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Here’s a running list of reported holes-in-one at Butler golf courses in 2026

A golf ball tracks toward the cup on the putting green during a morning round at the Lake Arthur Golf Club in Butler on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

The Butler Eagle will be running a list all golf season of local golfers who make holes-in-one throughout Butler County.

The first was reported April 11 at Slippery Rock Golf Club during the first week of extended warm weather after a rocky spring.

Here’s everyone who has made a hole-in-one so far this year, listed in chronological order:

April 11: Dave Twardy

Twardy made his first career hole-in-one at Slippery Rock Golf Club on the back nine. His 7-iron found the cup from 135 yards out on the par-3 11th hole.

May 27: Dick O’Neil

O’Neil, from Middlesex, sank his ace with his 5-iron on the 180-yard second hole at LakeVue North Golf Course.

May 27: Bryce Fredericks

It was a happy birthday indeed for Fredericks, who celebrated his 19th by acing the 155-yard No. 13 at Cranberry Highlands Golf Course with a 9-iron.

June 16: James Finan

The Mars resident sank his hole-in-one on the LakeVue North Golf Course fourth hole from 145 yards out with an 8-iron.

June 26: Jennifer Kim

Kim recorded hers on LakeVue North’s 170-yard No. 2 hole using a 5-wood.

June 30: Jon Livermore

Livermore used a gap wedge to sink his shot on Krendale West’s 145-yard No. 2.

July 14: Chad Parise

Parise made his hole-in-one at Slippery Rock Golf Club using an 8-iron from 165 yards out on the ninth hole.

July 26: Brent Francisco

Francisco used a 7-wood to find the bottom of the cup at Slippery Rock Golf Club’s 155-yard ninth hole.

July 31: John Snyder

Snyder used a 7-iron on Foxburg Country Club’s 150-yard No. 15 hole to make his hole-in-one.

July 31: Xander Downing

Downing made his first hole-in-one at Slippery Rock Golf Course, using a pitching wedge on the 140-yard 11th hole.

Aug. 1: Jeff Roth
Jeff Roth made a hole-in-one Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, on the eighth hole at Hunters Station Golf Course in Tionesta. Submitted photo

Roth, a Butler resident, sank his hole-in-one from 145 yards out on the par-3 eighth hole with a 5-iron at Hunter’s Station Golf Course in Tionesta.

Sept. 19: Joe Haefner

The Evans City resident was pure on the 185-yard par-3 14th hole at LakeVue North Golf Course with his 6-iron.

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