A BIRTHDAY CAKE ONLY A GOLFER COULD LOVE. Hofer's Bakery offers birthday cakes designed with the golfer in mind. A typical cake will serve 15-20 people and costs $30.00. Orders should be placed 24-48 hours in advance. For more information, contact: Hofer's Bakery, 334 Sandy Springs Circle NW, Sandy Springs, GA 30328, (404) 255-8200. Golf Lovers can probably find similar cakes at specialty bake shops in other cities.

GREETINGS FROM MY FAVORITE CADDY. This photo was sent to us from a North Carolina golfer claiming that Mildred the Bear came down from Grandfather Mountain to be his caddy. Yeah, right!

CLUB CARRYING BEAST OF BURDEN. With over 30 golf courses already established in Moore County, NC, the developers of Talamore at Pinehurst have come up with a unique way to publicize their course. Golfers can hire llamas to carry their golf clubs around the 18-hole public course and get souvenirs as well. The "Deluxe Llama Caddy Package" includes a complimentary shirt and hat, plus the Llama assistant who helps with the yardage and club selection. For the Llama Experience and other golf experiences in the Pinehurst area, call Talamore Golf and Travel at 1-800-LLAMA-92.

DUMB GOLFER TRICK. Judge Stephen Bevel was checking the scores from a local charity golf tournament when he noticed a Mr. Cliff Wolford was only five strokes off the lead. Good golf but bad decision.

Last year, Mr. Wolford had pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide. Judge Bevel suspended Mr. Wolford's four-year sentence he serve six months on work release and the remainder of the time at the county workhouse.

Bevel had Mr. Wolford hauled into court and asked him to explain how he had the audacity to play golf when he was suppose to be behind bars. Mr. Wolford explained that he was playing to improve his business relationship with a customer.

Needless to say, this explanation did very little to improve Mr. Wolford's position with the Judge and he was immediately sent to jail to serve the remainder of his sentence.

ATLANTA HAS SOME HIGH ROLLERS. Memberships to the Golf Club of  Georgia don't come cheap. $52,000 is the going rate and it appears that some have money to burn. Recently a new member joined the club paying his $52,000 membership fee. The next month he sent another $52,000 believing that this was the monthly bill.

Yes, the club returned the payment.

GOLFER PUTS HOLE IN ROBBER. Most golfers are satisfied if they can get their ball into the hole. But when three teenagers tried to rob a foursome at gunpoint the goal changed. One of the golf cart drivers had a gun (?) and pulled it from his bag, critically wounding one of the hoodlums in the face. No charges were brought against the golfer.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE TOO MUCH LUCK. Life isn't fair and neither is golf. I have played this game for 35 years and have never had a hole-in-one. I have probably had more than my share of eagles for an amateur but the big one continues to elude me. Not so with Mike Hilyer.

Mike Hilyer has had seven documented holes-in-one in the last two years. That is pretty impressive. But it gets more impressive! All these aces were on par-4 holes. All were made on different courses with yardages ranging from 304-361 yards.

Mr. Hilyer's feats were witnessed by twenty different golfers, 14 of whom were strangers. Mancil Davis, membership director of the National Hole-In-One Association said that it definitely was a record. "It defies logic. It's unexplainable."

FIFTH HOLE-IN-ONE IN TWO MONTHS! Georgette Raiche of Lorraine, Quebec, Canada, reported on February 27, 2001 that she had just aced the 9th hole (par 3) on the Pines Championship course at Palm Aire Country Club in Pompano Beach, Florida. This particular hole-in-one just happened to be her 5th in the last two months.

Ms. Raiche recorded her first on December 17th with a 7-wood on the par 3, sixth hole at Palm Aire's Pines Championship Course. On January 16th, she aced the par 3, twelfth hole at the Cypress Championship Course at Palm Aire CC. And just one week later she aced the par 3, fourth hole of the Oaks Championship Course. A fourth ace was then recorded on the 17th hole, par 3, at Cypress Championship Course on January 30th. Then she hit a dry spell, going almost a month before recording her fifth ace. She holds a 9.6 USGA index and her hole-in-ones were witnessed by various golfers who attested to this feat.