So much for giving up on a lifelong dream.

Tom Parsons earned his first hole-in-one at age 85 when he sank a 151-yard tee shot Aug. 10 at the Guilford-based Sundown Golf and Country Club.

"All my life, I’ve wished for one," said Parsons, a summer resident of Guilford Lake who spends his winters in New Jersey. "I gave up on that, but it happened."

Playing from the white tees on the par-3 fourth hole, Parsons hit a high tee shot close to the green with a 7-wood.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]"I used to use a 7-iron when I was younger," quipped Parsons, who said he completed his 18-hole round in the 90s on the par-68 course. "I thought the ball was lost. It was sunny when it landed, so we couldn’t see it."

Kortright resident Richard Stinson and Lee North, who is Parsons’ nephew, witnessed the ace. Parsons said he and Stinson meet once a year to play at Sundown.

Land aced the par-3, 100-yard 12th hole at the Stonegate Golf Course in Leonardsville on Sunday. He used an 8-iron for a shot on the elevated 12th tee that hit the downhill green and rolled into the hole.

George Luther, Justin Luther and Ernie Stevens witnessed the shot, which came during a skins tournament. Land and his three partners won two skins.