{"id":10267,"date":"2015-04-17T15:33:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T15:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=10267"},"modified":"2015-04-17T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T15:42:20","slug":"dads-hole-in-one-story-featured-in-the-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/dads-hole-in-one-story-featured-in-the-newspaper.html","title":{"rendered":"Dad\u2019s Hole in One Story Featured in the Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going through Dad\u2019s old papers I found that he had shot a hole-in-one playing golf. In fact he had certificates for four of them. How he liked to golf.<\/p>\n<p>I wondered if these perfect shots were written up in the newspapers \u2013 yes, they were.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10268\" style=\"width: 554px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/montage-0417-2015-golf.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10268\" title=\"montage-0417-2015-golf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/montage-0417-2015-golf.png\" alt=\"article about golf, Dallas Morning News newspaper article 20 August 1982\" width=\"554\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/montage-0417-2015-golf.png 554w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/montage-0417-2015-golf-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/montage-0417-2015-golf-483x300.png 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas), 20 August 1982, page 31<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the <em>Dallas Morning News<\/em>, golfer Doris Gray was asked what was \u201cher secret\u201d for shooting nine holes in one. She said: \u201cI just aim for the flag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[search_box]<\/p>\n<p>93-year-old Ralph Blake (1914-2008) had a successful career in banking and was a decorated war hero who fought in World War II. But, look closer and there in his obituary is a long, full mention of his multiple holes in one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10269\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/republican-american-newspaper-0108-2008-ralph-blake-obituary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10269\" title=\"republican-american-newspaper-0108-2008-ralph-blake-obituary\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/republican-american-newspaper-0108-2008-ralph-blake-obituary.png\" alt=\"obituary for Ralph Blake, Republican American newspaper article 8 January 2008\" width=\"520\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/republican-american-newspaper-0108-2008-ralph-blake-obituary.png 520w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/republican-american-newspaper-0108-2008-ralph-blake-obituary-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/republican-american-newspaper-0108-2008-ralph-blake-obituary-500x171.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican American (Waterbury, Connecticut), 8 January 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Everybody has a story.<br \/>\nBig ones \u2013 little ones \u2013 memorable ones.<\/p>\n<p>GenealogyBank helps you find your family\u2019s stories \u2013 all of them.<br \/>\nFind the stories of your ancestors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/static\/lp\/2014\/nov\/genv.html?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=SM_Blog_1501_08&amp;matchtype=%7bmatchtype%7d&amp;keyword=%7bkeyword%7d&amp;s_referrer=google&amp;s_siteloc=cpc&amp;s_trackval=SM_Blog_1501_08&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCP\">Start your 30-day trial now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/genealogy-is-family-stories-newspapers-are-full-of-them.html\">Genealogy Is Family Stories &amp; Newspapers Are Full of Them<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/record-your-family-stories-how-did-your-parents-meet.html\">Record Your Family Stories: How Did Your Parents Meet?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/why-i-subscribe-to-genealogybank-family-stories.html\">Why I Subscribe to GenealogyBank: Family Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[bottom_post_ad]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going through Dad\u2019s old papers I found that he had shot a hole-in-one playing golf. In fact he had certificates for four of them. How he liked to golf. I wondered if these perfect shots were written up in the newspapers \u2013 yes, they were. In the Dallas Morning News, golfer Doris Gray was asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[6174,9346,6583,9349,9347,5312,465,9348,2020,27,4818,1084,5059,9350,2043],"class_list":["post-10267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-blake","tag-doris-gray","tag-golf","tag-golfers","tag-golfing","tag-gray","tag-historical-newspapers","tag-hole-in-one","tag-newspaper-archives","tag-newspapers","tag-newspapers-for-genealogy","tag-obituaries","tag-obituary-archives","tag-ralph-blake","tag-recent-obituaries"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}