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Double-acer still felt sheepish about round Golfer fifth at Sr. nationals, wins team title continued from p.28 fourth tee Saturday at the Llyndinshire Golf & Country Club north of London and saw a daunting 197-yard par-3 with the wind blowing into his face, he reached into his bag and pulled out his driver. He wasn't even sure his driver would be enough to reach the green. He swung and watched it sail off his club. At that point, anything he could find was cause for celebration, but this one was a little better than that. "It was on a rail the entire way," Jason said. "It was dead straight," Lock said. "I saw the ball bounce short of the green and roll up. I was pretty certain it went in." Jason had his doubts, but they took a couple of pictures to document the moment, just in case. As they approached the green, the hideous yellow ball was nowhere to be seen. They went to the only place it could possibly be. "Sure enough, there it was in the centre of the cup," said Lock, who had just recorded his first hole-in-one. Used the same ball for second ace Father and son had agreed to just play nine holes. With two young children at home, Jason didn't want to leave his wife on her own for the whole afternoon. And the way it had been going, Lock wasn't about to subject himself to more than nine holes of torture. His hole-in-one had only given him a brief respite. He followed up his ace with a nine on the fifth and a seven on the sixth. By the time he reached the seventh hole, hopes of turning things around had faded. But at least now he had a good story to tell. As they pulled up to the seventh hole, a 162-yard par 3, Jason laughed. "Here's your specialty." Lock set the same yellow MacGregor on the tee -- he hadn't thought to take it out of play after his hole-in-one. This time he reached for his three-wood. His shot tailed slightly from left to right. Again it landed short of the green and popped up on to the putting surface. "It was tracking pretty good," Jason said. "It wasn't obvious because of the undulations in the green but all of a sudden I couldn't see it any more." "My son was going bananas," Lock said. "He said, `It went in.' I said, `No, it's right of the hole.'" This time Jason insisted on more pictures. "You can see from the images, he's got this happy grin but a look like `I know it didn't go in,'" he said. They got in the cart and sped toward the hole. Jason jumped out before the cart even stopped. He ran to the green and peered into the hole where he spotted the yellow McGregor golf ball. "We both stood there in stunned silence, like, `No way, that doesn't happen," Jason said. Lucked out at clubhouse as well Lock wasn't taking any chances this time. He stuffed the charmed ball into his golf bag. And it was a good thing he did. As quickly as the magical stroke appeared, it vanished. He put two balls into the pond on the next hole on his way to an 11. But his luck hadn't completely run out. Even though a tournament had just finished up, Lock escaped with a $66 bar tab after fulfilling the traditional obligation of buying a round of drinks when he got back to the clubhouse. Though he accomplished one of the rarest feats in the sport -- the odds of a golfer scoring a pair of aces in an 18-hole round are 67 million to one -- Lock remains a little sheepish about his final tally of 56. "I couldn't even show my scorecard to anyone," he said. "I'd be too embarrassed." But the score can't diminish what drew him to the game in the first place. "I just love getting out with friends and having a laugh, getting to play some scenic courses and getting some exercise," Lock said. "If I wanted to be a good golfer, I'd practise more." Jason, who had never even witnessed a hole-in-one before, said he and his dad don't get many opportunities to golf together. So being there to see him do something remarkable made it even better. "It was one of those moments, and it was even more special because it was my dad," Jason said. "I'm pretty proud of him. He's not the best golfer, but he loves golf. It was pretty special to see him being rewarded." Oakville resident Lars Melander scored a total of even-par 216 in three rounds to finish in a three-way tie for fifth at the Golf Canada Canadian Men's Senior Championship earlier this month at Desert Blume Golf Club in Medicine Hat, Alta. The 63-year-old carded rounds of 70, 69 and 77, finishing seven shots behind tournament-winner Jack Hall of Savannah, Ga. Melander was one shot behind the top Canadian in the field, Calgary's David Schultz. Melander, who played in the 1979 Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club and whose home club is Hidden Lake in Burlington, combined with Collingwood's Michael Jackson and Richmond Hill's Michael Mealia to win the provincial team title. The trio shot a combined score of 3-under-par 285 during the first two rounds of the tournament. 29 | Friday, September 18, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Local residents win national pole fitness championships Local fitness instructor Jane Wilson and Oakville native Chris Gismondi each won division titles at the Canadian Pole Fitness Championships recently in Mississauga. Wilson, founder of PoleFit Nation fitness studio, won the masters division (40-and-up) while Gismondi, a White Oaks high school graduate, claimed the men's title. In order to qualify for the national championships, competitors had to win their division at provincials. Performances are judged based on technical and artistic components. fall programs 2015 classes begin this month