By John Rittenhouse
Considering a recent accomplishment on the golf course, Hills' Ray Nelson appears to be aging gracefully.
One month after celebrating his 85th birthday, Nelson recorded his first hole-in-one while playing the Rock River Golf and Country Club (near Rock Rapids, Iowa) on Wednesday, Aug. 15.
Nelson, who has been playing golf for the past 30 years, used a 5-wood to ace the par-3, sixth hole at the RRGCC.
"It landed short of the hole and rolled in," said Nelson, a member at the RRGCC.
Nelson and his playing partner that day, Bob Kirsch, were unsure if the ball found the hole.
After crossing the bridge over the Rock River that separates the tee box and the green on the sixth hole, the pair drove behind the green with his cart to see if the ball was there.
With no ball in sight, Kirsch walked onto the green to inspect the hole, where he found the ball laying in the bottom of the cup.