Birthday golf wish comes true for Myers

It wasn’t until several people who had a view of the green delivered the news that Kel knew his birthday wish had come true.

“I jumped up and down a couple of times,” he said. “It’s pretty neat.”

A sixth-grader at McLoughlin Middle School, Kel said he played golf about three times a week during the summer. He had come close to a hole-in-one three times prior to the ace.

His dad, Kevin, said he had a feeling Kel would get a hole-in-one sooner or later. Kevin Myers said that three times during August he told his son that his drive looked like a possible ace.

“He has hit it to (within) less than a foot three times,” Kevin said.

Kevin Myers said he has come within inches of a hole-in-one a number of times, but is still seeking his first ace.

Kel can check that off his wish list.

So what about his 12th birthday?

“I’ll wish for a jet pack,” Kel said.