Larry Fitzgerald will probably never have a more memorable day golfing than he did on Friday.
Fitzgerald hosted a foursome including former President Barack Obama in Florida on Friday, which was a big enough event in itself. However, according to Tim Rosaforte of Golf Channel, Fitzgerald managed to sink a hole-in-one on the difficult 13th.
Barack Obama played prestigious Seminole GC for the first time Friday morning, hosted by All Pro wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald in a foursome that included club president Jimmy Dunne and Glenn Hutchins, part owner in the Celtics and board member of Obama Foundation.
— Tim Rosaforte (@TimRosaforteGC) January 18, 2019
The elation coming from All Pro wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald on the 13th hole at Seminole GC at 1:30 this afternoon was unreal. But it was very real. So real that club president Jimmy Dunne waved the no cell phone rule on the course so Fitzgerald could deliver the message.
— Tim Rosaforte (@TimRosaforteGC) January 18, 2019
"I'm playing with the President of the United States and I just made a hole in one!" shouted the host to Barack Obama's first go around The 'Nole. "This is unbelievable!"
— Tim Rosaforte (@TimRosaforteGC) January 18, 2019
Dunne, who advocated the Fitzgerald membership, provided the details. Obama had just hit his approach shot 20 feet from the hole. Fitzgerald stepped up with an 8-iron and jarred it."
— Tim Rosaforte (@TimRosaforteGC) January 18, 2019
The stock shot is 165 yards from the blue tees to an elevated green that almost always plays into an Easterly breeze. It stands as one of the most beautiful holes on the property, with a green up against the sand dunes and the Atlantic Ocean.
— Tim Rosaforte (@TimRosaforteGC) January 18, 2019
It's considered one of the hardest 18th handicap holes you could find in golf. Fitzgerald, playing to a 10.7-handicap, hit 8-iron from 162 yards. Eye witnesses described the ball rolling in like a putt. Among the high fives was the one coming from the 44th President of the U.S.
— Tim Rosaforte (@TimRosaforteGC) January 18, 2019
Fitzgerald is still considering his NFL future. Maybe he has a second career lined up, or maybe he only has this kind of magic when former U.S. presidents are watching him play.
