Hawaii’s qualifier for the U.S. Senior Open last week missed the cut but left a lasting impression.

Stan Souza had the 20th hole-in-one in U.S. Senior Open history, jarring a 7-iron on the 175-yard fourth hole in his opening round.

“I didn’t see it go in,” Souza said the day it happened (June 28), “but I heard the crowd go wild and I looked back at my son and he said, ‘It went in.’ I said, ‘You got to be kidding me.’”

Souza was the first from Hawaii to play in the Masters, in 1977, when he was a junior at Brigham Young. In those days, semifinalists from the previous year’s U.S. Amateur qualified for the year’s first major.

Souza’s eighth ace came on a day he shot 88 — three back of former Atlanta Braves all-star John Smoltz. Souza followed with a 90 the next day.

“It was rough, rough,” Souza said. “But what a thrill.”