Gulf sophomore has ace in hole

By JOEY KNIGHT

Following the first hole-in-one of her life, 14-year-old Bailey Logan didn't merely beam, she burst into full "Caddyshack" mode.

In a forgivable breach of etiquette that would make Rodney Dangerfield blush, the Gulf High sophomore whooped and hollered, made a call on her cell phone and even did a cartwheel on the green after acing the 161-yard No. 8 hole June 19 at Hudson's Sea Pines Golf Course.

"There was a girl I had golfed with before who said you've got to do a cartwheel on the green [after a hole-in-one]," Logan recalled Wednesday. "She said it makes for a great story."

Playing with her dad, Bill, Logan hit a 7-wood on the hole, one of the longer ones on the 3,144-yard executive course. It features a straight fairway with a small lake on the right side and a slightly elevated green.

"It was really pretty," said Bailey Logan, who finished seventh at the Sunshine Athletic Conference tournament and qualified for the Class 2A-Region 4 tourney last fall.

"It soared straight in the air and did a little curve to the right and bounced like, four or five times. And my dad was screaming, 'It's gotta go in, it's gotta go in.'"

Though not completely certain the ball had reached the hole while standing at the tee box, Bailey and Bill nonetheless began hugging and cheering. Bailey, who has played golf roughly six years and has studied karate since age 3, called her mother on her cell phone while walking toward the green before turning a cartwheel upon finding the ball in the cup.

"It was an excellent Father's Day present," Bill Logan said, "even if it was a day after Father's Day."