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A Golfer's WIldest Dream

It was a sunny day with a little breeze. Poland Spring Country Golf Club was the setting for Enterprise Rent-A-Car to host a Special Olympic's charity fund raiser. On the thirteenth hole Dan Wilkinson, 55 and of Gray, took out his three wood after seeing the person in front of him hit a ball and not make the green because of the wind. His teammates Don Cobb of Gray, Tim Pomerleau of Raymond and John Kosta of Gorham stood with him watching the shot as all golfers do. They were unable to see the hole on the green but the shot looked like it was headed straight at the hole.

Suddenly, the lady monitoring the hole began jumping and hollering. She watched the ball roll over two mounds on the green and straight into the hole! Danny had short a hole in one.

The slim odds that this would happen were on Danny's side and he won the prize of 2005 Chevrolet Equinox SUV worth $25,000.

Dan's first call was to his wife, Pam. His second call was to the accountant.

The option of keeping the car or taking the $17,000 cash buy out offered by Viking Motors in Oxford has been reviewed, and the cash wins. A donation to Special Olympics is first on the list, the government wants $6000 and the rest is left to Dan's many interests. His team finished second in the scramble that day but the memory will always will be considered a number one day.