Oakland University golfer hits two holes in one in same round WITH VIDEO
Meanwhile, Oakland University junior Kassandra Komma shot two aces — in the same round — Wednesday on the school’s R&S Sharf Golf Course.
“I wasn’t sure if it was going in,” Komma said of the first hole-in-one. “I didn’t even see it land on the green.
“I was freaking out.”
Komma, who played the best round of her career that day, said she missed seeing the second shot fall as well, due to a ridge in the course.
“I didn’t even know what to do,” she said.
The group ahead that was letting Komma and teammate Alyssa Albright play through was the first to see the first shot fall, Komma said. After the second ace, she said, Albright quickly went to her car to retrieve her cellphone, on which a priceless reaction to the shot was recorded.
The German native tallied the remarkable shots on par-3s of 177 and 108 yards as part of a 3-under round of 69, on an afterwork round of golf. Komma took advantage of the opportunity to play the Sharf course rather than the Katke-Cousins course the golf team typically uses. She said the courses are “totally different” in terms of layout and scenery.
Komma, a waitress at the course restaurant, has gained notoriety. “(Customers) know about it and they ask me about it,” she said.
Oakland coach Russ Cunningham, who just completed his second season at Oakland, has two aces on his resume. Even he was skeptical.
“I thought they were playing a short-game course,” he said. “They cut those holes so small, it’s difficult for the ball to find the bottom of the hole.”
Komma’s former Oakland teammate, Elizabeth Ecker, hit a hole-in-one last season in the first round of the Summit League Tournament.
Cunningham noted the odds are against Komma making a third ace, as they are with any player achieving even one, but it could help her mentally prepare for the fall season.
“It could prove beneficial for her going forward,” he said. “She’s highly talented and something like that is just a bonus.”
Komma understands the doubts, too, and thinks she may have exhausted her good fortune.
“I don’t think I’ll ever be able to hit another one,” she said.
Paul Kampe is the online coordinator for The Oakland Press. Contact him at paul.kampe@oakpress.com
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