Blind Pennsylvania Golfer Hits Hole In One
Sheila Drummond didn't need to see her hole-in-one, she heard it. Sheila was blinded by diabetes 26 years ago, but this week she experienced the highlight of her golfing career, recording a hole-in-one on the 144-yard, par-3 fourth hole at Mahoning Valley Country Club in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. 
Playing with her husband and coach, Keith, and two friends in a slow but steady rain, she hit a driver on the hole. The shot cleared a water hazard, flew between traps and landed on the green, where it hit the flagstick before dropping into the hole.
"They were saying, 'It's a great shot,' and then I heard it hit the pin," Sheila said.
"For a hole-in-one, you have to hit it onto the green, so it's a little bit of skill and a lot of luck."
The odds of an amateur getting a hole-in-one are 1 in 12,750. The odds of a blind amateur golfer doing the same? We have no idea but it has to be astronomical.
The 53-year-old is a member of the United States Blind Golfers Association (even we did know there was such a thing) and the organization believes she is the first totally blind female to record a hole-in-one.
"We've looked everywhere, and haven't been able to find anyone else," a spokesperson said.
Sheila took up golf about 15 years ago, and three years later qualified as the first female member of the association. She now carries a 48 handicap with the USGBA.
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