As of January 2021, a condor (four under par) hole-in-one on a par-5 hole had been recorded on five occasions. A horseshoe-shaped par 5 hole once enabled a condor hole-in-one to be achieved with a 3-iron club. Another may have been achieved at the former Piedmont Crescent Golf Course in 1973 after bouncing multiple times on a very firm fairway due to unseasonably dry weather. The longest recorded straight drive hole-in-one is believed to be 517 yards or 473 metres, on the par-5 No. 9 hole at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver in 2002, aided by the thin air due to the high altitude. None of the five par-5 holes-in-one were achieved during a professional tournament.
One of them was assisted by the altitude in Denver, as Mike Crean, a 4-handicapper, ripped a driver on the 517-yard ninth hole at Green Valley Ranch G.C. and found his ball in the hole when he reached the green. His feat came on July 4, 2002. Talk about fireworks!
馬蹄形のホールのショートカットだったり、1973年の記録は定かでなかったりするようだが、2002年にマイク・クリーン (Mike Crean) がデンバーのGreen Valley Ranch Golf Clubで記録した517ヤードのホールでのホールインワン (コンドル) は、高地のデンバーであるにせよすごい記録だ。変更されていなければ以下のようなロングホールだ。ワンオンを狙おうという発想がすごい。