Call it what you like — an albatross, a double-eagle or a hole-in-one — Tim McMichael got one on a par-4 hole at the Gypsum Creek Golf Course Aug. 20.

McMichael made the shot around 4 p.m. from the gold tees on the seventh hole, a 308-yard drive. Gypsum Creek's general manager, Matt Hanson, said that was the first albatross on Hole 7 as far as he knew.

“Conditions were perfect, surprisingly perfect, and I knew I hit the ball really well,” said McMichael, who is more well-known as a member of the Gypsum Town Council.

McMichael said he usually plays from the brown tees, which are more challenging, but he was golfing with his father-in-law that day.

“I thought the ball was going to the green,” McMichael said. “You can't see the green from the tee box, though, so I didn't know. Then I couldn't find my ball so I started looking off to the right side of the course and let my father-in-law (Dave Neidlinger) play through. He goes to putt his ball and mine's in the cup.”

Golf tradition holds that anyone who sinks a double-eagle has to buy a round of drinks for everyone at the club bar.

“I was pretty happy to see that the bar wasn't full,” McMichael said.

The shot wasn't the first hole-in-one for McMichael. His first was on Hole 17 at the same course, a par-3. He didn't see that one go in, either.

“It'd be nice to see it go in next time,” he joked.

Hanson said there were at least two other double-eagles this year, both on Hole 17. He wasn't sure of the history before Gypsum bought the course — formerly known as Cotton Ranch Golf Club — in January, which was when he was hired.

McMichael said he made both of