Crookston High School graduate and current University of Minnesota Crookston golfer Ben Trostad recorded his first hole in one of his golfing career on Saturday on the 198 yard fifth hole at the Grand Forks Country Club. He used a 6 iron on the 198 yard and it was witnessed by fellow UMC golfer Connor Humble.
“Hit my 6 iron as pure as I possibly could. I saw the first bounce on the green about 5-10 yards in front of the flagstick then on the second bounce my ball disappeared,” said Trostad. “198 yards is a good distance so we couldn’t quite tell if my ball went in or if it went over the green. I walked up there to find my ball sitting right in the bottom of the cup. At first Connor didn’t believe me then he finally came and looked to see that it actually went in. Connor was celebrating more than me at this point, he was jumping up and down, giving me knucks.”
Trostad will be a Sophomore on the UMC Men’s Golf team this fall.
