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Ed Hungenberg prepares to tee off at Blackberry Farm golf course, the site of his recent hole-in-one.

Senior golfer lands hole-in-one

By Pam Marino

As his wife says, he's "no Tiger Woods," but 81-year-old golfer Ed Hungenberg recently joined a group Woods belongs to, the National Hole-in-One Association.

Hungenberg, a Cupertino resident since 1974 and a long-time Saratoga resident before that, made a hole-in-one on the Blackberry Farm Club Course in October. He did it on hole No. 3 of the nine-hole course, an 85-yard shot.

The feat was recently certified by the National Hole-in-One Association and registered at its headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Hungenberg received a special certificate to commemorate his once-in-a-lifetime shot.

Retired from Lockheed since 1972, the one-time quality control engineer plays golf twice a week with friends at the Blackberry course. Mondays Hungenberg plays with other Cupertino seniors and on Fridays he plays with friends from Saratoga. Hungenberg said he never really keeps score.

Hungenberg started playing golf in 1964, but for years before that his wife, Dale, who started playing in her teens, had trouble convincing him that golf was a fun sport. He finally tried the game and liked it, and has been playing ever since.

Dale, 78, has been temporarily sidelined from playing because of an ailing back. She said she hopes to be able to join her husband on the links soon.

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