Caddy Shock: Golfer gives caddy Jeep after sinking hole-in-one

A hole-in-one is a rare feat in golf. So it seemed a safe bet when Don Brookfield put up a Jeep Wrangler as a prize at Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club for the Robert Trent Jones Senior Men’s Invitational as he’s done for 100 other events.

Dave Maxey, 23, of Dowagiac, has caddied at Point O’ Woods for nine years, reports the Herald-Palladium. On the last tee of the last day of the two-day tourney he recommended a club for the ninth hole. Stan Andrei, of Muskegon, thought it was the wrong choice but offered Maxey a big tip or the Jeep if Andrei hit a hole in one.

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The breeze let up as Andrei teed off, and the ball hit left of the pin at a spot where it will usually kick left. But this time it kicked right.

Because of the rolling contours of the course, Andrei and Maxey couldn’t tell whether the ball had gone into the hole. Another caddy indicated to Andrei that it was in.

“Dave, you’ve got yourself a new car,” Andrei announced.

“I didn’t believe him at first,” recalled Maxey, until he saw it for himself. “I was shell-shocked.”

“The look on his face was priceless,” said Andrei.

To find out what Maxey recommended and what’s next for him, read the rest of the story.

Source: Herald-Palladium