BAKERSFIELD, CA -- His name is Larry Murray, but his co-workers at Occidental Petroleum may be calling him "Lucky Larry" from now on. During the Links for Life golf tournament Monday at Seven Oaks Country Club, Murray "aced" the par-3 eighth hole and won a three-year lease on a brand new Lexus RX 350.
"I went with a 7 iron. Wasn't going to but one of my playing partners said the wind was with us so I switched at the last second, stood up, took a swing. It's a tough hole to hit and I hit it. I never got to see the ball go in but I heard the ladies screaming and I said either an animal has bitten someone or I did something really good," says Murray.
This is the first time a golfer has won a car with a hole in one in the 21-year history of the Links for Life golf tournament in Bakersfield. It was Murray's fifth "ace", but his first with a prize attached. Murray will enjoy a no-cost lease on that SUV for three years, courtesy of Motor City Lexus.
"I went with a 7 iron. Wasn't going to but one of my playing partners said the wind was with us so I switched at the last second, stood up, took a swing. It's a tough hole to hit and I hit it. I never got to see the ball go in but I heard the ladies screaming and I said either an animal has bitten someone or I did something really good," says Murray.
This is the first time a golfer has won a car with a hole in one in the 21-year history of the Links for Life golf tournament in Bakersfield. It was Murray's fifth "ace", but his first with a prize attached. Murray will enjoy a no-cost lease on that SUV for three years, courtesy of Motor City Lexus.