Greg Loverick took the good-natured ribbing in stride.

His father, Phil Sr., had six holes-in-one to his name. His son, Ryan, had one. His brother, Phil Jr., also has one.

Greg, however, was stuck on zero.

Until last Friday when Greg got his first on No. 17 at Aubrey’s Dubbs Dred.

“That joke,” Greg said, “is over.”

His brother, Phil Jr., said he was most excited to see Greg get his first than even when he got his own.

“I jumped up and down and jumped on him,” Phil Jr. said. “He’s the best golfer out of all of us and I always wondered, ‘how can the best golfer not have one?’”

Phil Sr., 74, got his first hole-in-one in 2001. Two weeks later, he got his second and then they kept coming.

Phil Jr., 53, was there to see at least one from the entire family.

He’s the common hole-in-one denominator.

“I’m very proud of Greg,” Phil Jr. said. “It was great to be able to see his and my father’s and Ryan’s and mine, of course.”

Greg, 50, has been no stranger to the hole-in-one. It just took him a bit longer to get his.

“I’ve probably seen 25 of them total,” Greg said. “Ryan’s was the nicest of them all. He hit his and it spun back 10 feet into the hole.”

Ryan laughs at that recount.

“Yeah,” he said. “It was a pretty nice one.”

Ryan, 25, works in New Jersey and whenever he comes home to Butler to visit, he hits the links with his grandfather, father and uncle.

“I’m just thrilled to be involved with an activity like golf that brings us all together as a family,” Ryan said.

Golf is a sport the close-knit family shares.

So is bowling, a sport the Loverick clan has also enjoyed great success in.

Greg has rolled eight 300 games; Phil Sr. two; and Phil Jr. one.

Greg rolled three of his perfect games in the final game of the season in his bowling league three years in a row.

One decided a playoff.

Just about every milestone on the golf course and on the bowling alley has been shared in the Loverick family.

“We spend a lot of time together,” Phil Sr. said.

Greg said he had a pretty good feeling his shot last Friday had a chance to result in an ace.

It wasn’t until he got to the green and saw his ball in the cup that it hit him.

“I knew it was going to be pretty close,” said Greg, who admitted getting a 300 game is much more difficult than getting an ace on the golf course.

Still, he’ll take his hole-in-one.

The ribbing is over.

Now, it may be planted on Ryan, who does not have a 300 game to his credit.

“Now we have to get on (Ryan) to get a 300 game,” Phil Jr. joked.

Ryan laughed. “I guess I better get practicing.”