My first ace happened in 2007, about 9 years after I first learned how to play, but only about 4 years since I'd been really passionate about it and actually started striving to improve my game.
I was playing the short tees with my wife at
Silver Creek Park, and on Hole #10 I pulled out my pink Champion Orc and skipped an ace right in. I think my wife was more excited than I was; she screamed and high-fived me and yelled "Oh my god, babe!" while I just stood there wondering why I didn't feel more elated. I guess part of it was that I just FELT that it was an ace the second it left my hand--there was a brief flash of my brain telling me, "That's gonna hit right there, catch a nice skip, and slam into the chains" without me consciously thinking about it. It was about a year before I aced another hole, which I guess I can't really count since it wasn't during a round, but it was still a shot off the tee and into the basket, and it was on my home course
LTC on one of the tougher short holes (#13), and then a week after that I stepped up to the same tee at Silver Creek, again with my wife, looked at her and said, "I'm gonna ace this again," to which she told me, "Shut up." This time I used the Champion Wraith I aced #13 LTC with the week prior, and executed the exact same shot. I gave my wife a little smartass smirk, and she slapped me.
About a week ago, I got my 4th on #10 at
Vollrath, a hole I always had a feeling I'd ace someday. On that one, I didn't even think I was on the right line and cursed what I thought was a terrible shot, my buddy said, "Nice shot," and then I saw it stall out and crash hard left straight into the chains.
It's weird how it took me so long to get that first one, and now I've got 4 in the last 20 months.