Casie Cathrea Makes Hole-in-One in LPGA Event as a 13-Year-Old

Posted Sep 25, 2009 3:38PM By Shane Bacon (RSS feed)

Filed Under: LPGA

Casie Cathrea is 13, meaning she's so young, Taylor Swift won't even sing about the travails of her adolescence, but it does mean that if you've got the golf game, you can play in a professional golf event, and maybe make the swing of your life.

Cathrea, a 13-year-old freshman did one of the hardest feats in sports unknown to most fans -- she Monday qualified for a professional golf tournament, the LPGA Challenge, and in her first LPGA round, made a hole-in-one.

Casie aced the par-3 12th hole on her way to posting a 2-over 74, not bad for a kid in her first year as a teenager.

While it looks like Cathrea won't match Michelle Wie's record of being the youngest player to ever make a LPGA Cut (Wie was 13 years, 5 months, 17 days when she made the weekend at the '03 Kraft Nabisco Championship), it is still a pretty incredible way to hit the ground running in professional golf.

Cathrea does have this to hang her hat on -- Wie didn't make her first cut when she was an amateur (back in '02), and she also didn't introduce herself to the golfing world with a one on the scorecard. It also brings to mind Tiger Woods' first hole-in-one, in his first full season on the PGA Tour, at the Phoenix Open in 1997. No word if cups were tossed when Cathrea's went in the jar.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

9-25-2009 @ 4:23PM

loridarlin40 said...

Way to go Casie !!!!!! I have been playing for 6 yrs and I am still waiting for my first hole in one...lol.. Good luck on tour !!!

9-25-2009 @ 4:40PM

hfdemail said...

AWESOME!!! KEEP AT IT 'TILL YOU REACH YOUR GOAL!

9-25-2009 @ 5:03PM

Mrs canfield said...

Hey cassie.. or should I say cindy....LOL, way to go, this is your yard duty lady crystal...lol so very proud of you, see you at school!!! I told you that you could reach your dream!!!! Love ya!

9-25-2009 @ 5:25PM

RON said...

I've been playing 51 yrs and haven't gotten a hole in one. congrats for something i've only wished about. Go for it girl!!!!

9-25-2009 @ 7:03PM

leazolaj said...

I uses to play a Domonies game that is different than the game that is played today, we did not play with the actual Domonies, we played with
what was called bones, please aomeone help me.

9-25-2009 @ 8:41PM

Bob said...

Bones ARE Domino's ~ But some people call the " Ivory " Domino's Bones . Ivory is now outlawed so maybe things have changed

9-25-2009 @ 7:31PM

moonshiner said...

I Have had 4 hole in ones, and there all luck. It takes a good player to get the ball close to the hole, but incredible luck for it to go in.
I have been playing for 50 years

9-25-2009 @ 7:37PM

Roger That said...

Good shot Casie. You will probably make more money someday than studying medicine, engineering, science, law, education, theology etc. Be the best at playing golf, tennis, basketball, baseball and football and make alot more money than the rest of us. This is what America seems to value most.

9-25-2009 @ 10:15PM

rilee said...

I do believe that somebody has issues.Try not to be jealous of a little kid it is not attractive. I think you should do the therapy thing surely there are groups that cater to this they have therapy for everything lately. Lucky you is it possibile that she might be talented and smart besides those who are lucky to have a career that pays bills doing any career they enjoy that is important way to many people have career which is a horrible daily routine doing somethinh they do not enjoy only have this life as far as I can understand.I love it that at her young age she is able to live her dream through enjoying it.

9-25-2009 @ 7:43PM

C.B. said...

I have had 4 hole in ones. In 1996,1997,1998, & 1999, and none since. There all luck. It takes a good player to get the ball close to the hole, and incredible luck for it to go in. I am 56 years old

9-25-2009 @ 7:50PM

gkeithchesterton said...

True that. People make more of these things than they should. I made a hole-in-one last year and actually won a huge prize, but of course it's luck. I hit a beautiful shot, just the way I wanted to, but I did over-club. But it took one bounce and then, slam dunk, right in the hole. My first and only one, but praise God that it happened at the right time (when a prize was on the line).

9-26-2009 @ 12:13AM

Former sailor said...

"C.B.:" Why is your post almost identical to "Moonshiner's," even to the point of misspelling "they're?"

9-25-2009 @ 7:52PM

John F. C. Taylor said...

Takes skill and luck to do what she did. A goal only a small percentage of golfers have achieved in their lifetime. I hope she continues to be as lucky and skilled as she's proved to be at 13.

9-25-2009 @ 8:55PM

Larry Hobbs said...

It would be nice if we could see what she looks like

9-25-2009 @ 11:13PM

perrimeno said...

Yeah, then we could comment on her race, her weight, her face, her figure.... Hey, we're AOL users, that's what we do!

9-25-2009 @ 9:25PM

tomubsaf said...

CONGRATS, THIS IS AWESOME.

9-26-2009 @ 12:34AM

jas0nian said...

"rile", why do you immediately jump on "roger" like that? its not like he said anything mean, and he also spoke the truth. i could understand your response if he were swearing about her or putting her down in any sort of way. Apparently you agree that sports superstars should make more than doctors and teachers, which i'm pretty sure is somewhat along the lines of what he was eluding to. Perhaps even joking about. We have no idea who she is or what she'll become in life, but we do know that "Lucky you is it possibile that she might be talented and smart besides those who are lucky to have a career that pays bills doing any career they enjoy that is important way to many people have career which is a horrible daily routine doing somethinh they do not enjoy only have this life as far as I can understand." you should not speak anymore. therapy? please. wake up.

9-26-2009 @ 1:02AM

Bernie520 said...

Jumpin' Jiminy Christmas, People!!! Will you *please* read a book or two this year, open a dictionary once in a while, and *Please* learn to proof-read your work before you hit the "Post Reply" button. 17 comments, and the worst was the last. Jas0nian, it's "alluding to" not "eluding to"! To elude means to evade, avoid, or to escape capture. An "allusion" is an indirect reference to something. "He read the handwriting on the wall" is a Biblical allusion. It refers *indirectly* to the story of Daniel - because it doesn't directly mention Daniel - who was able to read and interpret the engraved message on the temple wall written there by the hand of God. So "Roger" wasn't "eluding to" anything, nor was he even "alluding to" anything. He wasn't making an indirect reference, he "referred" to something directly and in plain language. Too many folks fall into the "Tim McCarver trap" of using a fancier sounding word thinking it means the same thing and makes them sound smarter. It doesn't do either. You should not write any more. Remedial English Class? Please. Wake up.

Bernie520
Seattle, WA

9-26-2009 @ 1:16AM

While I'm at it, *stop* using "allude" altogether. It's not a "real" word. Use "refer" and "reference" where you now use those two "a-words" incorrectly. Keep it simple. The message gets across better when you use words that actually say what you mean. And no, I'm not a retired English teacher. I hold two degrees in communication studies. "The goal of any interpersonal communication is complete understanding." Saying "he alluded to that" is a language speed-bump that forces the listener or reader to stop and interpret what the writer/speaker is saying, and "complete understanding" doesn't happen because the writer/speaker was trying to show off. Saying "he referred to that" is plain and clear. More "plain and clear" and less "Tim McCarver-itis" is called for here.

Bernie520
Seattle, WA