MINNESOTA WINTERS. THOSE TREES TYPICALLY BLAME IN MAY. >>> MOST GOLF COURSES GET A HANDFUL OF HOLE-IN-ONE'S IN A SEASON. WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK AT MINNEAPOLIS GOLF CLUB GOES WAY BEYOND ALL OF THAT. REN CLAYTON EXPLAINS HOW THIS LIKELY FIRST OF ITS KIND GOLF STORY UNFOLDED. >> Reporter: A SMOOTH, SINGING SATURDAY FOR 13-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN MILLER, WARMING UP FOR A LESSON . HOME COMPARED TO A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. >> I WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN YELLING, IT WAS MY FIRST HOLE- IN-ONE EVER. >> Reporter: THURSDAY NIGHT AT MINNEAPOLIS GOLF CLUB WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY OF THE SPORT, NOT BECAUSE OF THE SHOT AT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED NEXT, TRIGGERED BY PRESTON MAKING THE BOLD DECISION TO CONTINUE PLAYING THE SAME BALL. >> THIS GOLF COURSE, YOU CAN'T LOSE MANY BALLS. >> Reporter: HERE IS WHERE THE STORY GETS CRAZY, PRESTON WENT ON TO LOSE THAT HOLE-IN-ONE BALL, IT WAS LATER FOUND BY A MEMBER WHO PICKED IT UP AND MADE AN ACE HERE ON A WHOLE 16, HIS FOURTH CAREER HOLE-IN-ONE.
MINNEAPOLIS HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL DAN SIMPSON SAYS ABOUT 40 GOLFERS CAME THROUGH BEFORE RICARDO FERNANDEZ FOUND THE FAMOUS BALL, THEN TEED IT UP ON 16. >> TWO HOLE-IN-ONE'S, ONE DAY BY TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE. >> Reporter: A KEY PART OF THIS, THE BALL HAD A ST. LOUIS PARK LOGO MAKING IT UNMISTAKABLY PRESTON'S WHO WAS ENJOYING A FREE REPAIR WHEN HE FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> RICARDO WALKED IN AND WAS LIKE, AS IS ONE OF YOURS? HE SAID YOU GOT A HOLE-IN-ONE. I SAID THERE IS NO WAY. >> Reporter: WE WENT TO THE NOW FAMOUS SPOT WHERE THE BALL IS LOST, AND DISCOVERED. >> THE CLUB IS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT, WHERE SHOULD WE PUT THIS GOLF BALL? THIS SHOULD BE IN THE CLUB, PART OF OUR HISTORY.
SO, IF PRESTON IS WILLING TO GIVE IT UP WE ARE GOING TO DISPLAY IT IN THE CLUBHOUSE OR GET A DUPLICATE BALL. >> Reporter: FOR NOW, PRESTON HAS GOT IT IN HIS ROOM. THE BALL THAT WANTED TO BE FOUND. >> GOLF GIVES US GREAT STORIES AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. >> Reporter: REN CLAYTON, WCCO 4 NEWS. >> WE NEED A PLAQUE FOR THE CLUBHOUSE OR SOMETHING. PRESTON IS JUST A SEVENTH GRADER BLOOD PLAYS ON THE ST. LOUIS PARK HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY GOLF TEAM.
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