Rich Elliott celebrates his latest hole-in-one.
Howie Tiger
On Sept. 25, Rich Elliott made a hole-in-one on hole number 13 at Tuscany Falls East while playing with Jim Wolfe’s golf group. This was Rich’s second career hole-in-one.
The 13th hole was playing 123 yards from the white tee on a perfect weather day for golf. Rich hit his 9-iron straight at the pin located in the middle part of the green. One of his playing partners, Bruce Carlyle, said, “Great shot, Rich!” The ball landed about a foot from the hole and hit the flagstick. Rich, Bruce, and their other playing partners, Bill Volm and Bob Curtis, could hear the impact. They checked their rangefinders to see where the ball finished, but did not see the ball. Bruce was first to arrive at the green. He checked the hole and said, “Rich, it’s in the hole!” High fives and cheers commenced!
Rich has been playing golf for many years, but only about 13 years on a regular basis. His first hole-in-one came in 2016 on the 8th hole on the East course. That one was from the blue tees playing 178 yards.
He was born and raised in Madison, Wis. As a 15-year-old playing for Madison West Little League, he competed in the Senior Little League World Series. Twelve teams from all over North America played each other at the Chicago Cubs AAA stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, in front of 12,000+ spectators. He played against the likes of Dale Berra (Yogi’s son) and Fernando Valenzuela. Their team finished third.
Rich graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in business and marketing management. He played baseball (third base) for Wisconsin all four years. But baseball was not his only extracurricular activity at Wisconsin. He was also a member of the cheerleading squad for two years!
Rich started his work career at Enron, but two years later joined General Electric in their plastics division. He worked for GE for 40 years in various management positions all throughout the United States. His final position was regional marketing and sales manager, responsible for the western half of the U.S. He retired in 2019.
He and his wife, Bonnie, moved to PebbleCreek in 2010.
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