Erie brother Jason Bish and sister Nina Wolfarth recorded holes in one in a 41-day span at separate northwestern Pennsylvania golf courses.
Erie County siblings record holes in one on area golf courses
Brother Jason Bish and sister Nina Wolfarth recorded holes in one on northwestern Pennsylvania golf courses over a 41-day span.
Never mind asking how close Nina Wolfarth came to a hole in one before Aug. 2.
The Summit Township resident paused to remember when she last swung a club.
âMy husband (Ken) and I were in a Friday night couples league at Riverside Golf Course,â she said, âbut that was 20 years ago. (Aug. 2) was only my second time out this year.â
Those details, plus Wolfarthâs use of a driver on a 128-yard hole, further confirmed the randomness of golfâs most celebrated shot. The Child Development Centers employee, with her husband and sons as witnesses, aced Downing Golf Courseâs par-3 eighth.
Wolfarth, 50, recorded her shot during an afternoon originally meant to help Dom and Ayden Wolfarth practice ahead of Fort LeBoeufâs 2025 season.
She was further reminded how odds-defying her feat was upon conclusion of their rounds.
âThe guy at the clubhouse told me, âIâve been playing for 80 years and never had a hole in one,ââ Nina Wolfarth said.
Wolfarth, though, knew one person who could relate.
Make that immediately relate.
Her brother.
Successful siblings
Wolfarthâs hole in one occurred less than two months after Jason Bishâs at Venango Valley Inn & Golf Club. The 1998 Cathedral Prep graduate aced the Crawford County courseâs par-3, 197-yard 16th during the Mercyhurst Prep Green & White Classic, a charity tournament he entered at a friendâs request.
Bishâs shot brought more than notoriety. He also won a cherry red BMW that New Motors offered to anyone who aced that hole.
Bish awaits the completion of voluminous paperwork before he assumes official ownership of the car. Thatâs currently scheduled for Aug. 18, which happens to be his birthday.
As for Wolfarthâs ace, Bish learned of it through a family text message.
âMy wife asked me, âWhatâs an ace?ââ he said. âI said, âHoney, you have to use it in context.â She said, âNina got an ace.â
âThatâs when I realized she also got a hole in one, which was pretty exciting.â
Bish is in the early days of a new job with his varsity alma mater. Heâs listed as an assistant director of football operations for Mike Mischler, whoâs about to start his third tenure as Prepâs football coach.
âHope they can add to thisâ
Ken Wolfarth submitted the specifics of his wifeâs shot to the National Hole in One Registry, widely regarded as the worldâs foremost archive for aces. Its website (nationalholeinoneregistry.com) documents more than 114,000 that date back decades before its 2006 founding.
The registry also lists such verified scenarios as golfers with two aces in the same round; golfers with left-handed and right-handed aces; and a golfer with four aces within 30 days.
Although family-related aces occupy much of that section, nowhere did it list them for a brother and sister.
That still occurred in August 2024, according to multiple online media outlets and YouTube.
Siblings Morgan and Luke Burhans, students at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, recorded holes in one less than a week apart at Airport National Golf Course. Morganâs aced its 111-yard 11th and Luke its 140-yard ninth.
Bish and Wolfarth welcome other kin to celebrate what they did 41 days apart.
âWe have a lot of golfers in our family,â Bish said, âso we hope they can add (their aces) and keep this thing going.â
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