84-Year-Old Woman Wins Car After Sinking 94-Foot Putt At College Basketball Game

Mar 04, 2020 by apost team

An important skill for those who play the game of golf is putting.

Mary Ann Wakefield is an 84-year-old woman who did something that would have impressed even the most seasoned golf professional. During a college basketball game, she sunk an extremely difficult 94-foot putt and won a new car. The golf challenge was called "Putt for a Car" and a special promotion by one of the teams' sponsors.

It occurred one Saturday night when Mary Ann was attending a men's basketball game between the University of Alabama and Ole Miss.

At the game, Cannon Motors of Mississippi was having a promotion called Putt for a Car challenge. Mary Ann was excited to have a chance to win a new car. She would have to sink a 94-foot putt that involved making a ball go the entire length of the college basketball court.

When Mary Ann went to make her attempt at the putt, the people in the stands appeared to be holding their breath. They were stunned as they watched Mary Ann make a shot that went easily across the length of the basketball court and into the hole. She appeared to have done it effortlessly.

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Mary Ann maintained her composure during the entire experience. Everyone felt the shot would be impossible. There was no way to practice such a putt. Once she made the putt, the crowd engaged in a massive celebration.

Ole Miss's mascot Tony the land shark and the arena DJ, all joined in the excitement. Mary Ann had just won a 2020 Nissan Altima. After sinking the putt, Mary Ann appeared to be stunned. She quickly realized what happened and began beaming and waving to the crowd. Mary Ann was then busy getting hugged by the shark mascot.

It is not easy to compare Mary Ann's putt on a basketball's hardwood court to making such a putt on an actual golf course. Should Mary Ann have done this during a PGA tournament, it would have qualified as the longest putt since 2017. It was just 17 feet shorter than the longest putt made in the history of the PGA.

Some have suggested she may have inspired pros to spend more time working on putting at the practice green.

It appears there is a real love affair between the internet and what happened to Mary Ann during the college basketball game. A video clip of her putt was tweeted out to the cyberworld by SportsCenter. It received more than 129,000 likes as well as more than 19,500 retweets.

Notes of congratulations have been coming in large amounts for Mary Ann. The men's basketball team from Ole Miss went on to lose to the University of Alabama 103-78. It didn't matter who won at the Pavilion. Everyone who went to the game agreed that Mary Ann was the night's biggest winner.

This is the story of an 84-year-old woman who was able to have the experience of a lifetime. Nobody expected Mary Ann Wakefield to sink such a long putt. Di you ever have such a moment of success or see something like this firsthand? Tell us all about it and pass this story on to your friends!