Teenager Earns Hole-in-One on Par 4

By Tom Lang

Freshman Lucas Dostal was just aiming for a drive down the middle of the par four 17th fairway.

Just seconds later, he finished the hole at Hudson Mills Metro Park in that one swing of the driver. 

An albatross.

The Bloomfield Hills JV player didn’t see from the tee his hole-in-one on the 329-yard hole drop in the cup, so the reaction was delayed, but still refreshing.

“I hit a draw, so the ball started right, then went left and it was kind a going toward the pin but it was too hard to see,” he said in an email. “The ground was firm and there was some down wind.

“I didn’t see the ball at all go in, but once I realized it, I was in shock. It helped me shoot a really good 71 but I tripled bogeyed (4 putt) the last hole so that kind a ruined it.”

Spoken like a true competitive golfer.

That 71 was good for medalist in the tournament on April 20 over other JV teams like Detroit Catholic Central, Novi and Grand Blanc, and brought way more attention to his game than he’d like. Dostal asked his coach to place him on the JV’s B team to take away some of the spotlight pressure. 

The JV team went 9-0 this spring in dual meets and finished in the top 10 in five of six tournaments. 

“He’s going to be a great golfer,” Coach David Lumsden said. “There’s no part of his game that is lacking. He’s got a great short game. Off the tee he’s amazing. And I’ve watched him make really great recovery shots with his irons. He’s going to be really good; we’re just taking it slow. Don’t want to put all this pressure on him and end up having him quit golf too early.

“Lucas is very mild mannered. He doesn’t talk a lot. It’s very enjoyable to watch him getting into it and getting used to being a good golfer and getting this kind of recognition. He’s not been bragging about anything and he’s just a solid golfer.”