Bloomington woman wins SUV after hole-in-one

Posted on June 21, 2017

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – Sandy Mueller of Bloomington has a new vehicle to transport her golf clubs.

She won a 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport on Monday when she nailed a hole-in-one during the St. Jude Golf Classic.

“They said ‘Are you excited?’ and I go ‘I think I might get sick. It hasn’t sunk in,’ ” Mueller quipped.

The hole-in-one came at the 110-yard, par 3, 7th tee at Crestwicke Country Club in Bloomington.

“Sixty-six years and I get my first hole-in-one, so no one give up hope,” Mueller said.

While that was Sandy’s first ever hole-in-one, her husband Ed hit his second hole-in-one two weeks ago.

Mueller told WJBC’s Scott Laughlin and Patti Penn the first thing she asked about her new SUV crossover – is it big enough to store their golf clubs? But she is keeping her achievement in perspective.

“Even though I got a hole-in-one and I won a car, the real winners have to be the children at St. Jude,” Mueller said.

The annual event is a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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