Geelong's Michael Ebborn (pictured) achieved the feat on Thursday.

"I thought it would have been close and would've been a foot in it," he said of the successful shot.

"I was talking to a guy who won the car last year and he goes 'it was a pretty good shot'.

"It was a bit of a shock but a good feeling to get a hole-in-one. It is very rare to get them."

Mr Ebborn, 47, said he used to play golf regularly but now had a hit "once in a blue moon".

He said he would venture back to the hole-in-one competition at Lake Pertobe to try his luck again before heading home on January 5.

The annual ace battle, now in its 13^th year, kicks off on Boxing Day each year and runs until January 26.

This year's competition will end with a shoot-off to win a black Kia Picanto.

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