I was on a golf trip in Pinehurst with a group of 12. We had a 9am tee time at Tobacco Road, Thursday 9/18/25. I was the first in our group to step up on the third hole. Par 3, 147 on the card, 154 actual to a back left pin. I hit an easy 9 iron that drew and hit the right hillside and funneled back down to the left. We couldn't see the pin due to the morning shadows. I figured it was up there close. After everyone else hit we headed down to the green. There was a ball behind the hole on the fringe. Thinking it was mine I stood next to it and waited for everyone else to find their tee shots. Turns out I was standing next to my father in laws ball and mine was nowhere in sight. The familiar "check the hole" joke went around. But sure enough, my Titleist ProV #4 ball was in the bottom of the cup. I've played a lot of golf and have been close a handful of times but this time it actually went in. Tobacco Road was a heck of a place to get my first hole in one!