Lee Burton of Danville, Va., nailed his hole-in-one on Sept. 21, 2011. He used a Tom Stewart jigger for the 159-yard shots on hole 15 of the Ringgold Golf Club. A smooth swing and a bounce or two later and he had his first hickory ace. The 47-year-old Burton, a member of the Carolina Hickory Golf Assoc., shot a round of 78 using his hickories and plays to a 11.2 handicap. Lee is a member of Ringgold and of the Goodyear Country Club in Danville, Va. where he is employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. He says he’s been playing mostly hickories since 2006.






