamed son (father-son pair) | MVMill Valley | 1956-10-12 | Reported; second ace of the same round as the father's; names not in the files on disk | GP19561012.2.44 | ||
| Unnamed golfer (2) | MVMill Valley | 1957-09 | Implied: a March 1958 item calls McGinnis's ace "the first hole-in-one since September, 1957" | MVR19580306.2.58 | ||
| Jim McGinnis | MVMill Valley | 4 · 134 yds | 1958-03-01 | Real estate man and past Legion commander; threesome Wes Smith, Dede Finn; witnesses Dil Hughes, Hank Laverty | MVR19580306.2.58, IJ19580305.1, IJ19580305.2 | |
| Steven Harris | MVMill Valley | 8 | 1958-07-10 | Reported ("this week"); age 13 | MVR19580710.2.90 | |
| Mrs. B. M. Brown | MVMill Valley | 8 · 134 yds | 5-iron | 1960-03-11 | "Best Ball Threesome" tournament, partners Mrs. J. J. Hurley and Mrs. D. P. Norton; golfing just over a year | IJ19600312.1 |
| Elwood Frink Jr. | MVMill Valley | 2 · 176 yds | 1961-09-09 | Age 15, Tam High; his second ace of 1961 (first at Lake Tahoe CC, July 12); with Rick Webb, Herman Laugh, L. Brinnley | MVR19610920.2.51, IJ19610912.1 | |
| Ron Johnson | MVMill Valley | 4 | 4-iron | 1962-05-09 | Reported ("last week"); age 14 | MVR19620509.2.48 |
| Newman (Newt) Page (2) | MVMill Valley | 4 · 134 yds | 6-iron | 1962-06-10 | Of Tiburon; witnesses Gay Harvey, K. C. Ambler; one of two aces on the course that Sunday | IJ19620613.1 |
| Mrs. Lorraine Sayles | MVMill Valley | 8 · 134 yds | 4-iron | 1962-06-10 | Of San Francisco; with Roy Sayles, Chet Sayles, Craig Jolly; same day as Page's ace | IJ19620613.1 |
| Mrs. Hugh Richardson | MVMill Valley | 4 · 134 yds | 3-wood | 1963-05-06 | Of Corte Madera; her second ace (first at Indian Valley, 1961-09-12); witnesses Mrs. Eugene Halm, Earl D. Barnt, William L. Chandler | IJ19630509.1, IJ19630509.2 |
| Bill Canham | MVMill Valley | 8 · 135 yds | 7-iron | 1964-01-11 | Practice round | IJ19640113.1 |
| Hugh Corthell | MVMill Valley | 8 · 135 yds | 7-iron | 1964-05-17 | Witnesses Gran Wyatt, Andre Hahn, William Rees | IJ19640521.1 |
| Newman (Newt) Page (2) | MVMill Valley | 4 · 135 yds | 7-iron | 1964-07-06 | Reported; highlight of a weekend tournament; his second ace on the 4th; witnesses Jack Hurley and Bob "Wameke" (OCR) | IJ19640706.1 |
| Bob Paterson | MVMill Valley | 7-iron | 1965-06-13 | Junior club member; hole number unreadable in OCR; brother Rick aced 23 days later | MVR19650616.2.46, MVR19650714.2.52, IJ19650708.1 | |
| Rick Paterson | MVMill Valley | 8 · 134 yds | 8-iron | 1965-07-06 | Age 17, ex-Tam captain; part of a 64; witnesses Ralph Bucom, Mario Sartorio, Gregg Tellis | MVR19650714.2.52, IJ19650708.1 |
| Ray Viegas | MVMill Valley | 4 · 134 yds | 5-iron | 1966-05-07 | Witnesses Tom Dodd, Jeff Devolo | IJ19660512.1 |
| Tommy Thompson | MVMill Valley | 4 · 134 yds | 7-iron | 1966-10-08 | Of Sausalito; witnesses Hank Laverty, Bill Trask, Jack Younger | MVR19661012.2.61, IJ19661012.3 |
| Syl Auteri | MVMill Valley | 8-iron | 1967-01-25 | Reported; MVR text badly garbled; a Jan. 1968 I-J item dates it "last Feb. 18" and names him Marin's 1967 "Ace of Aces" (3 aces in 12 months, the other two at San Mateo) | MVR19670125.2.47, IJ19680118.3 | |
| Tom McAuley | MVMill Valley | 8 · 134 yds | 8-iron | 1967-05-01 | Of San Rafael; twosome with Lowell Jackson | IJ19670502.1 |
| Cody (name garbled in OCR) | MVMill Valley | 5 · 134 yds | 8-iron | 1968-03-30 | Foursome Ernie Brymer, ? Hughes, Lloyd Schutzman; player's name unreadable | MVR19680403.2.115 |
| Don Young | MVMill Valley | 5 · 134 yds | 7-iron | 1968-08-08 | Of Corte Madera; witnesses Jack Knightly, Terry Nichols | MVR19680814.2.52, IJ19680813.1 |
| Jules G. Prizant | MVMill Valley | 7 · 134 yds | 1969-07-16 | Reported ("last week"); of Greenbrae | IJ19690716.2 | |
| Buzz Beattie Jr. | MVMill Valley | 1969-07-23 | Reported; his first ace came "at Mill Valley Municipal when he was in high school" (Redwood High, mid-1960s); date not given | IJ19690723.1, IJ19690723.3 | ||
| Mrs. Berl Tonkin | MVMill Valley | 1971-11-11 | Women's Golf Club guest day; "hit a hole in one" may refer to the closest-to-pin contest | MVR19711124.2.31 | ||
| Mrs. T. N. Brown | MVMill Valley | 1972-02-18 | Women's Golf Club guest day; "scored a hole in one" may refer to the closest-to-pin contest | MVR19720223.2.63 | ||
| Yolanda Hurley | MVMill Valley | 5 · 138 yds | 4-iron | 1974-03-15 | Witnesses Helvetia Walker, Ann Philbin, Frudia Redrotti | MVR19740320.2.15 |
| Jack McCallum | MVMill Valley | 7 | 1975-04-01 | His first ace; playing with his wife Shirley | MVR19750423.2.12 | |
| Marie Cala | MVMill Valley | 1975-05-07 | Reported; women's guest day; "scored a hole-in-one" may refer to the closest-to-pin contest | MVR19750507.2.12 | ||
| Don Baker | MVMill Valley | 7 · 139 yds | 1976-04 | Reported in the IJ weekly golf notes, Apr 23, 1976 (snippet only; exact date cut off) | NPA:IJ19760423p30 | |
| Unnamed golfer (male) | MVMill Valley | 7 · 160 yds | 8-iron | 1976-10-02 | "Last Saturday" before Oct 8, 1976; name cut off in the snippet (NPA page image would not load) | NPA:IJ19761008p42 |
| [Mi]ke Coble | MVMill Valley | 7 · 122 yds | 9-iron | 1976-10-30 | Of San Rafael; first name cut off in the snippet ("...ke Coble") | NPA:IJ19761112p40 |
| Ernie Brymer | MVMill Valley | 7 | 1977-01-26 | Reported; witnesses Dr. Jim Bennett, Warren Erskine, Tony Victor; PGA trophy | MVR19770126.2.13 | |
| Unnamed golfer (2) | MVMill Valley | 5 · 130 yds | six iron | 1977-11-23 | Of San Rafael; "Wednesday"; first ace in 22 years of golf; name cut off in the snippet | NPA:IJ19771125p51 |
From each club project’s research/aces.csv (newspaper reports). Mill Valley’s list runs to 1979; the closed courses cover their whole lives. No aces were found for Sleepy Hollow. “Name (n)” marks a player with more than one ace. The Meadow Club’s aces are in its members’ history. Each club’s own aces page has the full notes.