Innisbrook Golfer Wins Party & Golf Gear

Thank you to Leah Saunders for sending us this information.

Nitesh Patel, 49, a pharmacist from Tarpon Springs, was eight feet and five inches away from winning a million dollars in Saturday's Callaway Million Dollar Hole-in-One Challenge at Innisbrook. The competition was one of many events held during the week of the PGA Tour Transitions Championship.

As the closest to the pin among 15 contestants, Patel won a full set of Callaway golf equipment and a party at Hooters. Patel is a regular at Innisbrook and said he loves the Copperhead course there. He hit his qualifying hole-in-one at TPC Tampa Bay in Lutz. 

All the finalists took home Callaway golf gear, including a pair of Transitions adaptive sunwear in three styles - FT-IZ, Hawk and Hyperlite. 

14-year-old Brooke Dalton was second closest to the pin, at 18 feet and 1 inch. The event was emceed by the Food Network's Chef Robert Irvine and attended by many special guests from the tournament, the Copperheads, Callaway Golf, and Transitions Optical. 

From left to right: Nitesh's daughter, Nitesh, and Chef Irvine.